Compared to puppies, targeted training for adult dogs to urinate and defecate is more difficult. Nevertheless, as long as you are patient
Training, adult dogs can also be trained, but with more time and energy:
If the dog to be trained is an adult dog that has not undergone home training before, it should be trained like a new puppy.
1、 Principles of Indoor Urine and Toilet Training for Adult Dogs
1. First, adult dogs should be allowed to make mistakes
Firstly, if an adult dog has just entered the house and sometimes, due to lack of good habits, it can make a mess of your room with urine and feces everywhere, do not punish it at this time. Punishing a dog for an accident can only make it nervous and constantly alert to any of your movements.
2. Pay attention to the defecation signals of adult dogs
When a dog suddenly lowers its head, sniffs and becomes nervous, it is often a signal of defecation. Owners should observe for a few days to determine the approximate time for adult dogs to defecate. Once the dog wakes up or signals to defecate after eating or playing, the owner will take it to a selected place where it can relax and defecate. Also, remember to clean it thoroughly when you come back. Long term confinement in a cage should be avoided as it can easily cause dogs to defecate indoors.
3. There should be rewards
When a dog successfully defecates, it mainly issues a “great” command and rewards it. By doing so, letting the dog know to defecate at a designated location will reward them with delicious food, and the next time the dog will
be careful.
2、 What should adult dogs do if they keep holding back and not excreting?
Additionally, some adult dogs have become accustomed to defecating outdoors while walking their dogs. If adult dogs have developed this habit, it is difficult for them to litter at home, so it is generally not advisable to correct it intentionally. But sometimes the weather is really bad and we can’t go out, but adult dogs keep holding back. What should we do? We can stimulate dogs to excrete indoors through exercise. If a dog keeps lying down, it can hold in for a long time, so if the dog hasn’t defecated or urinated all day, you can find a toy it likes, run around with it at home, chase it back and forth, and let it move around. Then take it indoors to a place where it can pee, such as a toilet or terrace, and lock it there alone, ignoring it when it comes out. Persist for a while, usually because after a day of holding back and exercising, the big dog has already had some urge to pee. If it is kept in a place where no one is watching, it will pee.
Remember: when you are about to release it after it has finished urinating, be sure to give it a lot of praise, especially exaggerated ones, to make the adult dog feel happy that it has done so, so that it will be more accepting of this way next time.
