Comments on: HELP!!! Which one is easier to train my dog?!?!?!? http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/ Dog skin tips and sharing ideas Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: KC http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 KC Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:03:11 +0000 http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/#comment-3144 Start crate training her now. Instructions on how to crate train comes with the crate. It's never too late. Start crate training her now. Instructions on how to crate train comes with the crate. It’s never too late.

]]> By: Mary http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-3143 Mary Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:51:29 +0000 http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/#comment-3143 just a few things - matlese dogs have little to no shedding. they need regular grooming. "tear staining" (red stain near the tear ducts) can be fixed by taking a fine toothed metal comb moistened with lukewarm water and comb it out from the snout to under the eyes every two to three days. keep the dog's face clean and dry and avoid foods with colorings to reduce tear staining. they are very energetic. they are also notorious for being difficult to housebreak and need to be box or paper trained rather than "going out". they prefer running rather than toys. they are very demanding and love to be with people. keeping it in the garage is probably not a good thing. maltese dogs tend to lose teeth between 8-9 years old (human ears), heart problems after 10 years old, delicate skin that can get sun burnt, can seem to shake from being cold easily, and usually like 12-15 or more years. how my mom housebroke my dog was that we put up baby gates and kept my dog in the kitchen most of the time and if he went to the bathroom in the house, she took him to it, put his nose close to where he went, took him to the back yard, and then put his nose to the grass to signal that the backyard is where is bathroom is supposed to be. it wasn't too long before he got it, although he is a different type that yours. hopefully this will work for your puppy, too. just a few things – matlese dogs have little to no shedding. they need regular grooming. “tear staining” (red stain near the tear ducts) can be fixed by taking a fine toothed metal comb moistened with lukewarm water and comb it out from the snout to under the eyes every two to three days. keep the dog’s face clean and dry and avoid foods with colorings to reduce tear staining. they are very energetic. they are also notorious for being difficult to housebreak and need to be box or paper trained rather than “going out”. they prefer running rather than toys. they are very demanding and love to be with people. keeping it in the garage is probably not a good thing. maltese dogs tend to lose teeth between 8-9 years old (human ears), heart problems after 10 years old, delicate skin that can get sun burnt, can seem to shake from being cold easily, and usually like 12-15 or more years.

how my mom housebroke my dog was that we put up baby gates and kept my dog in the kitchen most of the time and if he went to the bathroom in the house, she took him to it, put his nose close to where he went, took him to the back yard, and then put his nose to the grass to signal that the backyard is where is bathroom is supposed to be. it wasn’t too long before he got it, although he is a different type that yours. hopefully this will work for your puppy, too.

]]> By: yonahdreams http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-3142 yonahdreams Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:38:11 +0000 http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/#comment-3142 I don't really know how to get her to stop barking. She probably wants in because it is warm in the house and she wants to be around you. To help with the problem of potty training you have two options. you can use pee pee pads and put it in the garage. You can clean it up when she goes or you can take her outside. figure out her schedule of going and follow it. or you can try crate train her so she can learn to hold her pee until it is time for you to take her out. there are many ways to handle this. I would probably crate train her first so she can start to hold her pee. she wont go where she sleeps. Every time you let her out of the crate make sure you take her right outside. She will then start to realize that is where she is suppose to go. If none of these work then i would resort to the pee pee pads. when you see she needs to go or about to go place her on the pad. She will start to realize that she can go there and not everywhere in the house. The best kind that i found that work are the ones walmart sells. they are $5 o$6 for 100ct. Oh and about the hair being everywhere. I would Brush her everyday. and take her to the groomers for a hair cut. Not to short it is winter . Good Luck and Happy New Year I don’t really know how to get her to stop barking. She probably wants in because it is warm in the house and she wants to be around you. To help with the problem of potty training you have two options. you can use pee pee pads and put it in the garage. You can clean it up when she goes or you can take her outside. figure out her schedule of going and follow it. or you can try crate train her so she can learn to hold her pee until it is time for you to take her out. there are many ways to handle this. I would probably crate train her first so she can start to hold her pee. she wont go where she sleeps. Every time you let her out of the crate make sure you take her right outside. She will then start to realize that is where she is suppose to go. If none of these work then i would resort to the pee pee pads. when you see she needs to go or about to go place her on the pad. She will start to realize that she can go there and not everywhere in the house. The best kind that i found that work are the ones walmart sells. they are $5 o$6 for 100ct. Oh and about the hair being everywhere. I would Brush her everyday. and take her to the groomers for a hair cut. Not to short it is winter . Good Luck and Happy New Year

