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**Lolita Palmer** · 09-22-2012, 09:01 AM

When I was growing up, the way we taught puppies to not soil inside was to yell at them, give them a small swat, rub their nose in it, then take them outside.

Now a days, we are taught to simply take the puppy outside every hour, let them go potty, and praise them/give them a treat when they do. However, to me, this seems counter intuitive so I have a few questions:

1) Doesn't this method simply teach the dog that they will be given an opportunity to potty every hour the rest of their life and that they will get a treat every time?

Reason I ask: I'm willing to bring her out every hour to potty for the first couple of months to potty train her, but I don't want to do this the rest of her life.

2) This method doesn't seem to teach that going inside is wrong. It merely teaches that going potty outside has a reward. But there is no punishment for going inside, so there really is no reason to NOT go inside.

Any thoughts on this? I want to see a light at the end of the tunnel and I want to be able to trust her to not go inside.

09-22-2012, 09:01 AM	#11
Lolita Palmer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 531 Senior Member	The new potty training methods seem counter intuitive - someone please explain When I was growing up, the way we taught puppies to not soil inside was to yell at them, give them a small swat, rub their nose in it, then take them outside. Now a days, we are taught to simply take the puppy outside every hour, let them go potty, and praise them/give them a treat when they do. However, to me, this seems counter intuitive so I have a few questions: 1) Doesn't this method simply teach the dog that they will be given an opportunity to potty every hour the rest of their life and that they will get a treat every time? Reason I ask: I'm willing to bring her out every hour to potty for the first couple of months to potty train her, but I don't want to do this the rest of her life. 2) This method doesn't seem to teach that going inside is wrong. It merely teaches that going potty outside has a reward. But there is no punishment for going inside, so there really is no reason to NOT go inside. Any thoughts on this? I want to see a light at the end of the tunnel and I want to be able to trust her to not go inside.
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