In this video you will learn the basic concepts on how to train your dog to fit perfectly into your particular life style. Please refer to my other videos for help regarding specific training situations. You can find the videos organized more clearly on my website: www.dogmantics.com Remember you are training your dog 100% of the time! Every interaction you have with your dog is training them something. So you have to be conscious of this fact every time you interact with your dog. Link to the video on how to interrupt your dog and stop undesirable behavior www.youtube.com
Archive for March, 2011
Okay so, I am crate training my 6 month old Chihuahua/Corgi mix puppy and it’s going okay, but not great. I’ve been crate training her for over a month now and she will still pee/poop on the floor.
I was told crate training so that the puppy holds her pee/poop until she is taken outside usually takes anywhere from 1-3 weeks. It has been over this time and I don’t know what (if anything) I am doing wrong. Hopefully a vet or experienced dog owner can shed some light…
So, here’s a typical day.. I wake up earlier than necessary to take the pup outside and she pees (she sleeps in the bed, not in the crate at night.) I bring her back in and feed her and then put her in her crate for 15-20 minutes then take her outside again for a while this time and I play with her outside until she pees and poops. I will then bring her in and put her in the crate and at this time I have to get ready and leave but I am back within 2-3 hours. She has stopped peeing/pooping in the crate, which is good. As SOON as I get home I take her outside and let her pee, which she does then I bring her in, into my room where I will let her run around, while I am watching t.v. (and also keeping an eye on her to make sure she doesn’t go on the floor) after this I take her out about every hour to pee (and she does pee when I take her outside) and I let her run around outside the crate ONLY when I can keep an eye on her. I put her in the crate if I need to go shower or cannot watch her at the time. This all sounds good, right? BUT it’s almost as if she pees outside because I take her and that she still doesn’t know that it is not okay to pee in the house outside her crate because if she has to go, and she is playing around the house, she will go, even though I take her out enough and at first, this was fine but by now I think she should be able to be left alone for a little while. Do I just continue the way I am going? Am I doing something wrong?
I would like to get to the point where I can minimize crate usage. I had a dog before that I crate trained in a week, at that time, I was going to school and I left him (walking around the house, without a crate) for the 6 hours and he knew not to go inside and then when I got home I took him outside. I understand all dogs are different, but I wonder why it’s taking so long to get to this point because it’s becoming a little ridiculous having to clean up all the messes from just 2 seconds of taking my eyes off of her even though it’s been nearly two months now.
Help? Anyone else have a dog that’s taken a long time? Ant tricks/hints?
Sorry for the lengthiness of this, but kudos to you for reading.
I am becoming kinda desperate for my baby to be house trained ASAP so ANY help is much appreciated!!
www.sitmeanssit.com This is a fun ‘mark’ an object from anywhere drill that I do, and this one is done in water today. Having the ability to have the dog both drop and pick up objects, gives me flexibility in teaching concepts while staying dry.
Housebreaking puppies requires providing very young puppies with a clean place to urinate and defecate, acclimating the puppy to an enclosed area or crate, and then picking a specific place outside for the puppy to use the bathroom. Learn how the smell of their own urine will remind a puppy where to pee with information from aprofessional dog trainer in this free video on house-training puppies. Expert: Heidi Dixner Contact: www.redrovercomeover.com Bio: Heidi Dixner has been training dogs professionally since 2001 and a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers since 2003. Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge
Learn how to use positive reinforcement when teaching your dog agility in this free video. Expert: Elise Paffrath Bio: Elise Paffrath began her dog agility career in the early 1970s. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso