If you have just brought an older dog into your home, then it might well be that it needs to be housebroken. If the dog starts going to the bathroom inside the house, then this could be for a few reasons. First of all it could simply be that the dog has never been trained properly, and secondly that it has gone through some stressful circumstances in its life that have led to it going to the toilet inside the house. As such you will need to train the dog yourself. Here are ways to housebreak an older dog.
You need to know that there are certain times of the day where the animal will commonly want to go out and use the toilet. They will want to do so usually in the morning, in the evening, and also roughly 30 minutes after they have eaten. You need to keep to these times when you are taking them out.
It is a good idea therefore to start taking the dog out at the times mentioned above. When you do take the dog out and they are correct in that using the toilet outside of the house as they should do, then praise them by giving them a treat and patting them on the head.
When the dog is inside the house and make sure that you contain it within certain areas of the house and shut off all places such as the living areas and bedrooms. You should also keep the animal in your sight at all times when you are nearby.
When you do take out your dog and they fail to defecate or urinate as you might expect them to, it is going to be important for you to bring them back inside and then take them back out 20 to 30 minutes afterwards.
As well as keeping a regular schedule where you bring in outside, it is going to be important future also generate a schedule where you are feeding them at exactly the same sort of time each day. It is therefore important that you make sure this fits in with your own daily schedule so that you can keep to it.
If the dog does have an accident inside the house then you need to punish it in the correct way. Be firm but do not frighten the animal or go over the top and be physical with it. If you follow these tips correctly your dog should learn about using the toilet in the correct way.
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