Going potty
 

I have two questions............

1. Do you let your furbaby outside with your other dogs without supervision or do you always go outside with them?

2. When I'm home, I go outside with Toby and he knows I have treats in my pocket and I am trying to teach him the command "go potty". It's probably coincidental that sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't. But he only gets a treat when he does go. Sometimes he takes a LONG time to go potty because he is constantly standing behind me just staring up at me. He does not get a treat if he doesn't go potty and I'm hoping he is getting the hang of that.

We've had him (a rescue) three weeks now (he's 3 1/2) and just the other day he started hiking his leg on the edge of the couch. So now I only let him in the family room with his belly band on unless he's just gone outside and when I see him start hiking his leg I tell him no and take him outside. But he sometimes won't go when I take him out. He is neutered and the first couple weeks we had him he didn't do that. I also have a puppy pad in the foyer where he seems to like to have accidents. He usually uses the puppy pad if we aren't home.

Am I confusing the poor dog or is he just being stubborn and trying to tell me HE'S the boss?

I am fostering a 4 month old pom who I was going to try and pad train like my 2 others, but she did not catch on to that at all, so I started taking her outside and she picked it up really quick. One of mine goes outside only and they both go out together most times but since she is a puppy she needs to go out more frequently and I let her out in the fenced off area. She has already learned to go to the back door when she has to go out. I found with my 3 that the 2 that are pad trained will only use the pads and the one who is outside trained will only go outside or on a bathroom rug LOL not the pads. So maybe sticking to outside since he is marking would be best so he doesn't get the idea it is ok to go in the house at all. I have never fostered before so I really don't have any experience so hopefully others will have some suggestions.

Thanks Patti. Once I get Toby's new belly band in the mail, I will take up the puppy pads when we are gone. The velcro on the belly band that came with him when I adopted him is worn out. I try not to put the belly band on him but it sounds like that's what he will wear when we aren't home.

I like one method
 

We once fostered a Chihuahua who was trained on puppy pads, but would still have off-the-pad accidents and never got the hang of going outside either. He acted like it was okay to go off the pads as long as it was "on" something: towel, rug, shirt:rolleyes: left lying in the floor.
When we got Madddie, I knew I wanted her to go outside so I crate trained her to always go outdoors. I was afraid allowing her to potty inside sometimes would allow her to think it was okay. I didn't want potty in the house at all. She was easy to train and never has accidents.
Cooper, our rescue, was pad trained at first then left outside all the time or left in a taxi all the time. She is so confused on where to go.:( She is 8 months old and still has accidents in her crate, the floor, but will go outside on cammand too.:confused: We have had her for 5 months and work consistently with crate.
:DAll that was to say, in my experience sticking to 1 method of training works the best.

Also, I always to out to suppervise them. I am to afraid of stray dogs, where I live, loose dogs from neighbors, or wild animals. It only takes a second for something to attack and take them, Just not worth it to me.:)

Around here there are hawks, coyotes, foxes, I never let Reesie out without having her in her harness and a 12 foot leash.

I didn't associate treats with potty with either of my little friends, otherwise Reesie would just go out and 'mark' a little and then want the treat.