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| answered a question | Using puppy pads for dogs that are home alone all day? Thank you for your wonderful foster care but I’m sorry to hear about the problem you are having. There are many ways to work on this matter. But if you are short on time, I recommended you to watch this #https://youtu.be/IPQAazegMQg and try this method. 1) Getting a right size crate will help you definitely. When they are not trained, they must not get the big room with freedom. The bigger free space = the more space to potty everywhere. 2) Schedule their day: feeding and potty time especially. - Potty time (not walking) should be 15 minutes max. For puppy, 15-30 min is good too. But keep the time. Be committed to it. Add a que, “Go potty.” - Potty time happens after you wake up, after they finish breakfast, before you go out, as soon as you come back, after dinner, and before bed. - 10 pounds = 1 cup of water. If they are active, you won’t need to worry too much about providing water. - Food and water should be monitor. Don’t leave any water and/food when you are gone. Water can be provide but very little. Make sure to check the room temperature, of course. - Reward: as soon as they pee, praise them and reward them a treat. Don’t praise while they are eliminating, they may get alter and stop. - If you can hire a sitter or have a friend visit them during the day to let them out = BEST 3) If they have an anxiety issue, you would also need to work on it as well 😭 4) Never punish them if they made an mistake. Have your cleaning tool. Don’t let them see you cleaning it up because they can get the wrong idea: she cleans = okay to do business, she’ll clean it up. As I mentioned, there are many ways you can search and try. Positive reinforcement and negative punishment method may take some time and high level commitment, but it is worth to work with those methods. You can also contact to a local trainer (or get referred by vet/shelter). Good luck! |
| answered a question | Husky keeps escaping??? I had a husky too. I needed to visit the shelter for several times to pick up my boy, and no one would question about it. It became a common sense that husky = love to escape. I highly recommend you to take an obedient class for him and mention your trainer about the escape problem. If he always goes after the girl, the escape is a reward for him to go meet his lover. We have to find another alternative behavior for him. It would be nice if he can spend some time playing with her during the day. If the other person doesn’t seem to welcome this idea, we would have to find another solution for him. You can discuss further with your trainer. You must understand that consistency and commitment are the most two important keys, and escaping isn’t a bad problem to him rather it’s a reward. Hence, we have to find a way to alternate his behavior. The way he can be rewardes. Suggested training methods are using positive reinforcement and negative punishment. It is going to take a very long time. If you cannot be committed and cannot find a time to work on training: (1) Get a right size crate (&chain holder) and crate train, (2) get an e-collar & train, or (3) get an e-fence. Good luck! |
| commented question | How much will my dog weigh? I'll take my baby to Petco/PetSmart/Pet hospital to check the his weight and consult about it :) If not, then you can search his breed info! |