How do you train a dog to ...

[gorilla]

sh*t in one spot ?

 

[ozbash]

Tie him up to the spot.

take him to the spot first thing in the morning/ last thing at night.

Dog will only dump when he wants to though, cant see it working mate...

 

[Mr Saab]

Employ Nate Myles to help train the dog....if he fails then call Julian Oneill....and use a shoe has an aid. Cannot fail.

 

[roopy]

Put his poo where you want him to sh*t.
Instinct tells them to only foul up one place, and if the poo is already there, they will add to it.

 

[gorilla]

sound advice roopy and ozbash, it's a backyard - grass, gardens, trees, I'll try the fouled already approach. There's two dogs, you kiwis will laugh, one's a corgi and the main culprit. Very trainable.

Any problems with moving sh*t into an area as well, to start off maybe ?

Perhaps abuse with a coat hanger outside of the area ? ;-) Starting to get on my nerves ...

 

[ozbash]

Put his poo where you want him to sh*t.
Instinct tells them to only foul up one place, and if the poo is already there, they will add to it.

thats what we do with our pigs. Leave a shovell full in the outside of the pen, rather than their sleeping area.

With Goz's dog tho, the Pavlov principle might work ????

 

[Kurt Angle]

Erhh, put all the other sh*t in the same spot.. can't say I ever heard of that.

How old is the dog? It's very hard to train this once they are older that say 4-5 months and impossible without a kennel/den.

All dogs should have an enclosed kennel, a 'den' so to speak. Dogs don't sh*t in their own den except out of desperation. Dogs can hold it for a long time.

AT times they are alone once they are off suckling, a dog should be put in its own kennel, and only let out to play, eat and sh*t.

Once they are confined there for a long time, when released they will need to go, get a short leash and you take them to the spot you want them to go. Hold them on the leash and don't let them roam.

They will eventually go on that spot where you have taken them.

Once them finish, reward them... lots of positive tones a pats, even a treat like dried kidney.

Later on the positive tones will be enough.

They will get the idea thats where to go.

You do have to clean the area of course, they won't return if there is mounds of dried crap there.