unless they try to and you correct them?
This is something I don't understand about housebreaking and I think I just need someone to spell it out for me. I've read so many books and web sites about housebreaking but I just don't get it.
I understand that the point of taking them out all the time is to teach them that its appropriate to go outside. But how do they then translate that to understanding that its inappropriate to go inside? The housebreaking sources say that you need to watch pups all the time, or confine them, and take them out often so they never have the chance to make a mistake, and that every mistake is a big step backward in housebreaking. I guess I just don't understand dog psychology and how they make the connection that going outdoors means not going indoors, unless they do have a few accidents and are stopped or scolded.
Meenah is almost 10 months old now, and in the last 5.5 months, the four accidents she's had were all explanable (2 bouts of diarrhea, a fear response to a toy that scares her - the toy is gone, noone noticing her at door - bell trained her). From anywhere in the house, she goes to the door to be let out. If noone is right there with her, she rings the bell at the door to summon us. We have a fenced in backyard and she has her preferred areas where she likes to pee and poo. She likes to poo in out of the way places, but she tends to pee just anywhere out there, and I've never tried to corral her into one spot because hey its outside! How do I know that she actually understands NOT to go inside the house?
Thanks!
This is something I don't understand about housebreaking and I think I just need someone to spell it out for me. I've read so many books and web sites about housebreaking but I just don't get it.
I understand that the point of taking them out all the time is to teach them that its appropriate to go outside. But how do they then translate that to understanding that its inappropriate to go inside? The housebreaking sources say that you need to watch pups all the time, or confine them, and take them out often so they never have the chance to make a mistake, and that every mistake is a big step backward in housebreaking. I guess I just don't understand dog psychology and how they make the connection that going outdoors means not going indoors, unless they do have a few accidents and are stopped or scolded.
Meenah is almost 10 months old now, and in the last 5.5 months, the four accidents she's had were all explanable (2 bouts of diarrhea, a fear response to a toy that scares her - the toy is gone, noone noticing her at door - bell trained her). From anywhere in the house, she goes to the door to be let out. If noone is right there with her, she rings the bell at the door to summon us. We have a fenced in backyard and she has her preferred areas where she likes to pee and poo. She likes to poo in out of the way places, but she tends to pee just anywhere out there, and I've never tried to corral her into one spot because hey its outside! How do I know that she actually understands NOT to go inside the house?
Thanks!