milooh
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Mar 31, 2003, 7:51 AM
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Re: [johnaricka] House Training
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Hi there, I couldnt help smiling and chuckling when I read the posts. Sorry, but we had a hard time with Milo, our chocolate lab of almost three years old now. The trick is to crate train your pup the day it comes home. Place the crate in a room far away from your bed room and yes, potty it first before bed time. Accidents will happen and its ok if your pup pees in the crate but Milo never pooped in his crate before. Its better if you are a stay at home mom as you can place your pup in the crate, say for 15 minutes, then take it out. Do this a few times a day until the pup knows you alwys come back. Most pups have separation anxiety and this is normal. The thing that helped with Milo was that we brought him out almost every hour. And we always brought him out using the same door. When he was about 10 weeks, he was house broken and although there were a few accidents, it was our fault for not paying attention to him. What Milo did was he stood against the same door when he needed to go. Its like hey, I need to go guys. He conned us though, because he wanted to go outside and play instead of going to the bathroom. Its good to have your dog sleep in the kennel at night. Make sure the kennel is just big enough for your pup so that he can feel safe. Milo started sleeping with us in our bedroom when he was about five months old and was free to roam the house during the day. He went through a phase of eating everything out of the garbage cans but I am proud to say that he's gotten over that. Now we leave him in the house free to roam anywhere he likes. He has absolutely no separation anxiety and in fact, he'd rather sleep on his own couch and doesnt like us to fuss over him. milooh Rossie www.jef-b.com/Dogs
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