Too late to train my dog?
I have a Shepard/Collie named Lola. She just turned 1 and has been paper trained.
I want to get her to start using the bathroom outside.
What is the best approach?
Is it too late?
Too late to train my dog?performing showsIt certainly isn't to late, it just might take longer. You'll need to start from the beginning as if she were a new pup, since she's used to going on paper, bringing paper outside might help you get started. Gradually reduce the size of the paper over a course of a couple weeks until you aren't using it anymore.
How long it will take you to house train your dog depends on your dedication to the training process and your puppy's maturity and learning rate.
Things you will need to housetrain your puppy are a properly fitted crate, a collar and leash, some treats, and time and patience.
You also need to pick a spot for your puppy to go potty. Using the same spot each time will help the puppy recognize that this is where he should go, and the smell from going there other times will help him go potty faster when you take him out.
I don't recommend using doggie litter boxes or those puppy pads. If you want your dog to always go potty in the house fine, then use this article to teach them to go there. But don't complain to me when your dog starts going other places in the house. Dogs often times cannot tell the difference between a puppy pad and your expensive rug. All they know is its ok to go potty in the house so any area with a roof is fair game for elimination. Also trying to paper train a dog and then trying to switch the dog to going outside is counterproductive and confusing for the dog. Doing this will only slow the training down. So forget the puppy pads and start teaching your dog to go outside from day one. If you have already been using them throw them out and start all over from the beginning, but keep mind the process may take a little longer the second time around since once your dog has bad habits they are hard to break. Its much easier to prevent them than to correct them later.
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