Was I Wrong? (Long Story)
We just got back from a wonderful week of camping and had one slight altercation with a neighbor. I'm curious to see what others might have to say. This pic was taken from our site and as yo...
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happybooker1 wrote:
And the guy obviously didn't know JACK about training a puppy. You take them out (to the SAME spot they've been going to all day long) stand like a tree, no eye contact, no playing with puppy for no more than 5 minutes. If puppy doesn't go then it's back inside & in their crate (he DID have a crate I'm hoping!) for 30 minutes.
Rinse & repeat until puppy goes. However long it takes. You DON'T stand outside and cajole, beg, and carry on a conversation with Puppy. If Puppy was THAT distracted by another dog 150' away, Puppy didn't need to go that bad.
Potty training isn't about waiting until the puppy needs to go potty bad enough to go. It's about teaching the puppy to go when the opportunity occurs, because the chance might not come again for a while (such as nighttime sleeping time), and not wait until he/she is about to blow.
