Basset hound

[Guest Anonymous]

Rosie is 4 months old. She is not house broken. I had to put in a pin outside so my husband would not leave. Ha. I have raised German Shepherd, Rosie is a total different breed. I want her to be a Dry house dog. She pees when we pet her. We let her in the house, take her out to pee, she may or may not. Then she comes in the house and pees. I want to know how is the best way to train her. I house broke 7 Germany Shepherd, WHAT am I doing wrong? I need tips on the best way to approach training. She can do a few things. Like "Go to your room." which means get into her dog house, in the pen. Wait. Just for examples. I see her looking at me with the eyes saying "Yea, right!"

[Guest Anonymous]

sounds like excitement/submissive peeing...you want her to feel
confident and secure with your family...some puppy kindergarten group classes can do alot...the first thought of many humans about going
to behavior classes is that going will teach pup how
to "obey"...well, pup will likely learn some basics
[given that humans pay attention in class and do some
practicing at home], but that is only a small part of
it, and it really could be done just at home, if that
were the only goal of going to the classes...pup also
gets all-important socialization, which is especially
crucial in the formative months, but certainly helpful
at any time...and when pup learns how to do stuff, and
can recognize you as the alpha [all human family
members should be, tho' pup will probably note the
"order" of them, too], and can respond to you
correctly when you ask for something, THEN pup gets
those secure and confident feelings - 'cause she knows
she's done well, cause you praise her, amd tell her how
good she is all the time...ordinarily, i promote
enthusiastic praise, but in your situation, altho' you
still want to give the praise, you might have to tone
it down just a bit, so as not to overly excite
pup...at least at this point in time...
classes help to show you how to
teach, anything and everything, and give some good
in-person tips and you hear some story-swapping, that
may be relevant to your cause...of course, you need to
practice at home, too - both of you - but not to where
that's all that pup does [both should attend classes,
too]...shorter, more frequent sessions...2 or 3 for no
more than 10-15 mins. per day...and you might have to
begin with less duration - you'll figure that out by
how pup responds and how long you can keep her
attention...once she's doing great, [she will], keep up
the practice, but maybe just once for 5-10 mins. or
so...another thing you can try, to see whether it
helps, is to find something she does easily [ex, sit],
and have her "earn" everything she gets...'may not be
what you had in mind, making her "work" when she really
needs just a gentle hand, but it might just help, in
that she will know you expect things of her, and since
she wants to please [all canines do], she will be
concentrating on the response to your requests, rather
than concentrating on rolling over and peeing, to show
her submissiveness...certainly worth a try, but you
MUST be consistent - both of you...EVERY time, for
EVERY thing - or it won't work...don't think of it as
being cruel, but rather as helping her to develop the
potential that was always there...if it's to your advantage [because
of indoor peeing], practice outside when you can [good
weather]...may be best not to overwhelm pup with
both of you asking her stuff at the same time, so take
turns, since involving you both in training is key,
along with that esential CONSISTENCY...puppy's take on the whole thig is "see, i am showing you by [rolling over and]
peeing FOR you [yes, FOR you] that i know you are
boss, so please don't make me stay in that all day
again"...or something like that...if she is the type to
pee when just looked at, or when you come in the door
after being out, then make a point of ignoring her
when you first come in, and then, if necessary for
awhile, go outside to let her greet you...not you
greeting her - she greeting you..."oh, look who's
coming to see me - hi, rosie" - calmly,
matter-of-factly...once she's doing well, you can throw
in the oh-so-happy-to-see-you's..."cure" won't be
overnite, but it will come, with your time and
efforts, praise and practice, and CONSISTENCY.............miami347

[Guest Anonymous]

Both puppies we have house trained did that. My bassett hound and german sheppard, my shepard is still doing it a little. when we first come home we always take her out and talk to her...then we know it is safe to take her in.. my bassett completely quit and my shepard is getting less and less frequent...