Hello. As some of you may know, I have a 5 1/2 month old male Shih Tzu pup. We absolutely adore him, but the toilet training has been getting me down. I have been trying to be really bloody proactive and get back down to the basics of taking him out every half hour or so for the toilet. He is very good and will happily do his business outside. Only problem is that he is equally happy to do it indoors. Some of his cues are obvious, but not all, and he is particularly discreet when it comes to peeing!
We always use the back door for taking him out for the toilet. It is in our living room (where we more or less always are, as our kitchen and dining area are off it) and leads directly to the garden. So in my head anyway, there should be no confusion!
His 'nighttime bladder' is pretty good and he can go for quite a few hours (he sleeps in his bed on my bedroom floor, despite snoring like a grown man ) but I guess it's different during the day.
My question to you is this: WHAT, if anything, can I do to make him go to the back door when he needs to go toilet? WHY hasn't he made the connection yet? It's not like we don't do it enough during the day! Maybe one of you has a wee gimmick or tip that you could share.
Thank you so much as always - this place is keeping me sane!
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Right, you clever doggy people, one last question for you re toilet training
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Dieu · 26/10/2015 16:23
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