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Old 11-08-2007, 06:03 PM   #6 (permalink)
Peggy
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Its funny with the housebreaking---she is almost regressing as she gets more comfortable in the house. I've gone through a lot of Natures Miracle and other cleaning supplies in the past few weeks LOL! She does fine as long as I'm home and taking her out. The tough time is when I am away at work for a lengthy stretch--sometimes she makes the day--sometimes not--a lot depends on the morning walk--at first she would consistently do all of her business in a fairly short time--now she seems to have gotten off schedule and will pee, but not poop in the morning. I know my work schedule will make all this take longer, but overall she is doing pretty well. Any tips for improvement will be greatly appreciated though!
Is she confined when you are not home? If not she needs to be. She doesn't yet understand that she should not potty when she needs to. Crate training her and leaving her in a crate when you are not home will help her learn this. (Which is what you'd do with a puppy too, they don't get unsupervised freedom right away.)

Do a search on "housebreaking+adult dog" in google for several sites with ideas to use with older dogs.

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