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Any tips on house training a puppy to go outside rather than on the mat2007-11-25 2:58:14

Unfortunately you will need to say goodbye to your mat, but it is probably past it by now anyway.

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throw the mat away i had 2 do that or you could try puppy training pads which are available from pets shops

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keep the dog and bin the mat !

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newspaper take the mat away

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I am not sure what you mean by mat? However, he or she will continue to go on that mat until you teach it what you want. Take the puppy outside on a leash at his or her's usual intervals lead the puppy to the spot you want it to go. give a command like go now. Once the puppy marks it will usually go back there. Now having said that you may not have success on the 1st time you take puppy out to the spot. be patient and consistent. The other thing with this type of training is you cannot allow the puppy to make a mistake in the house. Invest in a crate and puppy should be crated when you cannot supervise. take puppy out to the spot on scheduled bathroom breaks you'll have puppy retrained with the crate in a week.

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Other than the rubbing her nose in it and putting it outside, here are some other ones:

- apparently putting pepper down in that area helps.

- every time you catch her doing it, say "NO!" quite harshly and put her outside. every time you catch her doing it outside say "Good girl!" It's all about the tone of voice. It worked for my brother's puppy.