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Old 28-10-2016, 20:46
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We have a rescue dog from Spain, she will wee and poo outside but she will also do it indoors. Any advice would be welcome. We have another rescue (male) also from Spain and we had no problems with him. Thank you for any replies.
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Old 04-12-2016, 20:13
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Put newspaper down in the house. If the dog poos or wees on it lavish with praise and give it a treat . slowly move the paer to the back door then outside. The dog will get the idea you want it to do its business outside . Good luck x
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Old 04-12-2016, 20:43
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Thank you for replying, much appreciated. She is a little better but I will try this and hope it works.
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Old 05-12-2016, 11:19
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Take her out every hour and after meals until she goes. Praise her lots when she goes and decide on a really high value treat like sausages that she loves and only give it after she has done something outside, not any other time. Get all silly and excited and praise her lots. Choose a trigger word so she knows what you mean, I'm so original and just use wee wee and poo poo but I know people who use other words and phrases. Make sure you clean areas inside with either biological detergent or urine remover from the pet shop as any trace of smell will encourage her to use the same spot. She'll smell it even if we can't.
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Old 05-12-2016, 20:31
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Thank you, she is very food orientated so that sounds like a good idea. I suppose I'm not as consistent as I should be, especially now the weather is colder! I must try harder haha. She is getting there though.
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Old 05-12-2016, 22:40
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Thank you, she is very food orientated so that sounds like a good idea. I suppose I'm not as consistent as I should be, especially now the weather is colder! I must try harder haha. She is getting there though.
Yes, been there and it's horrible when it's cold but you have to do it!
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Old 06-12-2016, 09:38
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Assume that the dog hasn't been house-trained and start from that basis. There's lots of advice on doing it on the internet. Dogs seemingly don't tend to toilet where they sleep and eat, so I would confine the dog to one area of the house initially and feed her in that room - maybe throw its food for it to chase after and eat, so it associates the room with food. I would also provide a soft fluffy area for the dog to sit on, so she'll be confined to one smallish area. If you want, you could crate-train the dog so it will happily sit in a crate lined with a rubber backed bathmat. You needn't lock the crate door, but you can put the dog's food in there, and its favourite toys. Take the dog out every hour (I'd be giving her a drink about 20 minutes beforehand too) and praise her generously for peeing and pooing outside. If she "goes" indoors, try to catch her doing it and take her outside immediately to continue.. but if you're too late, just clean it up quietly and don't give the dog a row, because she won't understand, and she could end up trying to hang onto pee for hours, which will make it more difficult to train her. If she has never been house-trained, her bladder muscle will have to be strengthened, which will take longer.. but if she's been house-trained, it's just a matter of her learning where she can "go". Once she's house-trained for your house, take her fluffy bed/mattress with you when you go visiting, and take her out every hour, so you are replicating the same training for other environments.

P.S. I personally would give plenty of liquids during the day, but I'd keep liquids to a minimum for a few hours before bedtime.

I find dogs are more responsive to fun training, so try to make everything sound and feel like a game.
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Old 06-12-2016, 10:17
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Take her out every hour and after meals until she goes. Praise her lots when she goes and decide on a really high value treat like sausages that she loves and only give it after she has done something outside, not any other time. Get all silly and excited and praise her lots. Choose a trigger word so she knows what you mean, I'm so original and just use wee wee and poo poo but I know people who use other words and phrases. Make sure you clean areas inside with either biological detergent or urine remover from the pet shop as any trace of smell will encourage her to use the same spot. She'll smell it even if we can't.
Good luck x
Great advice!
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Old 06-12-2016, 17:38
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Assume that the dog hasn't been house-trained and start from that basis. There's lots of advice on doing it on the internet. Dogs seemingly don't tend to toilet where they sleep and eat, so I would confine the dog to one area of the house initially and feed her in that room - maybe throw its food for it to chase after and eat, so it associates the room with food. I would also provide a soft fluffy area for the dog to sit on, so she'll be confined to one smallish area. If you want, you could crate-train the dog so it will happily sit in a crate lined with a rubber backed bathmat. You needn't lock the crate door, but you can put the dog's food in there, and its favourite toys. Take the dog out every hour (I'd be giving her a drink about 20 minutes beforehand too) and praise her generously for peeing and pooing outside. If she "goes" indoors, try to catch her doing it and take her outside immediately to continue.. but if you're too late, just clean it up quietly and don't give the dog a row, because she won't understand, and she could end up trying to hang onto pee for hours, which will make it more difficult to train her. If she has never been house-trained, her bladder muscle will have to be strengthened, which will take longer.. but if she's been house-trained, it's just a matter of her learning where she can "go". Once she's house-trained for your house, take her fluffy bed/mattress with you when you go visiting, and take her out every hour, so you are replicating the same training for other environments.

