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Hi - I'm at my wits end and I don't know what to do..
We've got a 6 month old Yorshon(Yorkie/Bishon) named Lady. She is a fantastic animal. Cute, sweet, friendly and funny. Everywhere we go people freak-out at how great she is. She loves people and she loves other dogs and we love her very much.
BUT I haven't been able to house break her... AFTER 2 MONTHS of Crate training.
Here's how I've been crate training her - She stays in her crate(which she likes to be in) I take her out and if she goes, I give her a reward and tell her "good girl". When she has gone in the house and I catch her, I tell her "no" and take her outside. She still goes in the house.
NOW.. she doesn't even want to go outside anymore(especially in the morning) because there is dew on the grass! We also have a lot of rock for landscaping which is where she usually goes #2. EXCEPT this morning where she decided she doesn't want to go on the rocks because it has dew on it. And it's the summer! What going to happen in the fall/winter? I tried to get her to go #1 in the rocks by burying a washcloth soaked in her urine just under neath the rocks. She smells it and has no interest.
She sleeps in the crate and first thing in the morning, I take her out. This morning I took her out and after twenty minutes of her not going I fed her inside - where she pee'd right beside her food bowl.
Oh, and when she goes on the carpet, I immediately hit it with our carpet steamer and then put down Natures Miracle.
I've also put up a bell and before she goes out, I ring the bell with her paw, open the door, out we go and I praise her. She doesn't have it down yet.
My last dog was house broken in two weeks with this method
HELP!!! Please
thanks
We've got a 6 month old Yorshon(Yorkie/Bishon) named Lady. She is a fantastic animal. Cute, sweet, friendly and funny. Everywhere we go people freak-out at how great she is. She loves people and she loves other dogs and we love her very much.
BUT I haven't been able to house break her... AFTER 2 MONTHS of Crate training.
Here's how I've been crate training her - She stays in her crate(which she likes to be in) I take her out and if she goes, I give her a reward and tell her "good girl". When she has gone in the house and I catch her, I tell her "no" and take her outside. She still goes in the house.
NOW.. she doesn't even want to go outside anymore(especially in the morning) because there is dew on the grass! We also have a lot of rock for landscaping which is where she usually goes #2. EXCEPT this morning where she decided she doesn't want to go on the rocks because it has dew on it. And it's the summer! What going to happen in the fall/winter? I tried to get her to go #1 in the rocks by burying a washcloth soaked in her urine just under neath the rocks. She smells it and has no interest.
She sleeps in the crate and first thing in the morning, I take her out. This morning I took her out and after twenty minutes of her not going I fed her inside - where she pee'd right beside her food bowl.
Oh, and when she goes on the carpet, I immediately hit it with our carpet steamer and then put down Natures Miracle.
I've also put up a bell and before she goes out, I ring the bell with her paw, open the door, out we go and I praise her. She doesn't have it down yet.
My last dog was house broken in two weeks with this method
HELP!!! Please
thanks