New 10 month old OES
Now he is so used to doing #1 and 2 on the floor that I don't know how quickly I can break him of that habbit. I rent my apartment and my landlady will be very upset if her nice new linoleum floor will get ruined. Any suggestions? thanks [/img] |
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| Welcome to the forum. I'll put in a few brief comments but I'm sure others will quickly offer many valuable tips.
If you haven't done so yet, get him to your vet for a thorough checkup and ask him his advice on training. As for housebreaking - it's start from scratch just like you did with your other dogs. At his age it may take more patience but be consistent. Also be sure to read through all the behavior posts on the forum; many of them address the housebreaking issue. Finally don't hesitate to share other issues as they arise. Understand that how the dog responds to your training will depend a lot on how much abuse he has received as a pup. God bless. George |
| thanks for the advice George,
Richardson will go to the vet as soon as the next appointment becomes available He will need all the vaccinations and all the labs (I am a physician so I know exactly what he needs) He already mastered going up and down the stairs and he loves to ride in a passenger seat in my car. He is a very very intelligent dog, would give airdales - whom I consider the smartest dogs around, run for the money. We'll just have to work on bladder and bowel control issues. Thanks |
| How about crate training during the night? |
| Cool name-- where'd you come up with Richardson? My Clyde came from a caged environment too. He was only 3 months old but he had already been shuffled from his litter at a breeder, to a new home who decided they didn't want him but didn't want to return him to the breeder, sold to a pet store and then to me since that cage was no place for him, which I'm sure you can relate to. This did make crate training particularly difficult because he was just used to going wherever he wanted to since that was all he ever knew. To make matters worse, even once he got the idea that outside was the place to go, he still wouldn't give a signal so we taught him to ring a bell, which I can't express how much easier that made things. For awhile, I thought I'd never stop having to touch pee and poo!
Sadly, the best advice I'd give is patience. I think another reason crate training is hard for guys like ours is because they see the cage as punishment. Wait, your guy was in a room, wasn't he? That might be better (bad as that sounds) for the crate training since he won't have the negative connotations that Clyde did. I could go on and on about all the weird little housetraining quirks we went through with him but if you want more info (since it sounds like our guys may have somewhat similar backgrounds), feel free to PM me and I'll try to offer whatever advice I can. I'm finally at a place with him (he's 8 months now) where I consider housebreaking a success. *fingers crossed* because everytime I say that, he pees on the floor to prove me wrong. Well, at least now it's only by the backdoor because I didn't hear the bell! Jill |
| That's a VERY good point---crates should NEVER be a punishment. |
| Thanks for the advise ButtersStotch and shaggymaggie
Richardson is a name for a surgical retractor or Rich for short. I've spent countless hours crancking on one as a medical student. Also, it is an old surgcial tradition to name ones dog afrer an instrument or a procedure. Hence richardson which is perfect for a sheepie. I'll give crate training a thought the only problem might be getting a crate in Korea. Luckily my floors are wall to wall linoleum so cleaning up is easy. thanks again |
| You could also try just confining your dog in a certain room. I posted this under another topic, but we've been confining our dogs with a baby gate that's tall enough to keep the dog, but also it has a pedal that makes it so that you can open it without your hands. So if you would rather keep your dog in a certain room rather than a kennel, I would definately suggest this kind of baby gate. |
| Hi,
Welcome to the forum and it's nice to hear about your adoption of Richardson..although I do hope his brother and the other dogs are as lucky to find a good home like yours. I adopted a dog from Hong Kong last year and he was flown to my home in Vancouver,B.C. Sounds like the same scenerio as "Panda" had not been allowed to live indoors and I was told he wasn't housebroken. I was suprised it didn't take long at all for him to live indoors and view the outdoors as his bathroom area. Here's some handy things that work. Dogs give signals in their urine..things like their ages, sex, heath...ect..Which is why you often see dogs urinating in the exact spot as other dogs. They leave messages for each other..like I'm a male, 4 years old, neutered (yes it's noticable by the urine smell) First thing in the morning just take Richardson outside and walk him a short distance...I'm confident he'll go. You can even start using a word everytime he goes and he soon learns to associate that word to his toilet skills. Don't forget! Lots of praise when he goes. As all mammals they dislike or won't go to the toilet in the same place they sleep except when they are very tiny and don't have the mobility. I have three dogs whom I leave in the house when I went to work...although at first with Panda I would go home at lunch to make sure he got a chance to go outside. The rule of thumb is they can hold it for 2 hrs as a pup and then it increases 1 hr with every month they age. If you work long hours it's very difficult to expect them to hold it more than 6 hrs and sometimes hiring a dog walker may be something you would consider. Taking them outside allows them to go to the bathroom, walking them where there has been other dogs allows them to urinate frequently and completely empties their bladder. This forum is wonderful for recieving advice from dog owners all over the world and you'll find it really helpful. Good luck with Richardson! Marianne and the boys |
| Thanks Marianne
I've been doing just that over the weekend. We walked a lot outside. Today we did 5-6 mi on a trail. He went several times and got verbal encouragement and treats. Richardson is so smart, he is already beginning to get the gist of it. He is a quick learner. It took him a day to figure out the stairs; today he was going up and down back and forth. I guess the key is time, he will get it eventually |
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