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Will this continue until he’s an adult if I don’t train it or will it eventually mellow down? I bought him several chew toys and small bones with meat, but he seems to get sick of chewing his toys n bones easily and starts chewing my shoe. Sometimes when i yell at him with a stern voice saying no or ignoring him he understands, but he doesn’t seem to learn to stop completely… I do have a muzzle cover or whatever and water spray but I don’t like to use it because it doesn’t seem to work… His behavior is not too bad its just he gets excited when he sees people/new people approaching and he gets hyper sometimes because he’s a pup…

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I recently bought a gorgeous 2 month mini aussie sheperd. She’s paper trained and has only had 2 accidents. The last dog I had I got when he was 10 months so I went from having an un housebroken dog to having to house breka him.

How do you train a dog to move from paper to outside? Also would you let your pup have free reign of the room that you’re in or wait till she’s completely changed?

Any training tips or advice are greatly welcome.

PLEASE comment.
She has a crate that she loves, it has her bed and everything. I was told to move the paper closer to the door and then eventually outside. She goes on the paper everytime except twice. My question is, I have a fenced in porch, should I leave the screen door open and put the paper outside so that she can walk outside to use it, and then move from there? What’s a good way to teach your dog to let you know they need to go outside?

She’s VERY smart and a quick learner. (Much easier to train than my german sheperd/lab/pit mix, or the boston terrier I fostered. lol)

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I tried the training pads. For us, that is the worse thing I could ever have done. I never had a problem training a pup before, but since using those cheap little pads (very thin, too), she’s always heading for the carpeting. I’m in a house with ALL WHITE CARPETING, with thick padding. Not by choice, just can’t afford to buy yet. Anyway, kenneling did not help. Sounds dumb, I know, but I have a "frisbee" dog who jumps really high, but can’t catch the frisbee! She jumps, and jumps, enough to get the kennel to tip and the tray to slide out, then get out through the larger holes in the bottom. Then I barricaded the kennel and got the tray to stay put with a lock on the front drop down door. Instead, she started chewing on the corners of the tray. Even when she got sick last week, she threw up, repeatedly on the carpeting. I locked her in my bathroom with a very tall gate. She started scratching at the 6 panel wood door, which opens inward. HELP!! WHAT CAN I DO. SHE CHEWS 2
I forgot to mention that I also tried the bitter apple spray. She just licks it. I have put tobasco sauce on items, such as my wicker chest, corners of a lamp/table. It works, but it tends to stain some things. I can’t keep using that.
I sure appreciate all of the responses. I’m getting good ideas from everyone, however, some of the responses are mentioning things that I mentioned I have already tried. Crating is on of them. I will now try an enclosed crate. I did, fortunately, know to get one that was more her size. I will also check into professional training. The only thing I wonder about that is, if she gets trained somewhere else, will she come home and do the same old thing she used to. By the way, I do take her out regularly. As a matter of fact, when I take her out, I stay out with her for quite some time. Most of the time now, she goes pee outside, and rarely poos outside. She saves that for when I leave for work. And while we are gone she also still pees. Even if she did go outside. I thought maybe she was going through some separation anxiety, but I don’t know how to tell. Praise and treats are a must.

I have six dogs, but one of them was very recently adopted, so I’m going to exclude her for the reason that I’m really unsure of what her behavioral patterns will be after spaying.

-Lola, ten months, lab/golden mix. Shelter mutt.
The shelter I adopted Lola from, six months ago, made me promise to spay her within 30 days of adoption.
I would’ve anyways, though.
She was shy and awkward(clumsy) when I adopted her. She was a nice looking dog, not aggressive. Her trainer said she needed to break out of her shell.
Her health was "ok, nothing to worry about" as the vet described.
Since the spay, she has been nothing but nippy, she barks at inatimate objects, she tries to push me around with her weight, she hates her trainer(who now says she’s a stubborn b*tch–in it’s original context of course) and the vet gets stress wrinkles everytime I bring her near.

-Draek, three years, blue heeler. Purebred, champion bloodlines, show-worthy.
Since I don’t own any other blue heelers, and he hasn’t won any shows(not worthy to be a sire), I had Draek neutered at 4 mo.s.
He was always a friendly and happy pup. The surgery didn’t really effect him extremely, but he has never been as outgoing or playful since about two days after the operation–when he started lagging around. The trainer says he seems lethargic or depressed…he doesn’t enjoy his walks anymore, and he won’t play with the other dogs. He just….lays around.
The vet says he’s healthy.

-Maverick, two years, basenji. Purebred, champion bloodlines, several awards.
This dog is intact. He’s won many awards, screened as 100% healthy, no problems, an angels temperament, and purebred, AKC, from champion bloodlines. I would rather cut off my index finger than neuter this gorgeous dog!
His trainer describes him as easy going and one of the least stubborn Basenji’s he’s ever dealt with.
Vet says he’s totally clear.

