Dog Health Questions: I need to get my dog trained, where would be a good place to take her?

Hey all..I have a pup she is a little over a year, but she is not trained yet. She runs out the door every chance she gets and she isn't potty trained, any ideas on where I should take her?

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You don't really take your dog someplace "to be trained," you enroll in an obedience class that teaches YOU how to train your dog. Check with your local pet store or community center, it's decent training at a decent price. If your dog doesn't have and serious issues that, with consistent reinforcement at home, should put you on the right track.

In the meantime, since she's not house broken she needs to be tethered to you at all times or crated when you cannot watch her. This will also eliminate the problem of running out the door.

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• You are looking for a trainer to help potty train or obedience train? Potty training is usually done before puppies begin training classes but you can also start an obedience class and ask the trainer for tips. 100% they will tell you this: use a crate, use a leash, keep a schedule, use positive reinforcement.
  
  Use a crate: dogs will not go potty where they sleep. Get a crate just large enough for your puppy to stand, turn around, and lay down in. Wire crates come with dividers so you can get a larger one for her full size and use a divider to make it the right size for her right now. Keep her in the crate when you can not watch her and take her out as soon as she is out of the crate. Never leave her in the crate for more than 5 hours unless absolutely necessary.
  
  Use a leash: When she goes outside, even if it just your backyard, keep her on a leash so that you can monitor if she is going potty. She will know you mean business. You wont have to do this forever, just for a month or so till she gets the hang of it. It is also helpful because you can direct where she goes so she learns to go potty on the sides of the yard rather than right in the middle where you walk.
  
  Keep a schedule: This is most important!! It is important that she knows when her next break is. Take her out as soon as you wake up (she should sleep in her crate right beside your bed.) feed her, take her out 15 minutes after eating/drinking. Take her out right before you leave and put her in the crate with fun toys when you are gone. Take her out as soon as you get home. etc. puppies need to go out after playing, after sleeping, and after eating/drinking. She is old enough to hold it but not until she realizes that outside the the place to potty.
  
  Use positive reinforcement: regardless of what you have been told before, dogs do not learn by punishment. When you rub their nose in their mess they do not understand that it means "not in the house" they think it means that going potty in general is bad. When your pup goes potty inside, say nothing at all. Clean it up and go on with your day. If you catch her in the act then say "no!" loudly and take her outside right away even if she is done going. When she goes outside (which she will have to if she is monitored and crated in the house) praise her lavishly. Plenty of hugs and kisses and maybe even a special treat or play a game.
  
  ** another trick you can use is teach her to tell you when she needs to go. Hang jingle bells from your door and ring them everytime you go out while saying "outside" after a month or so she will begin to ring them to tell you she needs to go outside.
  
  Hope this helps! Be patient and consistent and 100% she will learn with these 4 points!


• the kennel club do a good citizen dog training scheme all voer country, check website for anything that might be local to you,
  
  http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/254…


• Well this is your problem for not training her when she was a puppy. YOU need to obedience train her. Get a basic obedience book and do it yourself. Why waste money when you can do for free.


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• Local pet stores usually have classes that are reasonable and it is also a chance for your dog to socialize.


• i would say take her to your local pet shop like petsmart or pet co they have training classes and sometimes they offer free classes...


• Take her to a new home where she'll be properly trained.


• If your dog is young i suggest going to my house. its the one covered in dog pelts and blood


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