If you had a big enough heart to take an adult dog into your house
that’s never lived with a family before then you will likely have the
patience that is needed for house training
an older dog. This shouldn’t take more than a few weeks, but as they
say old habits die hard to don’t be surprised if there are a few
accidents before you are able to train them.
Remember that your dog thinks with its nose. It will remember where to relieve itself by where it smells the last place it urinated. If that happened to be on your Persian rug that is probably where it will go once again. With this in mind you can begin potty training your new canine companion.
If you have a backyard it’s much easier. You can purchase a bottle of urine scent, which is often used to train puppies, from any pet store. You must simply find a spot where you would like your dog to go and spray that area. He will smell it and will understand that is where he should go. Do this a few times and before you know it your dog will be house broken.
If they do happen to go in the house and you don’t clean it up right away then they will think that is the appropriate place and will likely urinate there again. Whenever you clean up a mess you should not use ammonia as that is one of the scents the animal picks up on to begin with. There is a spray called “natural essence” or any other doggie deodorizing cleanser that you can find at your pet store will do.
If you dog should happen to have an accident then you should only scold them if you catch them in the act of doing it. If they’ve already gone then it’s too late to punish them as they won’t understand why they are being punished. It is important that you don’t hit your dog, but simply take them by the scruff of the neck, put their nose near the urine or feces and in a stern tone say “No.”
Make sure to walk your dog at a regular time and on a consistent basis so that they will not need to go. At least twice a day and 30-45 minutes each time depending on the breed should be good enough. Note some animals will require considerably more exercise.
Remember that your dog thinks with its nose. It will remember where to relieve itself by where it smells the last place it urinated. If that happened to be on your Persian rug that is probably where it will go once again. With this in mind you can begin potty training your new canine companion.
If you have a backyard it’s much easier. You can purchase a bottle of urine scent, which is often used to train puppies, from any pet store. You must simply find a spot where you would like your dog to go and spray that area. He will smell it and will understand that is where he should go. Do this a few times and before you know it your dog will be house broken.
If they do happen to go in the house and you don’t clean it up right away then they will think that is the appropriate place and will likely urinate there again. Whenever you clean up a mess you should not use ammonia as that is one of the scents the animal picks up on to begin with. There is a spray called “natural essence” or any other doggie deodorizing cleanser that you can find at your pet store will do.
If you dog should happen to have an accident then you should only scold them if you catch them in the act of doing it. If they’ve already gone then it’s too late to punish them as they won’t understand why they are being punished. It is important that you don’t hit your dog, but simply take them by the scruff of the neck, put their nose near the urine or feces and in a stern tone say “No.”
Make sure to walk your dog at a regular time and on a consistent basis so that they will not need to go. At least twice a day and 30-45 minutes each time depending on the breed should be good enough. Note some animals will require considerably more exercise.
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