Katzchen
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Joined: 26 Dec 2004
Posts: 1
Location: Columbus, Oh
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 Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:07 pm Post subject: Retraining a lhasapoo to go inside... |
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Hi! My husband and I are the proud parents of a female 8 year old shih tzu (Sookie) and a 11 month old lhasapoo girl (Noodle). Both of the girls were doing well on housebreaking until the ice and snow storm came through Ohio, but now, Noodle refuses to go outside. We have tried clearing off patches on the lawn so that she can go, and keeping her outside for as long as possible when we know that she has to go, but 9 times out of ten she will go in the house within 10 minutes of coming back inside.
We were wondering if it would be possible to retrain her to go inside on either puppy pads or paper. If it is possible, what is the best way to go about the switch?
Thank you so much!
Katzchen, Sookie and Noodle
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Aqueous
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Joined: 21 Mar 2004
Posts: 1026
Location: Ontario, Canada
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It should be possible but it'll just take some work. Here's a quote from a post I made a while back. It's what I did with Rocky to get him to use the pads.
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I started Rocky outside, but in the winter sometimes its just too cold so I trained him to use the pads just in the winter (the rest of the year he goes outside).
What I did was in the beginning when he went out to pee I would use the pad and soak a little up so his scent was already on the pad. I keep the pads in my garage so when he would go to the door to go out I just open the door to the garage and let him out. Sometimes he tries to go ont he garage floor but I use the command "On the mat" and he goes on the mat.
Rocky will be six next year and I've only used the mats in the winter since he was about 2 or 3. |
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