P.S. I personally would give plenty of liquids during the day, but I'd keep liquids to a minimum for a few hours before bedtime.

I find dogs are more responsive to fun training, so try to make everything sound and feel like a game.
Thank you, I've done all these things with my other dogs but with her, she seems a bit unsure of what she's supposed to do. Sometimes she's ok and I think we've turned a corner and then she goes and wees or poos after she's been in the garden! I never shout at her, just as you say, clean it up. She lived on the streets as a tiny puppy, so not much teaching from the Mother. I shall carry on with all the training and hopefully we will get there in time.
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Old 07-12-2016, 19:01
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And well done to you for you patience and understanding of your new girl
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Old 07-12-2016, 19:12
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Take her out every hour and after meals until she goes. Praise her lots when she goes and decide on a really high value treat like sausages
I thought you weren't supposed to feed sausages to dogs
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Old 07-12-2016, 19:49
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As far as I'm aware they are fine as an occasional treat
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Old 07-12-2016, 22:08
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I thought you weren't supposed to feed sausages to dogs
They're fine in small pieces as a high value training treat or the odd one now and then as long as it doesn't upset their tummy. Cooked obviously. Ours have the odd hot dog sausage too as a special treat but not often as they are high salt.
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Old 08-12-2016, 16:46
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They're fine in small pieces as a high value training treat or the odd one now and then as long as it doesn't upset their tummy. Cooked obviously. Ours have the odd hot dog sausage too as a special treat but not often as they are high salt.
Many sausages have onion in which is toxic to dogs. When I couldn't get my dog to eat and asked the vet about mixing in some morsels of Sainsbury's Cumberland sausage (which surprise surprise she WOULD eat) the vet advised against it.
That said, in the days when I could fool my dog into taking a pill, I used to get those value sausages and pop a pill inside a small piece. It was all gobbled down in a trice. Nowadays she carefully dissects food and dumps any foreign bodies. She will actually hold the pill in her mouth and drop it when she thinks I'm not looking
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Old 08-12-2016, 17:42
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Trust a vet to spoil the fun 😜 A vet I know always hides tablets for his dog in sausages, so there you go. I think a small amount wouldn't do any harm, probably large amounts would be toxic though. My dogs don't bother dissecting, they just wolf it all down in double quick time, tablets and all.
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Old 08-12-2016, 23:38
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Many sausages have onion in which is toxic to dogs. When I couldn't get my dog to eat and asked the vet about mixing in some morsels of Sainsbury's Cumberland sausage (which surprise surprise she WOULD eat) the vet advised against it.
That said, in the days when I could fool my dog into taking a pill, I used to get those value sausages and pop a pill inside a small piece. It was all gobbled down in a trice. Nowadays she carefully dissects food and dumps any foreign bodies. She will actually hold the pill in her mouth and drop it when she thinks I'm not looking
I buy bland sausages and do check the ingredients, would never use cumberland sausages. Our vet says its ok too. I use little jars of salmon or meat sandwich spread for giving them tablets, coat them in it and it works a treat! It seems to help the tablet slip down and as it's quite smelly it hides any tablet smell.
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Old 10-12-2016, 16:19
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They're fine in small pieces as a high value training treat or the odd one now and then as long as it doesn't upset their tummy. Cooked obviously. Ours have the odd hot dog sausage too as a special treat but not often as they are high salt.
Okay thanks. Ours loves the odd tidbit of sausage or bacon but not much and not on a regular basis.
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