House training dog, am I doing wrong?
23 Jan 2010
I am working on housetraining my dog. She is 6 months old and we have had a few accidents, which I blame on me not the dog. When she is indoors she is either in her crate or I have her on a leash that I attach to my belt loop so that I could get stuff done and know where she is at and what she is doing. Is having her on a leash attached to me OK? Is that teaching her to be my shadow? and is that ok? When I or my husband sit down to watch TV we let her play in the living room and kitchen freely as long as we know where she is at.
It sounds like your are on the right track. The more supervision the dog has the less likely an accident will occur and theshadowing is a good thing because it teaches the puppy always to be aware of you. Good job
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2010 Jan 23
The leash is okay. You are doing a great job. As long as she’s supervised, she can’t get into stuff that will hurt her. Besides, as she gets older, she’s going to want to be your "shadow" anyway. Just give her time off the leash so she can play.
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2010 Jan 23
It’s a great idea!! It makes housetraining so much easier with less accidents because your puppy’s where you can see her. You’re doing it exactly right.
I hope you’re also going out with her so you can give her lots of praise the second she pees, then coming right back in. If so, she’ll learn really quickly!
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2010 Jan 23
Sounds like you’re doing a great job.Keep up the good work.
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Bree4der in Mississippi
2010 Jan 23
Actually, this sounds like a pretty decent way of keeping track of her. The key to housetraining is to catch the accidents BEFORE they happen, which means taking the pup outdoors (or to her designated "potty" place) when she starts giving you signals that it’s time. Pretty soon she’ll start asking to go all on her own, and you can start weaning her off the leash.
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2010 Jan 23
It sounds like your are on the right track. The more supervision the dog has the less likely an accident will occur and theshadowing is a good thing because it teaches the puppy always to be aware of you. Good job
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2010 Jan 23
if u have a fence u should put her out there then after u get off work u should let her in do not talk to her 4 2 min. the get exited u should teech her the meaning of "do u need 2 do your buisness " give her a treat and praise her after she goes outside.
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2010 Jan 23
Hi,
your best bet would be to check out:
http://usefulresources.info/dogtrainingsecrets.html
It’s the best dog training resource I’ve come across so far and is suitable for all dogs. I’m very satisfied with the positive results brought by their step by step program.
Hope that helps!
Best wishes,
Kimberly
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2010 Jan 23
I recommend you check out this free dog training site to see if you can pick up a few tips and tricks to assist you:
http://howtodogtraining.blogspot.com
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