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Originally posted by JPmoney
Ok, newbie rottie owner here, but soapie I always thought when you caught a dog going the bathroom you put their nose to it and say no then bring them outside. Am I wrong? |
jp money that is the dark ages, my dad did that with our dog, and I did it with my first dog twenty years ago. it does not work.
anyway, NO!!!! do not do that. It is meaningless to the dog, trust me. they just think you are insane.
The only correction that works is if you catch the dog IN THE ACT, I mean at the very moment he/she is peeing/pooping, and taking him/her outside at that very instant. hopefully they will still be peeing/pooping and when they are done (having done their business so correctly OUTSIDE) you praise them. That way they can make the connection --- AHHH - I see, I am supposed to go OUTSIDE!
I like to think of it this way - say you have a little toddler baby human in training pants. You want to teach him/her to go on the toilet, but he/she goes in his pants. You find it much later and take the pants off, scream NOOOOO, stick the baby's face in it, and then put the baby on the toilet. No baby in the world would understand that, and to try to think dogs will , who have much less understanding of the human world than babies do, is unrealistic.