Potty Training For Dogs

Why is Potty Training dogs so difficult!?

I still can’t seem to figure out why it is so hard for my dogs to comprehend the difference of “outside” and “inside”. One’s grass, and the other ‘was’ perfectly nice wooden floors. Is there any way that would make it easier and faster to potty train these two? One’s 4, and the other’s 1. I understand this is a hard, and somewhat long process.. But i’m trying to keep my parents from giving up and just getting rid of them. Help, please?

Consistency and patience is very important. Take them out like every hour to let them go to the bathroom and praise them when they go. Only scold them when they go inside IF you actually catch them in the act of going. Also, crating in a crate just big enough for them to turn around in over night would be very helpful. (They aren’t going to want to live in their doody)
This option is kind of like a last resort, but it works eventually….all day crating, only taing them out to go outside to play/do their business/eat. When ever they go potty outside, lots of praise is needed.
Also, it could help that when you take them outside, say “go potty” or something along those lines, and whenever they go, praise them…in the future, when they are house broken, it comes in handy when you need to leave quick and have to let your dog out. That way, you can let your dog out, tell them to go, they go, and then your off in like 5 mins. But you might want to leave that for when they get going outside down XD
Anyways, hope this helps…if you mean that when you say one of your dogs is 4 you mean 4 yrs, that dog might take a while to learn. Also, if they are small breeds, they might take a little longer to learn as they tend to be more stubborn about that kind of thing.

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