Dog Health Questions: Any dog training tips?!?

Okay, so i have a female boxer who is about one year old . We are trying to house-break her, and at first it was going good. We got a bird bell and she jumped up on the door and rang it every time she had to go outside... And since she was doing good we started to give her treats when she went to the bathroom outside, But now i think she is confused.. Because now she doesn't ring the bell at all and goes to the bathroom on the floor all the time! Did the treats make her think every time she went she gets one? I dont know what i did wrong . Any advice?

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Forget about food treats, forget about the bell...take her out as you would do a pup after eating, after waking and after playing and sometimes in between, stand silently with her until she is going to the toilet, then as she is doing it put a word or words to it, I use 'be clean'..then good girl do this EVER time, no chatting telling her to go, nothing except the word/s you choose to say when she is doing it...she will then associate the command with the action....restrict her space in the house unless you can supervise her and NEVER tell her off if you find something, ONLY if you catch her in the act, a quick 'no' then silently take her out and wait....if she is unsupervised and finding some dificulty in understanding what you have been teaching then that is not her fault...clean up with her not around and FORGET it, no telling her" I have just cleaned up again after you" or anything else as it will make her anxious and that will make it worse....onceyou have been training this consistantly for a week, open the door and tell her ' be clean'...now you have a dog who will toilet on cmmand.....then re-introduce the bell, so you ring bell, open door and 'be clean'....keep it simple, keep calm and as little commands as possible.

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• Yes I believe the dog thought that she would get treats everytime she goes to the bathroom outside. Treats are usually used at the time of the training - this is to make them learn faster and once they do, you can discontinue giving them treats.. in your case the treats came after she have learned house-break.. As much as possible we wouldn't want to confuse our dog as these mistakes will not only lead to frustration with your dog training, they can be dangerous to your dogs mental development (which can lead to your dog experiencing stress related problems later on). You can check out http://www.antileon-ent.com/dog/ for the common mistakes and how to correct them for better training for your dog.


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• If she goes on the floor again, hit her on the head and say "Bad Girl/Boy!" And ring the bell and say "You ring the bell if you have peepee!"


• If this a sudden set-back then it is most likely a urinary track infection. go the vet a get some antibiotics


• Hmm...that might be the case. You have to start from square one again.
  Take her out every hour or so (just in case) and if she pees where you want her to pee, then praise and pet.
  If she pees indoors, stop her before she lets it all out and put her outside (then clean up the mess)
  You can try crate training too.