House training my mothers dog…………?
Posted on February 27th, 2010 by admin
My mom has a four year old chihuahua that she has never house trained. The dog has been formally trained at a school, but is still a very horrible dog…obviously not it’s fault though. It’s always been able to just poop and pee where ever it pleases, which is a problem and disgusting and she just follows it around and cleans up after it. Anyways, she has called for my help because I’m usually good with dogs and its just difficult on where to start because it’s always been programmed in his brain that he is allowed to poop where ever he wants. I know that we need to clean up very well so his smell isn’t in the carpet anymore and we also need to start putting down his food and water at scheduled times so we know when he’s going to go, but does anyone else have any tips? and we don’t want him to use potty pads we actually want him to go outside. I’m here in the morning, and I can come at later in the day, but it’s her reponsibility to take him out the rest of the day, but she works 7 pm to 7 am so she is tired. I serioulsy need a schedule bad. also would it be better to buy the dog a harness instead of a leash because it’s so attched to my mom that when I take it outside it just trys to pull to go back inside and chokes itself. The problem is unbareable to even be with in the house. The dog also has major aggression problems, but those will have to be tackled later because house training needs to happen asap. It’s hard to take it out to poop though because it won’t walk in the snow…. so any suggestions about that would be great too.
Thanks in advance,
Jes
If someone gave a detailed schedule about feeding and when I should take it out, I’d for sure pick you for best answer. People have told me to crate train, but she is not going to want her dog in a crate all day. I need the best thing to do though. Please help.
My dog’s schedule: 7:30 a.m.: Wake up, pee, eat breakfast.
12:00 p.m.: (Long walk) Pee and poop.
4:00 p.m.: (If she has to) Pee.
7:00 p.m.: Eat.
10:30 p.m.: Pee (and poop if she feels like it)
Often, we’re at my friends house and she has a fenced in yard, so she goes outside a lot more (although, I never know what’s coming out of her because I’m not closely supervising).
February 27th, 2010 at 5:24 am
you should just yell at it so it gets scared of you then you can teach it to do things you want
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February 27th, 2010 at 5:36 am
put him in his crate. his crate should be big enough for him to stand up comfortably, turn around, and lay down, but no extra space. this will be his house from now on. keep him in his crate all day. let him out to eat, and go to the bathroom outside, and for walks. take him outside to go, in the morning before breakfast, after breakfast, before you go to work, at lunch if you can, as soon as you get home, before dinner, after dinner, and before bed. when he finally does go outside, put a work to it, like bathroom. when you let him out of the crate, constantly say bathroom. he should learn in about a week, maybe two.
the reason that this works is that he is forces to hold himself because he won’t go inside his crate, which is his home, and he won’t soil his home.
if you have trouble having the dog go in the snow, shovel a small patch of grass, and let that be his bathroom area.
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February 27th, 2010 at 5:41 am
Since he has been allowed to go everywhere, I would start by giving him only two choices – in the crate or outside. Even the toughest dog, when given ONLY those two choices, will choose to go outside. Your mom is just going to have to wake up at least once during the day and take him out.
Once he has that figured out, confine him to areas with no carpet – most dogs do not like to go on a hard surface, and will choose outside over that. Do not allow him into carpeted areas until he is rock solid on the housetraining.
I use harnesses on all my small dogs – its not like they can drag me anywhere. As far as walking in the snow- just keep walking. The dog will have no choice but to follow. Once he goes outside, then tell him how good he is, and take him straight in….that way going back inside will be the reward for doing what he is supposed to do.
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I take dogs I am housebreaking out every hour or so, right after eating (I feed at 6 in the morning and 6 at night), right before bed, and first thing in the morning, before they are allowed anywhere in the house.
Your mom is going to have to confine him somehow, when she cant watch him. If not in a crate, some other way. If she gives him the run of the house, then he will not learn (and that is probably why he is not housebroken at this point).
Its not like its forever – once he figures things out, then he will not need to be crated. It usually takes me less than a week to housetrain an adult dog.
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February 27th, 2010 at 6:01 am
My dog’s schedule: 7:30 a.m.: Wake up, pee, eat breakfast.
12:00 p.m.: (Long walk) Pee and poop.
4:00 p.m.: (If she has to) Pee.
7:00 p.m.: Eat.
10:30 p.m.: Pee (and poop if she feels like it)
Often, we’re at my friends house and she has a fenced in yard, so she goes outside a lot more (although, I never know what’s coming out of her because I’m not closely supervising).
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February 27th, 2010 at 6:26 am
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