Perfect. Also, unless you catch him in the act, don't bother to scold him if he has an accident in the house. Dogs don't make the connection after a few minutes, and you'll just be going backwards in your training.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 9:28 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: puppy training pads and other puppy related questions. > > seems pretty simple, right? > every few hours carry him to the door, > associate a word like "potties" or whatever and do something like ring > a bell or scratch the door. > Reward him after he defecates and urinates > That sound close? > > > On 11/10/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Varies from dog to dog. Took my puppy 2 or 3 days....takes some weeks. If > > it's taking longer, yer probly doin' something wrong :) > > > > On 11/9/06, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Just an update, so far so good. Loki has used the bathroom outside all > > > lastnight and all day today. > > > There's been a couple times I forgot to scratch the door with his paw, > > > but I'm getting better too :). I know we just started, but how long > > > does it usually take for a puppy to learn this? days? weeks? months? > > > I've been holding him and walking him to the door. I grab the leash, > > > bags and treats and then I take his paw and gently scratch the door. I > > > imagine he'll eventually learn to walk over to the door and scratch. I > > > really like the bell idea, that sounds cool. Is it wise to change the > > > routine though? Should I stick with the scratching the door? > > > > > > Thanks guys! > > > > > > On 11/9/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm a good example of what happens when you DONT train them young... > > > > > > > > On 11/9/06, Mike Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > From: "G Money" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > He's also a yapper breed. > > > > > > > > > > Just like you! :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:220279 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
