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Old 11-23-2010, 12:52 PM   #4
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What ever you do, DO NOT rub her nose in it. That will teach her to associate the place with the pee smell and actually pee there more.

The trick is to get her to pee/poo outside and then reward her heavily for it too. Because then she'll associate going out and doing it with good things. Inside with a scolding.

As for crate training. One of the big things is not forcing the dog into the crate. My sister would put a Kong full of treats and comfy pillows in her dog's crate. Their favorite bones. What ever. They again would associate the crate with good things and voluntarily go in there at night or when ever they need to. The dog is never bothered when he goes in there, it's 'his room' so to speak.

That's the ONLY place she gives the dog certain treats too (his favorite kong for example, or raw hide bones) to keep it being his 'special' place.
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