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Good evening all.
The challenge house-train continues with our 13 wk old Emma.
We are crate training, taking her out as soon as she gets out, the usual routine. We still have occassional accidents, but nothing like we were having prior to crate days.
We take her to the same spot to do her business, and reward her with a treat as soon as she does. Of course, she just associates that spot with "where I go to get a treat". Which brings me to my question:
The accepted practice is to NOT scold your basset for going in the house, because he/she cannot make the connection between eliminating on the carpet and the scolding.
If this holds true, then why do we reward them for eliminating outside? How do they make the connection?
In the old days, we just used a noise maker such as a rolled up newspaper and a quick swat to train the dog at the moment of elimination in the house, and then immediately took them outside. They make the connection real quick, and you have a house-trained dog in short order. What has changed?
Thanks.
Mark
The challenge house-train continues with our 13 wk old Emma.
We are crate training, taking her out as soon as she gets out, the usual routine. We still have occassional accidents, but nothing like we were having prior to crate days.
We take her to the same spot to do her business, and reward her with a treat as soon as she does. Of course, she just associates that spot with "where I go to get a treat". Which brings me to my question:
The accepted practice is to NOT scold your basset for going in the house, because he/she cannot make the connection between eliminating on the carpet and the scolding.
If this holds true, then why do we reward them for eliminating outside? How do they make the connection?
In the old days, we just used a noise maker such as a rolled up newspaper and a quick swat to train the dog at the moment of elimination in the house, and then immediately took them outside. They make the connection real quick, and you have a house-trained dog in short order. What has changed?
Thanks.
Mark