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08-11-2005, 03:04 AM
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Are puppies smart enough to do this?
We just got a golden retriever puppy, which we are housetraining. She gets a treat when she goes to the bathroom outside, which she has gotten pretty good at doing.
However, a couple of times tonight I could swear she just squatted for a few seconds, didn't pee, then came over to collect her reward. It was dark, I couldn't see that well, and I can't tell if she actually peed or not. So are puppies smart enough to pull someting like that? Or am I just losing my mind in the midst of all the whining/barking/pooping/peeing? (Having a puppy has made me wonder if my wife and I will ever have a kid -- this is a LOT of work.) 
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08-11-2005, 03:44 AM
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Re: Are puppies smart enough to do this?
I'm positive that they are smart enough to do that. I have a dog and when it takes something it shouldn't take, we give it a treat to drop the object. I know he steals and grabs wrappers, trash, etc. just to collect the treat.
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08-11-2005, 05:28 AM
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Re: Are puppies smart enough to do this?
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I have a dog and when it takes something it shouldn't take, we give it a treat to drop the object. [/ QUOTE ] Your training method is retarded. You are rewarding the dog for misbehavior.
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#5
08-11-2005, 05:35 AM
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Re: Are puppies smart enough to do this?
That is some seriously messed up stuff. Awesome, though. Got a good laugh out of it.
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08-11-2005, 08:13 AM
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Re: Are puppies smart enough to do this?
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That is some seriously messed up stuff. Awesome, though. Got a good laugh out of it. [/ QUOTE ] wait, r u using this as a real account now?
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#7
08-11-2005, 09:08 AM
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Re: Are puppies smart enough to do this?
While we're on the topic, maybe someone - Jeff W, perhaps - could help me with my puppy problem. The dog is about 6.5 months old now, and pretty well housebroken. The only times she goes inside is if we are ignoring her completely, and then she just piddles a little by the door.
But recently she's picked up a very strange habit. She's taken to peeing at the top of the stairs, regardless of when she last when out to pee or anything else. She could have just gotten back inside from peeing, and 10 minutes later, she'll go upstairs and pee a little bit at the top. Its not every time, but its gotten worse, to where maybe 1/3 of the time she'll do it. Its not always in the same place, but generally either in the small area at the top of the stairs or actually on the top 2-3 stairs. Any ideas?
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08-11-2005, 09:18 AM
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Re: Are puppies smart enough to do this?
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While we're on the topic, maybe someone - Jeff W, perhaps - could help me with my puppy problem. The dog is about 6.5 months old now, and pretty well housebroken. The only times she goes inside is if we are ignoring her completely, and then she just piddles a little by the door. But recently she's picked up a very strange habit. She's taken to peeing at the top of the stairs, regardless of when she last when out to pee or anything else. She could have just gotten back inside from peeing, and 10 minutes later, she'll go upstairs and pee a little bit at the top. Its not every time, but its gotten worse, to where maybe 1/3 of the time she'll do it. Its not always in the same place, but generally either in the small area at the top of the stairs or actually on the top 2-3 stairs. Any ideas? [/ QUOTE ] only 1 solution 
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#9
08-11-2005, 12:41 PM
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Re: Are puppies smart enough to do this?
[ QUOTE ]
While we're on the topic, maybe someone - Jeff W, perhaps - could help me with my puppy problem. The dog is about 6.5 months old now, and pretty well housebroken. The only times she goes inside is if we are ignoring her completely, and then she just piddles a little by the door. But recently she's picked up a very strange habit. She's taken to peeing at the top of the stairs, regardless of when she last when out to pee or anything else. She could have just gotten back inside from peeing, and 10 minutes later, she'll go upstairs and pee a little bit at the top. Its not every time, but its gotten worse, to where maybe 1/3 of the time she'll do it. Its not always in the same place, but generally either in the small area at the top of the stairs or actually on the top 2-3 stairs. Any ideas? [/ QUOTE ] Vigilance...watch the dog carefully and when she attempts to pee on the steps grab her and take her outside or wherever she is supposed to pee, everytime and she will get the message. This is how professionals house train dogs. book I actually had his book" Gun Dog" and that is the method he used.
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#10
08-11-2005, 10:16 AM
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Re: Are puppies smart enough to do this?
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[ QUOTE ] I have a dog and when it takes something it shouldn't take, we give it a treat to drop the object. [/ QUOTE ] Your training method is retarded. You are rewarding the dog for misbehavior. [/ QUOTE ] This is a typical training technique that we just learned for our puppy. The key is that you want the dog to associate dropping something out of it's mouth with something good so it will willingly do this in the future. So you start with a treat combined with the command "drop". Soon the puppy learns to do it just with the command and without the treat.
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