Guest saabqueen7 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I would love some suggestions on housebreaking a GH. My previous ones were already trained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest meggera Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 The first thing I did when I brought Vanille home was create a schedule. It looked something like this: 6:00 A.M.: Potty break 6:30 A.M.: Breakfast 8:30 A.M.: Walk 10:30 A.M.: Potty break 12:30 P.M.: Lunch 1:00 P.M.: Potty break 3:00 P.M.: Potty break 5:00 P.M.: Potty break 6:30 P.M.: Dinner 7:00 P.M.: Potty break 8:00 P.M.: Remove water bowl 9:00 P.M.: Potty break and crate for evening. In addition to keeping a strict schedule I wrote down every time she eliminated. Over the first week I began to notice a pattern of when she needed to eliminate and began to decrease the frequency of our potty breaks and tailor our schedule around when she eliminated. So now our schedule looks something like this: 6:00 A.M.: Potty break 6:30 A.M.: Breakfast 8:30 A.M.: Walk 12:30 P.M.: Lunch 1:00 P.M.: Potty break 6:30 P.M.: Dinner 9:00 P.M.: Potty break and bedtime I think the key point anyone will tell you is to take your dog out as frequently as you can and give them high rewards and praise when they eliminate properly. Best of luck! Megan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest june Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Your schedule looks amazingly like mine and my girls know the schedule so well if I don't notice the time they let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeofNE Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Any basic book on training a puppy will cover housebreaking in detail. Just treat the dog as if it's a puppy, and it should go fairly quickly! Quote Susan, Hamish, Mister Bigglesworth and Nikita Stanislav. Missing Ming, George, and Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleptogrey Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 the schedule looks fine, just keep her tethered to you when she is not going out or crated or in a room w/ you and gates up so you can read her signals....this way she will not have the opportunity to have a mistake in the house. remember praise and treat when she pottys outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saabqueen7 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 After years of having dogs that did not need housebreaking, I followed the suggestions you made, and for the little time we had the dog, he never had an accident. Thanks! If the next one needs it as well, I will know what to do. I appreciate all the good advice. No one is experienced in everything and this was one of my areas I needed help with. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DragonflyDM Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I would love some suggestions on housebreaking a GH. My previous ones were already trained. duct tape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saabqueen7 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) I would love some suggestions on housebreaking a GH. My previous ones were already trained. duct tape Hahahaha Not quite what was recommended above, but Red Green would love it! Edited April 22, 2012 by saabqueen7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DragonflyDM Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I would love some suggestions on housebreaking a GH. My previous ones were already trained. duct tape Hahahaha Not quite what was recommended above, but Red Green would love it! If the women can’t find you handsome…. they better find you handy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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