I’ve heard the command “hurry up,” with which every human will emphasize.
Well, I use “go potty!” but I also sing a variety of pop songs, including such hits as “My Girl Wants to Potty All the Time” and “Fight For Your Right To Potty”.
ETA - but what I really came in to say is that all the weird kind-of-creepy dog magazines have ads in the back for doggy toilets - they’re a sort of Astroturf arrangement that drains into some kind of receptacle. It sounds amazingly gross.
One problem with having even a small dog use an indoor litter box as cats do is dogs don’t bury their messes and some of them are really bad about stepping in it as well. So, more stink and maybe all over the house too!
Yeah, that’s what I use with my dog. I’ll baby talk, but I have limits and “potty” is one of them.
But yeah, Hurry up with a treat following works great, as does keeping a schedule. Dogs like routine (and love breaking routine for occasional fun).
There’s a TV ad for it, too. It’s called the Potty Patch. Presumably, a dog can be trained to defecate on it as well as pee. Despite what the ad says, however, I would not get one for a golden retriever.
Which end of the match is inserted? I.e., is the reaction due to the irritation of something simply being there, or something in the match head?
A natural behavior for dogs is to leave the denning area and patrol their territory, sniffing for game and intruders and generally staying familiar with the layout of the territory. This activity is typically initiated by the pack leader and the pack follows along.
Dogs (and humans) also need exercise.
So it’s healthy (physically and psychologically) to walk the “territory” a couple of times a day, and it reinforces the human as the pack leader who can provide a stable, happy way of life for the pack. This both reinforces obedience passively, without requiring any dominance, and helps the dog feel secure.
The fact that it’s also nice to have the dog poop outside the house is a benefit, but not the sole purpose of regular walks. And for God’s sake be a decent neighbor and pick it up. In my area it’s the law, even if it’s in the woods or something, because the runoff is bad for the protected watershed.
And what the hell is wrong with people who bag it and then dump the bag in the gutter? So now it’s dog poop in a plastic-coated shell? Why? Was somebody looking at first?
Having had my share of both dogs and cats, I can say one of the wonderful things about dogs is that you can just let 'em out and they go, and I don’t have to clean out a litterbox. I wouldn’t want my dog to poop inside even if it was no work at all to train them to do it, because then I’d have to clean the stuff up.
Big yard + dogs who go outside = happiness.
I’ve got mine trained to go in the back yard before our walks. I still take a bag on our walks but very rarely have to use it. She usually knows the drill without a command, but in cases where she is distracted by smells or a critter, her command is, Come On! Works every time.
Ours is generally about the same, except sometimes she gets smart and saves a bit of poo to use for when she runs out of pee. I’m dead serious. When she finally realizes she’s out of pee, she likes to poop to mark her territory.
Just the cardboard end. You don’t want the fire end in there, even if it’s not on fire.
It’s the “fire end” that contains the irritants that cause the dog to go. You wet it first, either a brief swipe under a water faucet or with your tongue. Insert. Wait a few seconds. Discard. In case discarding is difficult, this is why to use cardboard, and always check for the match afterward if it wasn’t retrieved shortly after insertion.
If you’re using your tongue to wet it you REALLY want to get the order correct 
Our mini-dachshund goes in the mudroom, on newspaper. Well not really on the newspaper, mostly next to it. She doesn’t quite get the concept of “back paws on the paper, not front”.
We basically got her that way, I guess the shredded newspaper they kept her in for the first few weeks after she was born made her used to it, and we never bothered to retrain her to go outside. If we go someplace new (indoors) and put down paper she’ll usually go on it (or next to it). She won’t go on the paper if we put it outside, go figure.
It’s disgusting to clean up every day, makes the house smell, when she misses the paper it sometimes runs under the washer, and sometimes she steps in it and leaves pee footprints.
I’ve considered attempting to retrain her to go outside, but it wouldn’t really matter because I’d still have to clean up the poop and I’d still be pissed off about it. Also I feel guilty because from what I’ve read we’d have to lock her up all day to do it, and it’s not her fault she’s doing what she’s been taught is right.
Overall, I wouldn’t recommend it. Having them go outside is better, although still annoying. Actually I wouldn’t recommend getting a dog at all. If you think you want a dog, have a kid instead. Kids are much easier, at least they grow out of diapers after a few years and can help take care of themselves. You can take them with you when you go out or on vacation. They’re more interesting and fun to interact with. They don’t try to bite your guests (usually).
Our 2 Dachsunds have learned/trained themselves to poop and pee anywhere in the damned house they feel like.
Doggie door? Check.
Crated trained? Check.
Full access to the yard from 7am to 10pm? Check.
Turn your back & they piss on any furniture leg or blanket or school backpack on the floor? Check.
They’re too cute to hit, so what do we do?
In my area it’s also law that dogs not run loose, but my neighbors (not the close ones or I’d know where these dogs come from) allow their dogs out in the morning then back in when they get home from work. It seems like they ALL come to pee & crap on my lawn, which causes my dogs to want to do it, which makes the loose dogs more likely to do it and around it goes.
If it isn’t the neighboorhood kids ruining my flowers, it’s their dogs. Sigh.
Right?
Just because they’ve been taught not to pee/poop in the crates doesn’t mean they understand to use the doggie door and go outdoors to eliminate! It sounds like they’ve been really well trained to just go outside the crate!
Whoops.
I’m not sure what you mean. The book referenced teaches them not to go in the house. Crate training may be a part of that, but it is not the ultimate goal.