It has taken the better part of week 2 to get the idea of training Capone to go potty to actually stick in his mind. His real personality is starting to come out now too. Not sure what he had gone through in his past life. One thing is certain. This pup had a hard life before he met us, this is evident in his jealousy of the older dog and also his need for constant attention negative or positive. His need to bark excessively seems to point to the fact that he needs more exercise as he feels he needs to bark when he wants attention, which seems like it is constant.
Potty training has consisted of getting him on a schedule, a strict schedule. Boston Terriers have a problem with corn meal in their food, gives them horrendous gas. This means taking him out every 30 minutes until he goes potty after each meal. This also means correcting him "on the spot" for not going outside to do his business, begin lazy is not an excuse for defecating inside the home (especially at the entrance to the kitchen)! He is starting to get the message. Finally! :)
He has had two really bad days of defecating inside at every opportunity, followed by chastising each time he went to the bathroom inside. Initially,every time he went outside to do his business he was too busy looking around to -- now, a perfect set of 3 days. He has now had a 4 day streak of always making it outside to defecate. The key is getting to know your dog, when they begin to circle -- then you know that they need to go outside! It will in my opinion take 2 - 3 weeks to re-train a 2 year dog to go potty outside.
He is coming along very well, training him to not bark all the time will be on for the "to-do list" next - we need to work on that list plus the fact that he needs to stop being so jealous of our older dog. Must prepare him to exercise longer and more frequently. Since he is not used to 1 hour long walks yet, I am gently training him to do 15 to 30 minute walks several times a day until he is ready to walk for 1 hour. With the high heat and humidity, we must take our walks at daybreak, shorter walks later in the day so as not to dehydrate the dog.
Signing, is coming along slowly. He knows the sign "NO" and "YES" as this is being used in conjunction with potty training Capone.
Potty training has consisted of getting him on a schedule, a strict schedule. Boston Terriers have a problem with corn meal in their food, gives them horrendous gas. This means taking him out every 30 minutes until he goes potty after each meal. This also means correcting him "on the spot" for not going outside to do his business, begin lazy is not an excuse for defecating inside the home (especially at the entrance to the kitchen)! He is starting to get the message. Finally! :)
He has had two really bad days of defecating inside at every opportunity, followed by chastising each time he went to the bathroom inside. Initially,every time he went outside to do his business he was too busy looking around to -- now, a perfect set of 3 days. He has now had a 4 day streak of always making it outside to defecate. The key is getting to know your dog, when they begin to circle -- then you know that they need to go outside! It will in my opinion take 2 - 3 weeks to re-train a 2 year dog to go potty outside.
He is coming along very well, training him to not bark all the time will be on for the "to-do list" next - we need to work on that list plus the fact that he needs to stop being so jealous of our older dog. Must prepare him to exercise longer and more frequently. Since he is not used to 1 hour long walks yet, I am gently training him to do 15 to 30 minute walks several times a day until he is ready to walk for 1 hour. With the high heat and humidity, we must take our walks at daybreak, shorter walks later in the day so as not to dehydrate the dog.
Signing, is coming along slowly. He knows the sign "NO" and "YES" as this is being used in conjunction with potty training Capone.
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