So, we have now got our third foster dog.
The first two have been rehomed, which has been lovely to see.
But this dog is young, only 10 month old, and I am am feeling a bit nervous that I am doing the right things with her.
So I used to dog sit a young dog with an excellent owner, who taught me how to train her to do various things, but it was alwasy things he had begum to teach her, and I was reinforcing it. I am putting those into action, but this young lady doesn't know anything at the moment, and I am at a bit of a loss as to how to begin some of them.
How to I train her to sit?
She came in a weed on the carpet. I am hoping that is stress, as she is supposed to be house trained, but are there any tips for encouraging her not to do this, especialy overnight?
Any other tips?
Thank you!
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steppemum · 28/10/2017 14:55
she is all legs at the moment 
I’ve just read the thread, she looks quite nervous and she is using the blanket as a comfort (just like a baby) - which is completely understandable and normal, I’m not trying to insinuate you’re doing a bad job. Fostering animals is an amazing thing to do OP
Allocate her a space in the house where she can go that nobody is allowed to go in. Somewhere she can relax and be undisturbed, it will calm her massively if she knows she has somewhere to go if she feels overwhelmed. Her ‘comfort’ blanket should go in that space too so she gets the association quicker.
I’m assuming you have her a bed in a certain place in the house, if she sleeps in that while people are in the house that means she is comfortable there so that should be her safe place, if she is going somewhere else during the day (maybe a ‘hiding’ space somewhere such as under the stairs or in a corner or behind something) then transfer her bed to that space. Hope she settles in soon, she’s gorgeous 
Thanks everyone.
She belonged to someone who lived in a flat and decided that she was going to be too big, and so put her up to be rehomed. 
I didn't take those pictures, but yes she is nervous, already much better than she was even this morning.
I spent some time with the lady from the rescuse this afternoon, so have a better idea of what she needs. She is supposed to be housetrained, she only came to the rescue yesterday and didn't have any accidents yesterday or overnight.
She has now weed twice in the lounge though, and we have been taking her outside religiously and encouraging her. Not one single wee outside and 2 inside isn't looking good. Dh even took her out for a little walk on the lead as we thought maybe she was used to going while walking, but no, nothing yet.
She didn't have a bed when she arrived, and she came with nothing of her own from her previous home, just our dog blanket, which at least smells doggy, even if not of her. I now have a bed for her, and put the blanket in it, and she has settled really happily in that. She has been asleep for most of the evening.
The only problem is, we always put the dogs in a corner of the lounge, it is right next to us (me) on the end of the sofa if they need it, but it is a quiet out of the way corner.
BUT, as she is weeing on the lounge carpet, I think I am going to have to put her in the kitchen overnight which is not great (cat can't get in and out either if she is in there) I don't have a crate and don't want to risk her weeing everywhere.
We did say no puppies, so we didn't need to deal with housetraining, but she is lovely and I am happy to work with her.
We are not really trying to train her, but some stuff sort of comes hand in hand with having her, so when she jumps up we are gently putting her down and saying Down clearly, then praising her.
Kids were playing with her in the garden and getting her to come to her name, and rewarding her when she did.
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