Oh, and I know it's different for everyone's dog and situation, but you could consider looking into crate training for the nighttime yelping issue.
Robyn wrote: > Agreed on the positive reinforcement. Along G's point, if you catch him > peeing elsewhere, a very stern "No" and finger point or other indicative > body language is usually enough to convey your point. This will only > work if you catch him in the act and immediately put him back on the pad > (then change your body language once he's on the pad...). > > When we potty trained our dog, we took her outside every 30 minutes on a > leash (or some other equally insane interval) and said "hurry up!" Once > she peed, we'd give her a treat, and tons of praise. Then we'd go right > back inside to make the point that this was not play time, although you > can play *after* peeing if you want. You could do the same with your > pup - bring him over to the pad every hour or half hour or whatever > (even on a leash, to indicate that this is not play time), and don't > initiate any play or even eye contact. Just say your word/phrase, stand > there, and wait. If he tries to play, gently correct him. And if he > doesn't pee/poop after a bit, then that's ok. Take him off. If he does, > lots of praise and a treat, then take him off the pads. Go back again > in 45 minutes... > > Dunno if any of that'll help you, but I can honestly say that using a > phrase to indicate what we want our dog to do is the best thing to > happen to us on cold winter nights and mornings! We've even got Banjo > trained to ring a bell now when she has to go out, which has saved us a > lot of hassle and miscommunication. > > Oh, and about the biting... sounds like what you're doing is great! > I've also found that when my puppy wanted to nip, gently but firmly > grabbing her muzzle, giving it a little (gentle but firm) shake and > saying no bite, *then* presenting the toy adds a subtle touch of > dominance that the dog might need to get the point. > > > > > G Money wrote: >> I saw an awful lot of positive reinforcement, and thats good. >> >> But i'm telling ya...from experience...sometimes you've just got to be mean. >> It's harder than hell cuz they're so damn cute and ya love em to death, but >> be stern, punish, reprimand, yell, smack lightly with a paper if necessary. >> >> You have to make it very well known in terms that the animal will >> understand, that yelping and such is not acceptable. >> >> On 11/8/06, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Those who use puppy training pads which brand do you use? We use the >>> PetSmart economy puppy pads and were just curious if there are any >>> better out there. How long does it usually take a puppy to learn >>> that's where he does his business at? During the day when his crate is >>> in the living room, he seems to be able to poo on the pad but peeing >>> is hit and miss, 2 days ago, all but one hit the pad, I rewarded him >>> the other 4 times and was so proud. I changed the pad and yesterday he >>> went about half the time, one time really disappointed me. I new it >>> was about time so I got on the ground by the puppy pad, with treat in >>> hand ready. >>> I called him name and showed him the pad, he seemed more interested in >>> playing, so I thought he didnt need to go. I looked away for a moment >>> to set the treat down and I looked back at him and he was peeing on >>> the carpet, no where near the pad. Just 2-3 seconds from when I showed >>> him the pad. >>> I reward him with a treat every time he goes on the pad during the day >>> that I'm around. At night, he sleeps in the 2nd bedroom. We have a >>> confinement area set up. It's a ~36sq ft plastic fence. I've lined the >>> bottom with newspaper and we have a puppy pad in there also. He peed >>> on the pad 3 times and only missed once. However he didn't poo on the >>> pad, he pooed on the newspaper. >>> Another question is.. he whimpers and whines during the night and when >>> he hears us opening the bedroom door he goes full force yelping and >>> whining. It's very loud and irritating. I do my best to ignore it but >>> it gets difficult. We don't want him sleeping in our room until he can >>> go all night without using the restroom and yelping and whining, >>> waking us up throughout the night. >>> Also, we have him plenty of toys, 2 squeak toys, 2 tug and pull toys, >>> 2 stuffed toys, and a rattle toy. He seems to want to play with me and >>> my wife than his toys and he plays rough at times.. biting and >>> nipping. We tell him "no bite" and give him a toy, but he doesn't seem >>> to be interested. I just wish he'd spend more time with his toys and >>> become less dependant on us. I'm on vacation this week but next week, >>> we're going to have to leave him during the day, in his confinement >>> area. >>> Any tips, tricks, etc would be GREATLY appreciated. >>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220096 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