-Yeti, seven years, Shiba Inu. Purebred, champion bloodlines, 10+ awards.
this amazing dog has had her share in life. I bought her at just over a year. She had all her AKC papers, had been shown and won every show(3) she’d been entered in, and she had an appt. to be spayed! I canceled the apt, and gave her two months to warm up to my family before I made another one.
Once she was warmed up, I realized she had the most wonderful personality. So I had her screened. Clean! So I bred her twice, with another champion Shiba. The pups are being shown today. Still in contact with the owners.
When she turned five years old, she started to lag a bit. By six I stopped putting her in any competitions, and I had her spayed. About two days after the operation i noticed some odd behavior. Aggression toward the other dogs, random shaking, growling at me and other people. Vet said no problems. Got a second and third opinion but they also said her health was–well, no problems at all.
I took her to her old trainer she had as a pup, and he didn’t know what to say. He said maybe it was a stressful operation at her age and she couldn’t handle it.
Since then she has bit me twice, three other people, and has to be kept separated from my other dogs, or she will tear them apart!

-Jackie, two years, JRT. Shelter dog.
she was spayed a couple of months after I adopted her. She was always nippy and hyper, which is somewhat to be expected from her breed.
But after I spayed her, about a week approximately, she bit her trainer.
She bit me.
She started urinating in the house.
Barking at everything that moves.
I’ve gone through four different trainers to get this one that will work with Jackie despite her specific issues, and now he says she may need another six months or year to pass all her courses.
The vet says she’s in good condition — not great, like she was before I spayed her, but good.

I’ve always used the same positive+negative training methods for all my dogs, which teach them what they are supposed to and not supposed to do.

I feed them all raw diet, as well as Blue Buffalo dry.

They are all current on vaccinations, and I have never skipped out.

They’ve all been taken to behavior school, and been through/are going through all levels as well as some excess in-the-home training(all training beginning @ 3 mo.s old)

I have adopted a beautiful wolf\malamute hybrid at two years old. I don’t intend to breed her, as she has no wins and isn’t registered, but I don’t want to ruin her temperament by spaying her.
Should I desex her? No?

After I had Lola desexed, and it went so horribly, I switched to a different vet. He’s an awesome vet, have heard nothing but the best from him. Several of my friends have had their dogs desexed through him, no side effects.
Is it something about my home? About the way I’m acting?

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Our 8 year old Jack Russell Terrier was crate trained as a pup. We had her completely housebroke, then one day she began having accidents in the house so we began the crate training all over again. Now as she gets older she will even go in her kennel. Sometimes even in her food dishes. When we put her outside on her runner, she’ll come up on the porch and leave her "presents" there as well. She has even been known to hold her "movements" while outside and wait until she comes back in. We are moving to a new house and hate to make her an outside dog, but don’t want the new floors ruined with her accidents either. What can we do? Help!

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I have a pit pup, 4 months old, that was a rescue along with his little mutt sidekick (pug/dachshund) of about the same age, both male, I’ve had them for about a month. The pit is a wonderful dog, highly intelligent, but has some behaviors that drive me crazy. ;~) The mutt is doing great, other than the occasional issue of going to the bathroom in the house when he’s mad at me.

Background on the dogs ~ They were purchased about a week apart by a young couple who wanted a bully breed for the status and a little dog to spoil rotten. Neither dog was house trained (or actually trained at all). The pit was taken from his mother at only 5 weeks by a BYB who told the couple it would lead to better bonding with the owners.

The issues I’m having with the pit ~

~MAJOR separation anxiety.

~Constant "talking" when outside in the form of yipping, whining and screaming. The previous owners thought this was cute and reinforced the behavior.

~Being sneaky with incorrect behaviors (cat box grazing, garbage rummaging). He knows better but will wait til I am not paying attention and go check out the cat box and trash. I bought a covered cat box to try and remedy this but the pup will flip it over til the litter and feces fall out on the floor. The garbage he simply pushes the flip-lid up with his nose, grabs whatever is on top and stashes it under my desk with his pile of toys.

This dog is not at all aggressive (passed the SMARTER tests with flying colors), is a sweet natured incredibly loving animal who is so happy to be loved. It took me only 48 hours of constant work and positive reinforcement to get him house trained, he knows it’s ok to chew all his toys up but nothing else.

A few people I’ve talked to suggested a bark collar to stop the "talking" but I’m not sure of this would be a good idea with an abused dog. There were reports of the previous owner using a shock collar dialed up to 10 to get the pup to "twitch" and lose bladder control.

I expected the separation anxiety, but his is the worst I’ve ever seen.

