I have a 12 week old puppy bitch, she was in a stable before we got her 10 days ago. She is clean through the night, when you take her outside she toilet and you praise her. Trouble is you bring her back in and she will then toilet indoors. How am I supposed to tackle this, we tell her no and take her outside again. Suggestions please.
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If you see her sniffing or circling around once you have brought her back inside, take her out again immediately and give her the toileting command you use.
If she goes before you can get to her, just pick her up (even in mid flow) and put her back outside again, again with the toilet command.
Give her loads of praise when does go outside and a treat if that's what she likes. She will soon catch on that going to the toilet outside means extra cuddles and treat
With living in a stable she wont quite understand that the indoors isn't the place to go, but saying that, she is only 12 weeks old and some dogs catch on to toilet training quicker than others.
Just keep doing what you're doing and she will soon get it. I know it's frustrating but sometimes these things take longer than expected.
Good luck!
Sophie x
If she goes before you can get to her, just pick her up (even in mid flow) and put her back outside again, again with the toilet command.
Give her loads of praise when does go outside and a treat if that's what she likes. She will soon catch on that going to the toilet outside means extra cuddles and treat
With living in a stable she wont quite understand that the indoors isn't the place to go, but saying that, she is only 12 weeks old and some dogs catch on to toilet training quicker than others.
Just keep doing what you're doing and she will soon get it. I know it's frustrating but sometimes these things take longer than expected.
Good luck!
Sophie x
Many thanks for that, I was not sure how to handle when she was actually going indoors. She's 75% going to the toilet outside, but catches you out sometimes. I know the signs to watch and take her out it's successful, but she catches you out when she has just been outside (you don't expect it so much).
