I Have An Italian Greyhound And A Few Problems…help?
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I am trying to potty train my Italian Greyhound, she is 4 months old. She has a crate and she spent about 6 hours a day in it and every night.
She has a schedule and I take her out every 2 hours so she can go potty.
Anyway, I just don’t know what else to do because she goes potty inside the house, like few minutes after we’re back from the walk.
She potty sometimes in her crate too, usually at night.
She gets food 3 times daily in not excessive amounts.
Another thing is she loves to chase my cat, which my cat doesn’t care he kinds of play with the dog. The only thing about that is that she bites the cat, how to stop that?
Thank you for any help!
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We have a two year old italian greyhound. she is 99% potty trained. as a puppy we had similar problems. this is what helped:
1.puppy classses at pet smart
2.putting a bell on the door handel and then give her a special treat when she goes potty outside and take her paw and ring the bell.
3.use a baby gate and do not let the dog have free reign of the house
4. remember that they have a very small bladder so you need to get them out right away when you get home and right away in the morning
5. I also think that is too much time in the crate…all day and all night is too much. we carte our dog during the day and when she was a puppy i put her in the kitchen with a babygate at night.
It is work but italian greyhounds are the best dogs in the worl!
She isnt really biting.. if the cat bleeds… DO NOT HIT THE DOG… ( I am a dog trainer) Hitting a dog makes it aggressive. use a distraction such as a horn.. a very deep voice such (!!!! When you see it “biting” your cat take the cat away and take the dog away from the cat. If repeated your dog will learn it is bad to do this to the cat.
You keep a dog in a crate for 6 hours plus nights???
Are you kidding? Are these other answerers even paying attention ?
You are obviuously from some country stuck in the dark agees where they do not know any better.
But having a DOG IN A CRATE FOR 6 HOURS AT A TIME and ONLY LETTING IT OUT for short periods is animal cruelty.
And that’s why its acting wierd, its going crazy in there.
Go to the store and buy those puppy pads, so when she’s out of the crate and can’t make it outside she’ll go on that. It helped with me.
Being in a crate for 6 hours a day AND every night! That sounds so cruel. Try getting on a closer level to the pet. If you crate them up, they will disrespect you and not be so lovable. The reason? You are the warden of a prison. As you know, inmates in a correctional facility will never respect the warden and that will be the situation you will have in your hands. Animals are meant to be free to crate them is not a solution but a problem. why even own a pet if you do not intend on loving the animal because loving the animal will usually correct any problem you have with that pet!
IG’s are notoriously difficult to house train. At one time I was interested in getting one, but in my research of the breed I talked to breeders who said they have had dogs that literally NEVER were completely house trained. That was a deal breaker for me.
Using a potty pad inside might be a good idea, but I think your best bet would be to talk with your breeder or look around online at suggestions from other IG breeders. The usual fixes often don’t work with them, and you might have to accept that your dog needs to stay gated in a “non-pee-on-the-floor” friendly room (like a kitchen) unless you are closely watching her.
Good luck to you, you’ve got quite a challenge on your hands.
As far as the biting goes, dogs use their mouths to play. If the cat is not freaking out about it, I wouldn’t worry about it.