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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 556107" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Well, some dogs take longer than others to be consistent. And it's not like you're in the physical shape to scoop her up and literally run her out when she's about to do it on the floor either. To help get Maggie consistent, she gets a small piece of bacon strips or a liver snack each and every time she goes, without fail. I ran out once.......I won't let that happen again. It was an accident a day until I went to the store. (didn't help the boys were here too) I did the same thing with Molly because being a kid Nichole wasn't super consistent about taking her out right when she needed to go. Usually around 2 yrs I can ease them out of needing the treat as reinforcement by the very latest. If I don't have young kids around interfering with the process it's usually around 3 months. But young kids are distracting. lol My last 3 month dog was I think Holly. Betsy did superb 90 percent of the time from 5 wk on, but again Nichole wasn't always consistent about getting her out. Shoot, she still isn't......and has had to clean up a few accidents lately. Now she's back to the treat and the egg timer (mostly for her) and accidents have stopped. Poor Betsy has done two moves in a very short time from for a dog who was born and raised in the same house for 6 yrs. It threw her for a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 556107, member: 84"] Well, some dogs take longer than others to be consistent. And it's not like you're in the physical shape to scoop her up and literally run her out when she's about to do it on the floor either. To help get Maggie consistent, she gets a small piece of bacon strips or a liver snack each and every time she goes, without fail. I ran out once.......I won't let that happen again. It was an accident a day until I went to the store. (didn't help the boys were here too) I did the same thing with Molly because being a kid Nichole wasn't super consistent about taking her out right when she needed to go. Usually around 2 yrs I can ease them out of needing the treat as reinforcement by the very latest. If I don't have young kids around interfering with the process it's usually around 3 months. But young kids are distracting. lol My last 3 month dog was I think Holly. Betsy did superb 90 percent of the time from 5 wk on, but again Nichole wasn't always consistent about getting her out. Shoot, she still isn't......and has had to clean up a few accidents lately. Now she's back to the treat and the egg timer (mostly for her) and accidents have stopped. Poor Betsy has done two moves in a very short time from for a dog who was born and raised in the same house for 6 yrs. It threw her for a while. [/QUOTE]
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