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Topic: How do I tech her to "go" in one area of the yard only?
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sanda
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posted April 26, 2004 02:12 PM
We got a new 3-week old black lab puppy. She was taken from her mommy when she was only 2 weeks old (Ykes!!), and living in an apartment with 2 small children...let's just say we rescued her from a less-than-ideal situation. Her name is Opal and she's a good puppy and wise "beyond her years". We are feeding her puppy formula and puppy kibbles 3 times a day, she's a great eater. She sleeps in a towel-lined basket inside a 3' square play yard (crate) inside the laundry room. The floor of the crate is lined with newspapers. She's never "gone" in the basket. We take her our to "go" every 2 hours or so, or when she whines, also 1st thing in the morning and last thing at night. It's working good. We had her for 3 days now, and for the last 2 days she kept the newspaper clean all day. During the night we don't take her out, she goes on the papers I know she is to small to be able to hold it, in time she will.
Now this is going to be an outside dog, and I would like her to spare the grass and tropical planters and "go" in a designated spot in the yard.
How do I train her for that? Take her to the same spot all the time and that's it? Put someting there? Sand box? Will she go to that spot if she smells the #2 or the opposite, if it's completely clean?
Please help.
Thank you,
Sanda
Posts: 4 | Registered: Apr 2004
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ellierat
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posted April 26, 2004 06:10 PM
Hi Sanda, well I hate to tell you this, but I hope you don't prize your plants too much, if you do, and they are in pots, before you leave her alone outside, MOVE THEM!!!
3 weeks old is very small, she hasn't even started yet. Labs are big, energetic, pups, they need toys, heaps of them, play time, and exercise, especially at the 6 months age.
They will dig, chew, fetch, everything. Move your slippers, shoes, garden hoses, garden tools, etc. everything is fair game for your lab puppy.
Good news: they grow out of a lot of it, but not until 18 or so months, to become the best, loyal, loveable,most expressionable dogs you will ever own.
Now you can try and get her to go in the one spot, and most do normally return to where they have deposited before, simply by doing what you have stated. But as I have said, the pee will be the least of your distruction, not trying to put you off, just trying to prepare you.
You will need to do heaps of training to get that Lab you see on the tv, sitting at his owners foot, quietly warming by the fire.
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I love my labs.
Posts: 880 | From: australia | Registered: Feb 2004
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sanda
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posted April 27, 2004 01:01 PM
Thanks for the info, ellierat. I do not plan to leave her in the yard unsupervised, as I do prize my plants and also the koi in the pond. For now she is in the laundry room till she'll be 12 weeks old. Then she will take residency in the yard, a nice shady area which I will enclose. Right now she goes outside for relieving and supervised play every 2 hours or so. I bought one of those poles with pheromones to train her to "go" in a certain area. She has a puppy Kong, a knotted rope and a chewy plastic bone for toys. Is there anything else she needs? She learned "come" verbal with hand command combined. When do I start real training? At what age do I fix her? I have the vaccinations lined up for 8 weeks.Anything else I should know or be aware of?
Thanks,
Sanda
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ellierat
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posted April 27, 2004 03:21 PM
Hi Again, well at the moment just give her the mummy love, it is very important, and she will have missed the nipping with her siblings, and pecking order thing, so you may have some probs with that at around 5-6 weeks, don't take her anywhere because of her immunity, she won't have any, you will have to wait for final vaccinations, and be careful where you walk, parvo is carried on your shoes too.
I would start training at 8 weeks, just gentle stuff, sit, down, put a small collar on then, not before, she can put her paw up under it now and get stuck. I guess she is only just walking around and her eyes opened fully, she must be soo cute!!! I have 7 week old pups at the moment, they are just starting to full on play together, it is so funny watching them play tug'o'war with rope, and keepings off.
write back if you need anymore help, always here.
Cheers Ellierat.
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I love my labs.
Posts: 880 | From: australia | Registered: Feb 2004
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lab_lady
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posted April 30, 2004 05:12 PM
You probably shouldnt put her out in the yard straight away but get her toilt trained first, if you have a spare bit of garden away fron the grass prefferably, put smallish peble or stones down and you pee in a cup and put it down there and also when you take her out now put her straight on the stones to get her used to it, and give her tones of praise , like it is going out of fashion,butmake sure you say her name when you praise her , so she knows you are tlaking to her, and just keep doing this untill she does it automatically, normally i would encourage people to not have their dogs outside but if you are 101% sure them put her out there when she can totally survive but not to soon. and buy her tones more tos because if left all day she will get bored easily, and if you like your plants that much fense them off!you might be able to save some then.
Posts: 4 | From: England, South East | Registered: Apr 2004
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