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I adopted a five month old pug that was never allowed outside and was paper trained. She is now one year old and will spend hours outside walking around and will wait till she comes in the house to pee or poop! She is around another dog all day and will watch as she goes out and does her business but the pug just watches. I have left papers on the floor but she refuses to use them. How can I retrain her to go to the bathroom outdoors?

Submitted: 31 days and 10 hours ago via PetWave.
Category: Dog
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Pet's Sex: Female
Pet's Age: 1

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laying paper on the floor inside, walking her on a leash in the yard, staying outside with her.

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HI southwesten,

 

I would not lay papers down if she is not peeing outside as this only confuses her as to what you want her to do.

 

You will need to take her out more often, get her on a feed schedule so you know when she may have to go and either tether her to you when you can not watch her or crate her. Most dogs don't like to go where they eat and sleep.

 

When you take her out and nothing happens, bring her in, watch her very closely, and take her out again in ten minutes sooner if needed. Never punish her or this will have her start hiding the accidents so you don't find them.

 

Each time you take her out have treats on hand, give her a command for potty and repeat that command even as she is going, when she is done praise and reward with the treat. Make the treat special and something she does not get at any other time.

 

It's going to be a long haul since she was trained to go inside and it is going to be confusing for her so even more important to use a crate and a special treat for going.

 

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Expert: Sally Grott
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Answered: 10/22/2009

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