http://www.greyhoundsavvy.com/care-training/italian-greyhound-training-problems/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.greyhoundsavvy.com/care-training/italian-greyhound-training-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Anonymous Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:26:12 +0000 http://www.greyhoundsavvy.com/care-training/italian-greyhound-training-problems/#comment-122 Many 4-month old puppies are not completely housetrained, and small breeds often take longer than large ones. As with children, bowel training is usually easier than bladder training. Confine your puppy to a small crate when you can't watch her. She won't go there, because dogs do not like to mess up their sleeping area (that's why you don't want to use a large crate--she will just use one end and sleep in the other). When you take her out of the small crate, carry her straight to the "potty area" and praise her/give her a treat when she goes, which she will need to do right after she gets out of the crate and starts moving around. Once she pees/poops, she can have the run of the house for a while, but keep an eye on her and whisk her back there you see her sniffing and squatting. With my young dogs, I say the same word ("sniff") every time they eliminate, and pretty soon it becomes a "command"--this is useful if you take your dogs somewhere and want them to use a new area, or if you want them to hurry up. Katharine Maus Many 4-month old puppies are not completely housetrained, and small breeds often take longer than large ones. As with children, bowel training is usually easier than bladder training.
Confine your puppy to a small crate when you can’t watch her. She won’t go there, because dogs do not like to mess up their sleeping area (that’s why you don’t want to use a large crate–she will just use one end and sleep in the other). When you take her out of the small crate, carry her straight to the “potty area” and praise her/give her a treat when she goes, which she will need to do right after she gets out of the crate and starts moving around. Once she pees/poops, she can have the run of the house for a while, but keep an eye on her and whisk her back there you see her sniffing and squatting. With my young dogs, I say the same word (“sniff”) every time they eliminate, and pretty soon it becomes a “command”–this is useful if you take your dogs somewhere and want them to use a new area, or if you want them to hurry up.
Katharine Maus

]]> http://www.greyhoundsavvy.com/care-training/italian-greyhound-training-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Kit_kat Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:21:49 +0000 http://www.greyhoundsavvy.com/care-training/italian-greyhound-training-problems/#comment-121 first realize that a 4 month old doesn't have full control yet. If you are giving the younger on free run of the house you will have problems. tehy need a small area to start with. first realize that a 4 month old doesn’t have full control yet.
If you are giving the younger on free run of the house you will have problems. tehy need a small area to start with.

]]> http://www.greyhoundsavvy.com/care-training/italian-greyhound-training-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-120 sniffydo Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:06:21 +0000 http://www.greyhoundsavvy.com/care-training/italian-greyhound-training-problems/#comment-120 Yeah. They aren't CATS. Lose the pads, get some crates and housebreak them properly outside. Yeah. They aren’t CATS. Lose the pads, get some crates and housebreak them properly outside.

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