Hello Chazhound,
this isn't really that urgent or anything but I thought I'd throw it up for educational/future purposes.
I'm trying to understand the psychology behind effectively training the dog to use the yard as the bathroom, and avoid the inside of the house. As I see it, this is so far things I've been doing:
1) use cleaners to wipe out the scent of where they laid their waste
2) attach a positive stimulus (treat) for going outside
Still, puppy Wanta goes in the house whenever we let her roam a while. My question is, it seems this is because (from a pure psychological standpoint) there isn't a negative stimulus (punishment) for going inside.
Granted I'll never do that (I'm against punishing a dog for going inside because it's not fair/its their instinct). But it's just that I have some trouble putting 2 and 2 together. HOW does a dog learn not to go inside, without punishment? (ex: rat touches the lever; level shocks rat. Rat learns never to touch the lever)
Thx in advance
this isn't really that urgent or anything but I thought I'd throw it up for educational/future purposes.
I'm trying to understand the psychology behind effectively training the dog to use the yard as the bathroom, and avoid the inside of the house. As I see it, this is so far things I've been doing:
1) use cleaners to wipe out the scent of where they laid their waste
2) attach a positive stimulus (treat) for going outside
Still, puppy Wanta goes in the house whenever we let her roam a while. My question is, it seems this is because (from a pure psychological standpoint) there isn't a negative stimulus (punishment) for going inside.
Granted I'll never do that (I'm against punishing a dog for going inside because it's not fair/its their instinct). But it's just that I have some trouble putting 2 and 2 together. HOW does a dog learn not to go inside, without punishment? (ex: rat touches the lever; level shocks rat. Rat learns never to touch the lever)
Thx in advance