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Housetraining On The Go (2)
When you are away from home with your dog and taking an outside potty break, keep him leashed any time he needs to potty near traffic or in unfenced areas. Some dogs like privacy, though, and are hesitant to eliminate if someone is standing near them.
Getting Your Dog Used To Pottying On-Leash
Home is the easiest place to start teaching your dog how to potty while being leashed. Home is usually where dogs feel most comfortable doing their business, so teach on-leash elimination there first.
Leash your dog when it's potty time, and take him to the area you want him to use for elimination. A 6-footer or retractable leash is best, as it allows you to stand a short distance away from your dog. Give the leash enough slack so that your dog doesn't feel pressure on his collar. This way, he won't feel crowded or restricted, and will be able to relax and relieve himself.
In a calm, friendly voice, say your dog's potty cue (a word that you command to remind him that it's potty time, such as Go Potty). Then, just wait while he sniffs around and picks the perfect spot. When he goes, praise him quietly and warmly, saying the potty cue as part of the praise phrase.
After your dog is comfortable eliminating at home while you hold his leash, take the show on the road. Start with on-leash walks that begin from home. Walk around your neighborhood or go to a dog-friendly park. This will let your dog smell where other dogs have been and will be a good way to introduce him to pottying when and where you suggest.
Potty In Public
Most adult dogs or older pups will eliminate wherever they smell other dogs' pee or poop. Some dogs, however, actually try to avoid relieving themselves where they smell the scent of dogs they don't know. This happens mainly with pups younger than 4 months old and dogs that are fearful or submissive around other dogs. These dogs don't feel safe or comfortable eliminating where strange dogs have marked.
Staking claims on territory by marking the perimeters and prominent landscape features with urine and feces is a natural, instinctive canine behavior. In canine society, dog's don't urinate over another dog's mark unless they consider themselves of equal or greater rank.
In nature, it's dangerous for a pup to wander far enough from the den to smell urine marks left by unknown dogs. A pup away from his home territory knowns he's out of his element and isn't inclined to leave his scent where strange dogs will find it. Instinct apparently tells pups it's safe to dot hat, because a puppy's urine scent will let other animals know that he's young and vulnerable.
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When a dog is unwilling to eliminate in new public places it can create huge traveling problems. Some dogs will try to hold it as long as they can, rather than pee or poop at a rest stop, motel or weekend dog show. This can cause the dog a lot of discomfort and even generate health problems.
Teaching your pup to potty when given a verbal cue, such as go potty, will help him get over his worries about eliminating in new places. Hearing the potty cue at home and being praised for doing his business will smooth the way to pottying on strange turf.
Here's the trick that will make unfamiliar ground smell more like home: When your dog pees before leaving home, blot up some of the urine with a paper towel and put it in a plastic zip-sealed bag. Take that with you on your trip.
When you take your dog for a potty stop, first pour a few tablespoons of water into the bag. Let the urine-scented water drip out onto the ground in a couple of places about 5 feet apart. You can reseal the bag and use it again at other rest stops.
After you put the bag away, take your dog to the area you just scented with his urine. Stand there with him, keeping him in view from the corner of your eye. He'll sniff those spots you scented, recognize his urine odor and perhaps wonder why he doesn't recognize the place. Praise him calmly when he sniffs the urine spots and say his potty cue to him. If he relieves himself, praise quietly and wait a few more minutes in case he has more business to do.
Time To Hit The Road
Once your dog has mastered pottying on leash and pottying where other dogs have been, the next step is to take him on a lot of short trips, so he can practice appropriate potty behavior in different locations.
Start with car rides to places 15 minutes to an hour from home. When you get where you're going, take your dog for a pleasant on-leash walk. Let him do a good bit of sniffing in areas where it would be OK for him to eliminate. If he sniffs intently at several spots in one area, chances are good that dogs have left their urine scent there. Calmly encourage your dog to do likewise and praise him quietly if he does.
Take rides to dog-friendly parks and other areas where your dog can sniff and explore on his leash. Praise him calmly when he sniffs so he'll get the idea that it's alright for dogs to potty there, and maybe he'll try it, too. If he does potty, calmly praise him, then give him some more time to sniff around he might do it again.
When a dog is unwilling to eliminate in new public places it can create huge traveling problems. Some dogs will try to hold it as long as they can, rather than pee or poop at a rest stop, motel or weekend dog show. This can cause the dog a lot of discomfort and even generate health problems.
Teaching your pup to potty when given a verbal cue, such as go potty, will help him get over his worries about eliminating in new places. Hearing the potty cue at home and being praised for doing his business will smooth the way to pottying on strange turf.
Here's the trick that will make unfamiliar ground smell more like home: When your dog pees before leaving home, blot up some of the urine with a paper towel and put it in a plastic zip-sealed bag. Take that with you on your trip.
When you take your dog for a potty stop, first pour a few tablespoons of water into the bag. Let the urine-scented water drip out onto the ground in a couple of places about 5 feet apart. You can reseal the bag and use it again at other rest stops.
After you put the bag away, take your dog to the area you just scented with his urine. Stand there with him, keeping him in view from the corner of your eye. He'll sniff those spots you scented, recognize his urine odor and perhaps wonder why he doesn't recognize the place. Praise him calmly when he sniffs the urine spots and say his potty cue to him. If he relieves himself, praise quietly and wait a few more minutes in case he has more business to do.
Time To Hit The Road
Once your dog has mastered pottying on leash and pottying where other dogs have been, the next step is to take him on a lot of short trips, so he can practice appropriate potty behavior in different locations.
Start with car rides to places 15 minutes to an hour from home. When you get where you're going, take your dog for a pleasant on-leash walk. Let him do a good bit of sniffing in areas where it would be OK for him to eliminate. If he sniffs intently at several spots in one area, chances are good that dogs have left their urine scent there. Calmly encourage your dog to do likewise and praise him quietly if he does.
Take rides to dog-friendly parks and other areas where your dog can sniff and explore on his leash. Praise him calmly when he sniffs so he'll get the idea that it's alright for dogs to potty there, and maybe he'll try it, too. If he does potty, calmly praise him, then give him some more time to sniff around he might do it again.
