House breaking?

[Jenn026]

How do you house break dogs? What tricks do you use? I need some help house breaking my 7 mo old beagle. Got him from the neighbor, has virtually no training at all

Here's what Im doing:

Whenever either dog goes potty outside they get a treat and a "good boy". When the puppy goes potty in side, i hold his nose down to it (do not rub it in, just show him) and smack him on the nose and tell him "bad boy" in a stern voice a couple of times.

He sort of gets it. He goes to the door now, and turns and looks at me. If i dont get up right away to take him out, he doesn't wait long, and then he just goes Today he deliberately hid under the table and pooped, thinking we wouldn't see and he wouldn't get in trouble He also just peed while walking right through the living room. He can hold it, he just chooses not to. He knows its good to go outside. He goes out, pees, than looks at me for his treat. So he knows thats good. He just hasn't learned that it's really REALLY bad to go inside. Any ideas?

[sorraia]

While house training my dogs I've always rewarded them for going outside. When they go inside however, I NEVER discipline them directly. UNLESS you actually catch the dog IN the act of piddling in the house, the message doesn't get across the way we want it to. If I catch the dog in the act I very firmly tell them "BAD DOG" and put them outside to finish. Whether or not I catch them in the act, I make a big show about cleaning it up, without directly disciplining the dog. In other words, while cleaning up the mess, I lament to myself out loud about "What a bad dog must have done this? How could they have done this?" whoa is me stuff. Out of the corner of my eye I watch the guilty dog, and I swear, they figure it out quicker than if you discipline them directly. For pretty much every dog I've tried this with, I never had to do this more than two or three times and they "magically" learned piddling in the house is NOT the right thing to do.

If the dog is especially hard to potty train, it can help to keep the dog in only one room until they are better about it. I have heard crate training also helps, though I personally have not tried it for potty training.

[Jenn026]

We are crate training. I don't discipline unless i see it either. I KNOW he can hold it because he doesn't go in his crate where he'd have to sleep in it. I sorta did that indirect thing. He kept coming over to see what I was doing and I was like "What a bad dog" but i didn't actually look at him or grab him or anything. If i catch him in the act, do you think telling bad dog and a smack on the nose is too much? Im having toruble with him bc he is so old and has not had any training.

[MyFlyBoy]

Originally Posted by Jenn026 We are crate training. I don't discipline unless i see it either. I KNOW he can hold it because he doesn't go in his crate where he'd have to sleep in it. I sorta did that indirect thing. He kept coming over to see what I was doing and I was like "What a bad dog" but i didn't actually look at him or grab him or anything. If i catch him in the act, do you think telling bad dog and a smack on the nose is too much? Im having toruble with him bc he is so old and has not had any training.

Nope That should be fine. This might be hard but I had to re-train a friends dog and ended up taking the dog outside every 30 mins. Its kindof a pain however they start to get the message. I've also taught mine how to bark when he needs to go at the door (took about a week to get it). If he goes potty outside act like he just did the best thing in the world it will eventually kick in. But what you've told me about him and his training it will take some time since he has well none.

[IowaAFGirlfriend]

I don't think telling him bad dog and showing him what he's done is helping him at all. He doesn't understand your language yet.

If/when you catch him in the act, make a loud noise (say, "HEY!" or clap your hands) which should startle him enough to stop doing his business. Run to the door and get him to follow you while saying, "Outside!" and get him to do his business out there. He should eventually associate the word outside with the sensation of having to go to the bathroom.

[Jenn026]

Originally Posted by MyFlyBoy Nope That should be fine. This might be hard but I had to re-train a friends dog and ended up taking the dog outside every 30 mins. Its kindof a pain however they start to get the message. I've also taught mine how to bark when he needs to go at the door (took about a week to get it). If he goes potty outside act like he just did the best thing in the world it will eventually kick in. But what you've told me about him and his training it will take some time since he has well none.

I take him outside more than every 30 minutes. It's more like every 15. he ALWAYS goes. He gets a treat, i tell him good boy. But he still goes in the house. it's not very frequent, but it is still a few times a day. It has only been since thurs that we've been training.

[~Jules~]

Sounds to me like you are doing a good job already. Just be consistent with it. For some dogs it takes longer to be house trained than others.

[MyFlyBoy]

Originally Posted by ~Jules~ Sounds to me like you are doing a good job already. Just be consistent with it. For some dogs it takes longer to be house trained than others.

Yeah I agree sounds like everything is fine just will take time.

[~Jules~]

Originally Posted by Jenn026 I take him outside more than every 30 minutes. It's more like every 15. he ALWAYS goes. He gets a treat, i tell him good boy. But he still goes in the house. it's not very frequent, but it is still a few times a day. It has only been since thurs that we've been training.

He is going to the bathroom an awful lot if he goes every time you take him out, and still while inside. You might want to take him to the vet.

[bb1982]

sounds like you are doing everything right so far, it will just take time. When we house trained our beagle, we would keep him confined to one room (the room we were usually in) so that he couldn't roam around the house. This helped because if we were in his eyesight he wouldn't use the bathroom in the house. We also crate trained him, using it at night and any time we left the house. If we couldn't watch him when we were home (like if we were cooking or working on something around the house) we would put him in the crate as well.