]]> By: wenchmaid http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-3141 wenchmaid Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:02:29 +0000 http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/#comment-3141 As soon as you give in to her barking, you're reinforcing the behavior. You're going to have to ignore the barking for a while. Give her some toys to play with and chew on. I'm assuming that your garage is a safe place for her to stay with a bed or blanket, so she doesn't have to lay down on the cold concrete, food, and water. Also nothing potentially poisonous that she could get into. You also need to get her house trained. I'm not sure how feasible it is to crate train a one year old. But start letting her outside every two hours to go to the bathroom and praise her when she goes. Keep a close eye on her when she's in the house and when you catch her in the act take her outside immediately. Then praise her when she finishes her business outside. As soon as you give in to her barking, you’re reinforcing the behavior. You’re going to have to ignore the barking for a while. Give her some toys to play with and chew on. I’m assuming that your garage is a safe place for her to stay with a bed or blanket, so she doesn’t have to lay down on the cold concrete, food, and water. Also nothing potentially poisonous that she could get into.

You also need to get her house trained. I’m not sure how feasible it is to crate train a one year old. But start letting her outside every two hours to go to the bathroom and praise her when she goes. Keep a close eye on her when she’s in the house and when you catch her in the act take her outside immediately. Then praise her when she finishes her business outside.

]]> By: heart o' gold http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-3140 heart o' gold Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:02:34 +0000 http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/#comment-3140 It is cruel to keep a dog in the garage all the time. If that is your dogs life, you should find a new home for it. As for the barking, if you let the dog in the house, where it is warm, I guarantee the barking will stop. As for the peeing, if you have carpet, that will be tough. Dogs will smell the old pee spots and use them again. Most carpet pad is basically a low grade sponge, and even professional cleaning will not completely remove the old pee smell. To train a dog to pee outside, you must take it outside LOTS, as much as every 30-60 minutes so it ALWAYS pees outside. Praise it and get excited and act like it's Christmas when they do pee outside. While they are inside, watch them like hawks and immediately shout "NO" and rush them outside when they try to pee in the house, wait til they pee outside and praise them highly as described above. I must say again that it is very cruel to keep a dog in the garage all the time, and if that isn't going to change, please find a new home for your friend. It is cruel to keep a dog in the garage all the time. If that is your dogs life, you should find a new home for it.

As for the barking, if you let the dog in the house, where it is warm, I guarantee the barking will stop.

As for the peeing, if you have carpet, that will be tough. Dogs will smell the old pee spots and use them again. Most carpet pad is basically a low grade sponge, and even professional cleaning will not completely remove the old pee smell.

To train a dog to pee outside, you must take it outside LOTS, as much as every 30-60 minutes so it ALWAYS pees outside. Praise it and get excited and act like it’s Christmas when they do pee outside. While they are inside, watch them like hawks and immediately shout “NO” and rush them outside when they try to pee in the house, wait til they pee outside and praise them highly as described above.

I must say again that it is very cruel to keep a dog in the garage all the time, and if that isn’t going to change, please find a new home for your friend.

]]> By: I LoVe MaLtEsE http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-3139 I LoVe MaLtEsE Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:44:08 +0000 http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/#comment-3139 dont ya think ya should have known how to potty train b4 u got a dog? put it on a time schedule and stick to it. Put it out to the potty area and tell it go potty! be firm b/c sometimes they are stuborn(my malti is smtimes lol) and when they "go potty" be really cheerful say "good girl/boy go potty!!" and even maybe give it a lil treat but make sure u wein them off the snack or they'll always expect it. but using a treat at first helps to motivate them. be consistant and take her/him out the same time everyday and it will catch on! its crying b/c its a living thing and needs attention! would u wanna be locked away in the garage all along?! hope i helped dont ya think ya should have known how to potty train b4 u got a dog? put it on a time schedule and stick to it. Put it out to the potty area and tell it go potty! be firm b/c sometimes they are stuborn(my malti is smtimes lol) and when they “go potty” be really cheerful say “good girl/boy go potty!!” and even maybe give it a lil treat but make sure u wein them off the snack or they’ll always expect it. but using a treat at first helps to motivate them. be consistant and take her/him out the same time everyday and it will catch on!
its crying b/c its a living thing and needs attention! would u wanna be locked away in the garage all along?!
hope i helped

]]> By: Tina http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-3138 Tina Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:07:21 +0000 http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/#comment-3138 Since she is already one year old I think its going to be very difficult potty training her but it won't hurt to help. If you don't want to be taking her out for walks or taking her out to potty every couple of hours you should go out and buy these doggie pads they sell at pet stores. My dog seems to always want to pee on that rather then do it on the floor. As for the leaving her in the garage not a good idea. I don't think any animal or any person would like to be left in a room alone knowing people are in the other room. Good luck! Since she is already one year old I think its going to be very difficult potty training her but it won’t hurt to help. If you don’t want to be taking her out for walks or taking her out to potty every couple of hours you should go out and buy these doggie pads they sell at pet stores. My dog seems to always want to pee on that rather then do it on the floor. As for the leaving her in the garage not a good idea. I don’t think any animal or any person would like to be left in a room alone knowing people are in the other room. Good luck!

