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dieselsmommy

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Hello everyone!
I'm so glad I found this site! My family and I adopted a Neo Mastiff we named him Diesel. He is 6 months old. I am here to basically get input and advice. He is a wonderful dog, a bit of a handful but nothing we can't handle! He loves water and has learned to turn my bathtub faucet on so, we have to make sure the door is closed at all times. He loves walks and his bones. and so far tolerates other dogs and people. We try to socialize him as much as we can. We will be starting dog training April 10th. I am having trouble with fully housebreaking him and playtime, he seems to get a little to carried away. if anyone has some helpful hints.... I'm all ears!!!
 
Duetsche_Doggen

Duetsche_Doggen

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House breaking, LOL, my dane is almost a year and still not trustworthy. Nothing I can add but patience.

That and welcome to the forum, we love pictures. :)
 
tojvan

tojvan

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Ok this worked for me since I used it on my 6 year old German shepherd and I also house broke my 4.5 month old fila on this. So basically for this to work you have to catch him in the act. As soon as you see him or her reliving himself yell loudly "NO what are you doing(or something along the lines)" you don't have to scream just use an unpleasant tone that you don't use often and quickly pick the pup up doesn't matter if there in the middle of doing there business and take them in the back yard. On the 4th or fifth time the up will start associating back yard with relieving himself. Eventually you'll notice his patterns so take him out regardless of if he is giving you any hints or anything. Eventually by using the combination of the two he will be completely house broken.
 
DennasMom

DennasMom

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Welcome! Love that puppy face!!

I agree with Tojvan on house training - if you see the signs (sniffing, restless, looking around) take him out, tell him to "go potty" (or "get busy") and PRAISE like crazy when he goes in the right spot. When he goes in the house - don't wait for him to finish, say "NO" (firmly and as calm as you can in the situation) pick him up (if you can) which will hopefully stop the stream, and don't put him down until he's in the 'right spot' - then tell him to 'go potty' again, and when he does, PRAISE like crazy again. Hopefully, while you're outside watching him finish his business, someone else can clean up the puddle with a good enzymatic cleanser that will make it not smell like a 'pre-approved' potty spot inside.

As for getting over-excited during play... as soon as your threshold for excitement is reached... all play stops and you walk away. He'll figure out where the limits are if you're consistent about it.

Our DaneX was also our hardest to potty train... he was near 9 or 10 months when he was finally 98% there... he'd still mark in PetSmart 'til the end.
Denna hasn't had an accident since she was 4 months old - and that one was my fault. I think she only had 3 or 4 accidents in the house, total. I'd consider her very easy on the training scale!
 
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dieselsmommy

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Thank you for all the helpful tips on potty training, I will try those techniques!! He usually does not give any warning so we have to watch him like a hawk, we also crate train and he does not potty in his crate. Sometimes when he is playing with my son's in the house he will just squat and go, kinda like it hits his brain like "oh gosh I have to pee!!" and he will just squat where he is and go. I have 2 sons one is 16 and my youngest is 14. They love to romp and play with him, they have tried the technique to walk away when he gets a little to wild, but Diesel will bite them in the butt or will jump at them when they walk away. Not aggressively, just playful, but he is getting to that size where he will hurt someone. So basically just keep walking away and he will eventually figure it out?
 
LauraR

LauraR

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I love neo puppy faces! They are just soo squishy and cute and begging for a million kisses!
 
tojvan

tojvan

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I can't believe I forgot to mention the part where you praise the puppy; it's what allows the pup to differentiate between negative and positive, my bad lol
 
kristen b.

kristen b.

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With play and Over excitement when your boys stand up to walk away tell them to give the pup a command like sit. You can also do this randomly during play it is called capping . Always have a little box or bag of treats around so when he gets all worked up stand up straight say sit treat praise walk away. The play session has ended. You can also try gently grabbing his scruff saying no and redirecting with a toy then praise.
 
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