The cat box and garbage issues are a real annoyance to me because I don’t want his breath reeking of his little "cat treats", and the garbage issue seems as if the dog is hoarding(???) and I’m getting tired of cleaning up his stash. ;~)

We are working on socializing and are enrolled in obedience classes that begin in two weeks. I am also exploring agility training for him due to his high energy level, it would give him a "job" and a positive focus for his energy.

By the way, I am a 38 yr old college student taking my classes online through the closest college (an hour commute) so am home most of the day and take breaks to give the dogs attention.
Have tried elevating the cat box, the pup can jump about 4 feet up. ~sigh~ love him madly though. Am thinking about investing in one of those cat boxes that does the sifting a minute or so after the cat finishes her business.

I have tried crating/kenneling, but the dog freaks out if he knows I’m in the house and he’s kenneled, to the point I’m afraid he will hurt himself further trying to get out (already had a bloody mouth from him trying to chew through the wire a week or so ago when I was testing for a SOC class and didn’t want to be interrupted by the dogs). He does fine if I kennel him and then leave the house though. The pup is seriously attached and is afraid of being abandoned.

His behaviors are great except for these few issues.
Thank you ms manners!! Will go buy a spray bottle and look for the trash can you described this afternoon.
Good point about the exercise. I didn’t think to put that in. I get up every morning around 5 and take the dogs down to the river and back for their morning exercise (about 1 1/2 mile walk). I have just under an acre for a back yard and after breakfast the dogs get to go outside for bathroom duties and playtime. I built a spring pole this weekend for the pit (the mutt likes it so much I need to build a smaller version for him!! lol). I take anywhere from 30 to 90 minutes early afternoon to take the dogs out in the yard for more playtime to wear them out so I can concentrate on my PSYC class lecture via webcam mid-afternoon. In the evenings we either take another walk after dinner or play in the backyard til they are worn out and ready to settle in for the night. Also when I get frustrated or am going cross-eyed from my school work I take breaks throughout the day and take the dogs out back for a game of fetch or something while I clear my head.

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Just a little background on my pup to better understand why she might be digging.
Ok, she is 10 months old. She is a border collie/lab mix. She has a lot of energy. She loves to play. We got her when she was 8 weeks old. It took a while to potty train her, but she eventually got the hang of it. Although when she pees, she walks at the same time. I don’t know why she does this, but she pees outside. She loves other dogs. Big people or objects scare her. She only barks at bags or people playing outside (not much of a guard dog, LOL). We have a 4 yr old terrier/chihuahua mix. Even though she is older, she loves to play outside in the back yard when I go out to toss a ball. The pup will play fetch, but not the older one. The older one will wait til she brings the toy back and they will play tug of war together for a long time. I do take them for a walk in the morning for an hour and they will even swim sometimes, hoping to tire them more. They get to wonder and sniff things on their walks because it’s a trail and I let them off leash. I come home and let them rest in the back yard and give them water. Then I’ll feed them. Later in the day I’ll play outside with them. And both of them come inside every now and then and they sleep inside everynight in their own crates. I have no troubles on that part. But when I have to leave the house, the pup will dig huge holes for no reason. She doesn’t lay in them, she doesn’t hide toys in them. My guess is she smells something down there, but I don’t know what it is. When she was younger and much smaller she didn’t dig. I’m assuming it’s because she had a pool to play in. She’d still have that pool if she didn’t tear it up. I’m going to buy her another one and see if that helps the problem. But she does love to play outside by herself. The older dog is out there with her. I see the pup running back and forth tossing her toy in the air and catching it. So I don’t think she is digging because she is bored. And the dogs do stay out most of the day because when they come in they start to play together and don’t watch where they are playing. They seem to love to get closer and closer to me and will bump into me. They can’t do that because I’m 5 months pregnant and don’t want them hitting my belly when they play. And the pup never leaves the older one alone. She is alway nibbling at her ear trying to get her to play. I’d be soo annoyed if I was my older dog. I’m glad she has patience. But when they start to play inside I tell them "NO" because inside is not the place to play. Only outside. The pup loves to be around us, especially me. She will follow me from room to room and lay there til I get up and move to the next room. I don’t know why she does this, but I think it’s cute. My dogs are not properly trained by a trainer, but they do know how to sit and lay down. They are calm and patient when it comes time to feed them. They know to sit before they get fed. They are potty trained. They are good dogs. It’s just that digging problem with them pup that needs to get worked out. And when she barks at the neighbors playing needs to stop too. Sometimes we put her in our neighbors back yard to play with his dog for a while.
So with all that info on my pup, what do you suggest I do to help her stop digging. Oh and I can’t give her a certain spot to dig because we are renting the house and they’ll charge me for the holes. Although that did cross my mind.