Actually rubbing a critters nose in their crap does nothing but make you feel better. The animal doesn't understand why you are doing that to them.
The easiest way to train the animal to piss and crap outside.
Put a small bell on the doorknob. Take the animal to the door and ring the bell while saying go outside? Hook your leash to the dog and take it for a walk. As soon as it does it's business you say good boy and give it a treat.
You will have to do it several times. Do not be lazy, dogs/puppies will go often and if you want a loyal lifetime animal you will have to go for walks whether the dog has to piss or not. Mostly they will drain their bladder just to get the treats. If they have an accident you must follow the routine. Abusing the animal for a natural function doesn't register in their brain.
Could not agree more.
Dogs are very simple creatures, and are driven to do just one thing.....make human happy. If it makes you happy I will do it.
Rubbing their nose in it is a very bad message. This is a bad thing. Now if you do that, the dog is going to think oh that is bad, if I do that he will "rub my nose in it", so I don't want to do it. So when you do go for your walk that dog is going to think....if I do that he is going to do something to me I don't like, so I wont. Sometime when you are not around biology will take over and he just has to. But to do it with you there.....he is really not going to like it. A real problem with rescues. Switching gears in the animals brain can be very hard.
For the record mine does not use a bell, she will sit at the door and bark. One bark. If you are not quick enough, wait till the commercial, she will bark again.....wait till the commercial, now she will come and get you. Ok doggy emergency, got it. And out she goes and does what she needs to do. The other will hold it as long as he can. He is having real issues now with steps, joints are so stiff. So he does have an accident now and again, He is good if you get him out, but steps hurt, you can tell. And if I hurt as well I don't feel like picking up a 50lb dog, that accident is on me, not my pup.
This is a "new" way of thinking with dogs, some "old" ways I still subscribe to, like there is a pecking order in the dog world and you need to be at the top of that order. Some well respected "dog" people discount that, I don't agree and have been banned from some dog forums for saying that. Eh whatever.
I have a goal, a goal that will fail at.
I want to be the human my dog thinks I am.
{sorry dark humor count resist, I meant the first tow lines}
