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 re...
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a lot of good ideas so far/////I would take the pad outside at first When you go out take the dog on a leash when he does his business, positive reinforcement is a must,lots of praise.... THEN take the leash off and let him investigate the outside Repeat repeat repeat, until he knows that going outside is not to investigate BUT to do his business.....BE consistant with positive reinforcement......Bite your tongue if he has an accident in the house, don't reward him with verbal acknowledgement(very hard for us to do) just ignore, pick it up and take him out on a LEASH....It took me 3 days of dedication to the dog, to house train.....Be consistant, be positive and NEVER NEVER rub his nose in it......
Keep us posted as to how your new baby is doing
Keep us posted as to how your new baby is doing
