Query in House training a Lab
By Sameerraje
Created 03/26/2008 - 23:06
I brought a puppy (mix of Labrador and Stray) when ishe was 40 days old. She in no time or without any of my efforts started understanding the use of Papers we laid on the floor and started using it for peeing and pooping. I later understood that only the paper was not the symbol which she had got used to, it was the area as well. So if we have not laid the paper for any reason, she wouild go and pee there on the floor happily. After sometime when I thought she has grown bigger and the odour of her elimination became unbearable, I tried training her in "toileting in the Tolilet". I was rather very inexperienced in doing that, which led me to even beating her if she did not understand (I really repent that now). The outcome of that I think is, it has left her confused and now she has left peeing even on the newspaper. She now does it anywhere in the house. She is now 5 months old so in size she has grown very big and weighing almost 15 kgs. She gets afraid of me. Only is some days now that I understood my mistake and have stopped physically punishing her and shown my care towards her, she is coming to me
I know starting from Scratch would be very tough. Would you please tell me how to imbibe the basic house cleaning stuff atleast in her. She is not Crate Trained
Would really appreciate your response.