]]> By: i_we_todd http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-3137 i_we_todd Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:53:48 +0000 http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/#comment-3137 Depending on how big the dog is, get a cage, small cage. Not the one's that the dog can run around in. Put the pup in that for about a few hours. The dog will pee and poop in the cage, but after a while, he/she will stop b/c its sitting in its own crap. Trust me, this works. Also, put something down that the dog will pee/poop on so you don't have to clean the cage out. After a while of the dog being in the cage, take the dog outside and show him a place to do his business. When the dog does his thing, PRAISE HIM! Love on him, tell him, good boy/girl..Then give him a treat, but only if he/she actually pees or poops. This works every time...Good Luck Depending on how big the dog is, get a cage, small cage. Not the one’s that the dog can run around in. Put the pup in that for about a few hours. The dog will pee and poop in the cage, but after a while, he/she will stop b/c its sitting in its own crap. Trust me, this works. Also, put something down that the dog will pee/poop on so you don’t have to clean the cage out. After a while of the dog being in the cage, take the dog outside and show him a place to do his business. When the dog does his thing, PRAISE HIM! Love on him, tell him, good boy/girl..Then give him a treat, but only if he/she actually pees or poops. This works every time…Good Luck

]]> By: Anna http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-3136 Anna Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:21:58 +0000 http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/#comment-3136 There are a million answers to this on google so I'm not going to type out a long detailed answer, but we crate trained our dogs and it worked really well. You have to really pay attention to the dog when you are potty training them. Take them out every couple of hours, especially because you have a little dog, they have to go more often. Take the dog out after you play with them, after they had a nap, if it's been a couple hours since the last time they went, right after they eat. Make sure you give her a really great treat (i.e. sandwich meat - unhealthy yes, but VERY motivating for a dog). When you leave the house or over night put her in a crate (not too big) so that she won't go while you are gone or overnight. Just don't leave her in the crate too long during the day). At night you will hear her if she needs to get out to go to the bathroom. If you can't train her then you have to give her to another home. Dogs are SOCIAL animals. It would be the same as making a human live in the garage all alone. Just horrible. Your dog is suffering living in the garage. There are a million answers to this on google so I’m not going to type out a long detailed answer, but we crate trained our dogs and it worked really well. You have to really pay attention to the dog when you are potty training them. Take them out every couple of hours, especially because you have a little dog, they have to go more often. Take the dog out after you play with them, after they had a nap, if it’s been a couple hours since the last time they went, right after they eat. Make sure you give her a really great treat (i.e. sandwich meat – unhealthy yes, but VERY motivating for a dog). When you leave the house or over night put her in a crate (not too big) so that she won’t go while you are gone or overnight. Just don’t leave her in the crate too long during the day). At night you will hear her if she needs to get out to go to the bathroom.

If you can’t train her then you have to give her to another home. Dogs are SOCIAL animals. It would be the same as making a human live in the garage all alone. Just horrible. Your dog is suffering living in the garage.

]]> By: Tammy R http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-3135 Tammy R Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:40:30 +0000 http://dogskincoat.sickdogbreed.com/sites/2010/04/12/help-which-one-is-easier-to-train-my-dog/#comment-3135 If you can't have her in the house you need to find a home for her. She is not the kind of dog to leave in the garage. Potty training with a little dog is a huge challenge. You have to be very consistant with letter her out even if she's only been out 5 minutes earlier and she is acting like she wants out again. Keep her on a leash with the other end hooked to your belt loop or some other part of you so that she will be with you at all times and not able to sneek off when you aren't paying attention and going potty. If you can’t have her in the house you need to find a home for her. She is not the kind of dog to leave in the garage. Potty training with a little dog is a huge challenge. You have to be very consistant with letter her out even if she’s only been out 5 minutes earlier and she is acting like she wants out again. Keep her on a leash with the other end hooked to your belt loop or some other part of you so that she will be with you at all times and not able to sneek off when you aren’t paying attention and going potty.

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