anyeone
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I've had my 4 month old English Mastiff for about 2 weeks now and it has been surprisingly easy to housebreak him for the most part. He knows what to do when we go out, he goes almost immediately every time we take him. I've used "go potty" as the keyword and he responds well to it. Since we take him out about every two hours or so during the waking hours and he only has about 5 hrs in his kennel at night (which he can hold in without trouble) we usually have no incidents.
The thing is, he hasn't figured out how to tell me when he has to go NOW. 99% of the time he holds it til we take him out, but on the very rare occasions that we wait too long, he doesn't try to tell me to take him out but goes straight to the sniffing and squatting stage.
Anyone have ideas on how I can help him make the connection that when he really has to go NOW to either go to the door, or come to me or something similar? We always use the same door to go out so I don't think he's confused about that. I'd like us to get to the point eventually where we don't have to take him every two hours but can wait until he signals.
Thanks in advance
The thing is, he hasn't figured out how to tell me when he has to go NOW. 99% of the time he holds it til we take him out, but on the very rare occasions that we wait too long, he doesn't try to tell me to take him out but goes straight to the sniffing and squatting stage.
Anyone have ideas on how I can help him make the connection that when he really has to go NOW to either go to the door, or come to me or something similar? We always use the same door to go out so I don't think he's confused about that. I'd like us to get to the point eventually where we don't have to take him every two hours but can wait until he signals.
Thanks in advance