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Breaking the habit of going on the training pad Good evening everyone~ TGIF. :) My Belle is about 5 mons old now and has been trained to go on the pad, although sometimes she has a tendency to forget and pee in the corner instead. When I'm at work, I leave her in a play yard in the living room with a training pad in the corner. She's pretty good with peeing and pooping on the pad. Lately she has been holding her poop in and waiting until after I walk her when I get home. Except she doesn't go outside, she waits to come back in and then she poops. :confused: She has yet to relieve herself outside, always waiting until we're in. What can I do to start getting her to go outside? :confused: :dogzzz: |
That's an interesting problem. Personally I'd love to have that problem, I'm still trying to get Ollie to use the pads consistently. but I can understand your dilemma. Have you tried taking the pad outside with you? If that works, then maybe try making the pad smaller ad smaller until it is just a tiny piece. |
Take the poop and put it outside. Act like she did it and praise her. She never learned that it's OK to go outside. Also, take her on a longer walk. At a certain point, they cannot hold it. She'll have to go. Good luck! |
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I second Jeanie's suggestion to take some poop & pee outside. Let her smell it when you take her out. Dogs often stimulate themselves to defecate by smelling poop. When she does go outside, throw a party! Lots of treats and praise. Be aware, though, that once you've trained her to go outside, she may refuse to go back to pads. |
Yet once again I am glad I am not the only one. While I am ok with Diezel going on the pad inside I would like him to go if we are outside also. I am going to be fencing in my terrace and will get this platform that I saw with a patch of grass so I would like to give him the option of going inside or out. Or is that not a good idea. Right now he has no interest in going outside #1 or #2. Today we walked for about an hour and nothing.. but went straight to the pad when we got home. Maybe I will try the pad outside also... |
You'll all scream about this one - probably - but, my sister finally started using those little wax suppositories in her lab. (He was big - but only a 3 or 4-month old pup). Then she would take him outside for a while. The suppository would stimulate him and he starting going to the bathroom outside regularly....and he learned quickly that that was a wonderful thing to do. She used the suppositories that pediatricians recommend for little babies....and she used one every morning for only a week or so....for sure, not more than that. Whatever - don't blame me - I'm just sharing my sister's success. Carol Jean |
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