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Whats the most efficient/quick way to house-train a basset hound2007-11-25 2:54:40

Tell yourself that if he messes in the house, it is YOUR fault for not watching him closely enough. Then whack yourself with a rolled-up newspaper ;-)

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Puppies are just like human babies. When they wake up, after they eat, and after they get some sort of activity they NEED to go to the bathroom. If your dog has an accident inside, quickly take it outside so that it associates going out with going to the bathroom. If you see your dog sniffing around excessively, this is a surefire sign that it's looking for a place to go potty. What I did with my dog is I left her leash is a visible spot near the front door. Within a week a couple of weeks she associated the leash with going outside to do her business and started trying to get at her leash when she needed to go out.that was her way of letting us know it was time to go.

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The above answers are good, another technique is if they start peeing, immediately pick them up and put their tail under them (so that they would pee on it) and take them outside and let them finish out there. They hate this and it will be a great reinforcement to do it outside.

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I would suggest crate training.

I got my Basset Hound when he was 4 months old and immediately started to crate train him. To my surprise, he actually learned more quickly than I thought he would. A few tips that I was told when I started training him:

- When he's not in the crate, limit the area that he's allowed access to in your house. For example, my Basset was only allowed in the kitchen / eating area of my house.