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parrothead48
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Apr 11, 2014

Help with house training..

Just needing some advice from all you dog lovers. We recently got a young (13 week) long haired chihuahua. We've had plenty of outside dogs, but this is our first house pup. We're retired and am really enjoying his company. He was trained to pee pads when we got him and is doing really well with urinating on them, but the serious business needs some work. Just wonder if you had any advice for us. He's a minature, so he's very small that's why we are using the pads as opposed to outside. Just wondering if outside would be better? Any and all suggestions would be welcome! Can't wait to take our little Buddy camping!!

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  • Go_Dogs's avatar
    Go_Dogs
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    Apr 11, 2014
    Can you imagine how confusing it is for a dog to be encouraged to pee inside and poop outside? Put the pee pads outside in the spot you want him to do everything at. Little dog, little bladder. Frequency, consistency, praise and common sense.
  • donn0128's avatar
    donn0128
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    Apr 11, 2014
    Potty training is as much owner training as dog training. The key is get him outside often. Offer a small reward once in a while if he does his business. Lots of praise also works. Once he gets the idea and learns to tell you what he wants itis all most over. Probably the worst thing you can do is train a pet to pee inside. That will quickly become a habbit that will be very hard to break

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