Dog Health Questions: Dog Training?

Before I even begin, if you are going to say it is useless to even try, please don't answer.

Okay. Here is the problem. I have a dog for six years and he is six years old. He is a mini schnauzer. He still pees and poops in the house. We seem to not have trained him properlly. =[

Are there any tricks I could try?

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Have you tried crate training? I have trained an older dog that way and it was effective.

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Dog Training - You and Your Dog

• At this age, you're going to want to get help from a professional trainer. Because you have had the dog for so long, he has formed a habit of peeing and pooping wherever he pleases.
  
  Search for "at home training" and your area on google. You can also ask around. Your vet should be able to help you find a trainer.
  
  Be sure you use POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT!
  
  Good luck!


• Yes chicken liver as a treat when he goes outside also alot of praise look for the sign that he has go sniffing around get him out. Don't give him anything if he don't go outside or in the house. if u want to train him to go on a wee pad in the house start with a small kennel area put food,water, bed in the are with the wee pad. Has he uses the pad praise him after playing with him put him back in area. chicken liver praise when he uses pad has he catched on and uses the pad make the area bigger in no time he won't need the kennel because he will go to that spot and use the pad. But use alot of praise and our dog trainer says chicken liver as a treat. Good luck. If u want to make sure he goes outside take him out at least a half hour or so after eating or drinking after playing when u get up and before bed. Kennel at night so he gets the idea to hold or use a kennel to train taking him out to play but take him outside when u take him out of kennel or putting back in also take him out a couple of times while in the kennel almost like training a puppy again praise and treats when he does what u want


• Hmm, I'm not sure if this will work if he's already 6 years old but what we did with our corgi was we took her outside every hour until she got it. Also, you could try crate training. Keep him in his crate and take him out every so often. Dogs don't like to soil their sleeping place so he should be able to hold it in. Once you think he's got it down you can let him out but continue to take him outside every couple of hours.


• Be consistent. Take him outside on a schedule. When he goes inside the house, take the soiled item of the poops outside where you want him to go. Next time you bring him out, take him there to do his business. He should learn that that's where he should go pretty quickly.