house training

[meggi123]

I have a 6 month shepherd collie cross male ,he learnt to toilet train on his newspaper quite quickly but he wont go outside to go ,i can walk him for 2 hours and he still waits to get home to pee and or poo he loves to be in the garden but again waits till he comes inside to go ,ive tried putting the newspaper outside staying with him etc but to no avail ,help what can i do ,

[Gevs1966]

Unfortunately you have to be cruel to be kind in this situation. The next time your dog does it inside, take it by the scruff of the neck and put his nose to it telling him off at the same time. Put him outside for a while immediately afterwards.

 

If you repeat this every time it shouldn't be too long before everytime the dog wants to go he will be asking you to let him outside.

 

Worked everytime with at least 8 dogs I know of personally and also recommended by many breeders apparently

[andy hughes]

Your puppy is still quite young, and that is why he  doing his toilet where he feels safe and secure, and that's inside.

To train him, try and catch him using the paper, and lift (don't drag!) him outside to finish, and then praise him. When he matures a little more, he will have the confidence to toilet outside, and he wil have learned by your praise that this is what you want him to do.

I cannot agree with the notion of rubbing a pet's nose in its excretia - dogs learn by patience, example, and praise,not fear and discomfort.

Try the method I have used - and think, if the 'many dog breeders ever have children, heaven help them at potty time! Ludicrous comparison? Think about it - you are teaching a young but sentient and feeling creature to do something you want, given that you can't explain it verbally, but the trainee would love to please you, and will learn eventually. When you think of it like that, I think my method has more appeal.

[woofgang]

I agrre with Andy, this little chap trusts you (or should) how is telling him off for doing what you taught him that you wanted him to do going to make him understand?

Have you tried putting some of the dirtied paper outside to show him by scent where you want him to go. Put it near the back door in quiet place.

Clean very thoroughly the place where you paper trained him using  a biological cleaner (the pet shops sell special smell digester ones) watch him like a hawk and when he starts to get ready to go, take him outside and put him on the smelly paper. Be patient, praise loads

Aside, this is why I think that paper training puppies is not really a good idea. Why do you want to teach a dog (or anyone else) something that you will want them to unlearn???

[nrmatth]

i agree. lots of good puppy training books say not to start paper training because it confuses the puppy. Plus they suggest crating until your puppy is trained, since dog do not like to go in their areas they sleep in. and when you punish a dog for accidents you make them overly- submissive which is why some dogs roll over and pee on themselves at the slightest harsh look. not good. plus they don't have any clue why your doing it so they get the wrong idea anyway.