Since my last thread was on its 5'th or 6th page, I decided to start a different one with this question.
I have a (almost) 1 year old Doxun, we're still housetraining him... and he's getting better but no where near perfect
Right now he's going out about every 2 hours (g/t), but when school starts back up, he'll be crated for longer lengths of time between walks. I know he's not going to make a mistake in the crate, and ultimately my goal is to be able to get him to hold it while roaming the house - the same way he does in the crate.
Now, even walking him every 2 hours or so (8 or more times a day OUTSIDE) he'll still make mistakes in the house... just today, he was crated - we took him out, he did pee-pee outside ... we praised him, treated him. We came back inside, about an hour or so later, he started to go #2 right in front of me. No warning, no cry by the door---just BOOM, squat and go right in front of me. I yelled NO! STOGIE NO! picked him up (not before we "air bombed" the carpet {and nearly my shoes} mind you), took him outside where he finished and I treated him, praised him etc... (which was hard for me, since I was litterally staring at him and the front door and he gave me NO WARNING to go outside...but I praised him as I've been told DO NOT reprimand him when he makes mistakes, praise the outside which I did)
I'm trying to do all the right things here, and I know it can quickly become more about me than the dog, but.............. The point to the thread is, if walks every 2 hours arent enough... once the kids go back to school - walks will be less frequent than they are now! WHAT THEN!?
I have a (almost) 1 year old Doxun, we're still housetraining him... and he's getting better but no where near perfect
Right now he's going out about every 2 hours (g/t), but when school starts back up, he'll be crated for longer lengths of time between walks. I know he's not going to make a mistake in the crate, and ultimately my goal is to be able to get him to hold it while roaming the house - the same way he does in the crate.
Now, even walking him every 2 hours or so (8 or more times a day OUTSIDE) he'll still make mistakes in the house... just today, he was crated - we took him out, he did pee-pee outside ... we praised him, treated him. We came back inside, about an hour or so later, he started to go #2 right in front of me. No warning, no cry by the door---just BOOM, squat and go right in front of me. I yelled NO! STOGIE NO! picked him up (not before we "air bombed" the carpet {and nearly my shoes} mind you), took him outside where he finished and I treated him, praised him etc... (which was hard for me, since I was litterally staring at him and the front door and he gave me NO WARNING to go outside...but I praised him as I've been told DO NOT reprimand him when he makes mistakes, praise the outside which I did)
I'm trying to do all the right things here, and I know it can quickly become more about me than the dog, but.............. The point to the thread is, if walks every 2 hours arent enough... once the kids go back to school - walks will be less frequent than they are now! WHAT THEN!?