Anglia News 24/2/10
London Treo Life-saving Labrador awarded medal.
The first Color films from 100 years ago.
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I have a yellow Labrador (2 years). We are moving to a house that has a big backyard where she can go to the bathroom. I want to be able to just let her out the backdoor without a leash and have her come back in when she is done. I’m afraid she will wander off considering the yard is not fenced in. Can I possibly train her to go out and then come back? Any tips?
i’m working on training 2 pups ones learned.what i do is take them out the back instead of the front.and everytime i take them out i say lets go potty.the male pom chi will run to the backdoor and go out but my 2 poms still refuse to so i have to carry them out.it takes time but they will learn.she should come back to the door herself but you may have to go out with her for awhile.
I have a 10 month old Labrador puppy. We don’t have a fenced garden, so while she has been so young and we’ve been house training her etc. she has her own room with a crate in it. Problems are as follows:
- She wakes every morning at around 4 or 5 am and barks until 1 of us goes down and brings her into our room to sleep at the end of the bed? I try going down and telling her off for barking – to try and communicate that it is wrong, and she seems to realise that it is wrong as she goes to the back of her cage and won’t look at me. But then again, have I over done it? Have I made her scared?
- We’ve tried allowing her out of the crate but still in her room, but she wees in the room and she also poos and then eats it! I have been smacking her on the nose when correcting her and I’m really worried that she eats the poo because I’ve been too strict with her and she’s trying to hide it. I’m worried she thinks that me finding it is the problem rather than her doing it.
why don’t you put the crate in your room? she is lonely and bored in a room by herself for 8hours+. dogs that are very lonely WILL take negative attention over no attention. even if she knows you will come yell and spank her if she barks, she will do it anyways because she wants company. she is a puppy and used to having brothers and sisters and a mother, i really encourage you to put her in your room with you. I don’t understand why you are so distant with your dog, this time while she is a puppy will create who she will become.
More suggestions; take water access away 2hours before bed time and take her outside to pee right before you go to sleep. then she should not have to pee again because her blatter should be empty. but accidents always happen, just scold her verbally, you don’t really need to hit her (if her ears go back, then she understands that she did something bad and hitting is not necessary.) If you find that she pooped in the house, then take her and the poop and place it outside. Buy some Dog pee cleanser so your dog wont smell it and think to pee on that spot again.
oh by the way, this is very important, you MUST catch your dog "IN THE ACT" within 5 SECONDS of doing something wrong, if you are going to scold them. If you take longer than 5 seconds or don’t discover it until morning, she will not be able to associate WHAT the scolding is FOR and your dog will be terrified of you and not understand.
I understand that people like to use crates, but i personally never used one with my dog. He slept on my bed with my boyfriend and i, and had accidents several times as a puppy, but because we caught him in the ACT. he knew very well that he was not supposed to do it inside. after about 2 months my dog RARELY piddled in the house. you also need to stay near your dog so that your dog can TELL you that he needs to use the washroom. My dog will sit next to a door if he wants out of the room, and he will WHINE if he has to go pee. Then i get up and let him out. It will take awhile for your dog to develop a way to communicate with you that it needs to go outside to pee, but if you are never near your dog, how can he show you?
PS. the most common reason a dog eats their poop is because they saw their mother do it.
Goodluck to you, I hope you allow your dog to become your best friend 
Monterey Bay Hunting Retriever Club – Training Day with Carol (trainer), Paul and Chet (Labrador) learning Water-Land-Water retrieves.
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Just one of many ways to crate train a dog.