House Training a Dog – Working With the Adult Rescue Dog
As with house training puppies; this will require diligence, commitment, patience and a good nature. As with puppies, no punishment, this will only cause more problems in the future. If you catch you dog eliminating in the house, rush the dog outside, once they have finished going outside praise them. If the dog makes a mistake while you weren’t paying attention, clean up the mess and move on, there is no point is punishing the animal because you weren’t paying attention.
Don’t kid yourself, this will be a lot of work, every time your dog goes outside, you go with them so you can praise them at the right moment, remember, dogs live in the now you must praise them at the moment, not later when you let them back inside. As laborious as this will be it allows your canine to get an understanding of what you want and allows you to get a feel for their schedule.
As you can see, house training a dog is easier the younger they are, don’t let this dissuade you from adopting an adult dog that may not be trained. Just as with puppies, once trained they will follow the rules unless they have no other option. Remember, adult dogs need homes, families and love to.




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