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Any objections if I move this to
Housebreaking? That's the noun form, and the bolded title in the first sentence, anyway.
Joyous (talk) 02:11, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
Oh, please do. I wanted to do it myself when I expanded the article, but I, um, haven't actually figured out how to move articles yet. :) (The bolded title in the first sentence was originally "To housebreak," but I really think
Housebreaking sounds much better.
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We have a dog that urinates and defecates when i leave the house. She dose this every time i have tried leaving the radio on and and the TV and even her mum lilly with her. she is a 2 year old stafford bitch. she is nervous and hates to go out side. if anyone can help with this problem?
Look at the sequence of events. (I presume this is in the morning.)
It may also be her way of telling you she needs more a.m. attention.
(Afterall, look at the amount of attention she gets when you come home!) — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
13:14, 13 January 2006 (
talk) 71.240.137.115 (UTC)
In The Middle Of The Night
Our 4-month old Springer eliminates (in her reduced-sized crate) some time between midnight and six a.m. If I set the alarm for 3, she's fine, but if it is four...
I DON'T WANT HER TO THINK THIS IS ACCEPTABLE!
She does not signal (any other time as well) that she has to eliminate - AND WE REWARD HER WHEN SHE ELIMINATES OUTSIDE.
See following note; Wikipedia isn't really a how-to site. You'll want to try searching for sites that offer how-to and troubleshooting articles on housebreaking. My own 2 cents--puppies over about 2 months should normally be able to sleep through the night, so setting the alarm to take the dog out is way overkill. Does she sleep in the wet spot after she's wet it, or does she curl up in a corner to try to avoid it? I'd guess that removing soft absorbent bedding from the crate for a while might help either way--it won't be so tempting to pee and, if she does, there'll be a big puddle rather than a soft bed to lie in for the rest of the night. If she whines afterwards, I'd take her out without really saying anything, let her outside and give your cue words for going potty to see whether she does any more, praise her if she does, do a minor cleanup and put her back to bed without fuss one way or the other and certainly without playing with her. But I'm not an expert, just have a little experience. You're better off calling your local humane society or society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA), most of these are very interested in helping people to solve dog problems so that they'll be good pets and not turned over to the pound as unwanted. And the advice is generally free. If you're attending puppy classes (and you shd be if you can), the instructor might also have advice.
Elf |
Talk 21:58, 14 February 2006 (UTC)reply
Article needs refocus
Wikipedia really isn't a how-to place; it's an encyclopedia. Hence, the article should be more about WHAT housebreaking and not about HOW to do it except by briefly describing possibly a couple of alternative methods in 2 sentences or less. It's starting to read like an authoritative how-to and mehtods here aren't agreed on by everyone.
Elf |
Talk 21:58, 14 February 2006 (UTC)reply
Start from scratch. "Not all kinds of animals can be housebroken" is mentioned in the intro, but never expanded upon. As mentioned above, this is not a how-to guide, and you should be consulting your local animal shelter or vet about any serious issues (this is one of them) regarding your pet. This article reads exactly as a how-to guide on housebreaking a dog. Finally, we can use the words
feces,
defecation,
urine and
soil on Wikipedia. What's being "eliminated" here? Some beneficial additions would be:
Differentiation from the housebreaking of human children
Referencing dog-specific methods appropriately to the context of a Wikipedia article
Adding brief descriptions of methods if appropriate. Link externally to a reliable source, such as guides put out by
animal shelters or
veterinarians, or published articles in
zoological medicine. I would stress that this is the most important part, as many people crawl the web for pet training advice in lieu of referencing the aforementioned sources.
The use of the world eliminate in this article is confusing and should be eliminated. I think it must be an euphemism of some sort. But why not use actual words instead of 'eliminate'? Pets that eliminate indoors? What does it even mean, eh? —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
24.210.249.8 (
talk) 00:17, 9 September 2007 (UTC)reply
The entire article seemed to be about crate training dogs rather than house training - in fact there were SEVENTEEN mentions of crate/crate training/cratetraining. It also only cited one dubious and seemingly unrelated reference.