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Originally Posted by
sinead.sheehan@
i have another dog whos a terrier and i ended up putting her outside for a few weeks during the summer that did the trick but ive tried that with angel and if anything shes got worse its like she waits untill i let her in then goes everywhere i wanted her to be a house dog and its driving me mad
Hi Sinead
I'm afraid when house training it can take longer with some puppies than others to work out what is accepted behaviour.
I don't think your puppy
'waits until you let her in to go' she just hasn't learnt that which is expected of her yet. She may also be hurrying to get back in the house to be with you.
Putting Angel out alone teaches her nothing, if she 'goes' outside I would say at the moment that is more by luck than judgement.
You really need to take Angel out at frequent intervals
and to stay with her first thing in the morning/last thing at night/ after sleep/play/excitment/feeding/when she sniffs the ground and circles and about once an hour to begin with.
Take her to where you wish her to go and when she is
in the middle of relieving himself add a queue word like 'beclean' so she learns to associate the word with the action, then give lots of praise and a special tip bit like chicken
the second she finishes (gradually give the tip bit randomly then not at all but always give praise) . This way Angel should learn very quickly that going outside is a rewarding experience going inside isn't and you will eventually be able to use the queue word to get Angel to relieve herself on command too.
Don't scold her if she has an accident inside or she may become reluctant to relieve herself in your presence, instead clean up without a word/no eye contact making sure to clean the area well with biological washing powder to remove the scent of urine
At 6 months Angel should be able starting to have control of her bodily functions so if you stick at it you should be able to train her very quickly.