Hello my male GSD puppy will be 9 weeks this Monday. We recently moved from a rental home to a new home we purchased. Shamar has been crate training he had some accidents, but overall since I take him out every time he gets up from napping, every time going out or before going into crate, then 2-3 times nightly he mostly goes outside. I am starting to think that he totaly is not potty trained, he never goes to door , he does not ring my bathroom bell hanging on door knob. As I have been more distracted unpacking or even at old house if I lost sight of him he would go in the house. I have enzyme cleaner and clean spots well. I decided to do a house training reset. I have been keeping him tethered to me or in crate. It feels like he is in his crate much more often due to the move and unpacking.
I feel guilty like he he has been in the crate too much. He does not mess his crate, he did initially when I did not have it cut off to give him only enough room to laydown and stand. I feel like he will never be housebroken.
I have 2 other dogs a GSD/French Bulldog Mix and a Datsun/Beagle Mix both rescued as adults and housebroken with in a day. (I am assuming whoever had them before taking them to pound house trained them) They wait until they get taken out or paw me or bark at me, then I take them out, never a issue.
I have never puppy trained as a adult. I have followed all potty training advice on Web, watched videos. Most posts say crate training is mostly easy. Why won't he alert me AKA not want to go in house but want to go outside? I DO GIVE HIM TREATS and praise when he goes outside and use clicker. Help!! I feel hopeless?
I feel guilty like he he has been in the crate too much. He does not mess his crate, he did initially when I did not have it cut off to give him only enough room to laydown and stand. I feel like he will never be housebroken.
I have 2 other dogs a GSD/French Bulldog Mix and a Datsun/Beagle Mix both rescued as adults and housebroken with in a day. (I am assuming whoever had them before taking them to pound house trained them) They wait until they get taken out or paw me or bark at me, then I take them out, never a issue.
I have never puppy trained as a adult. I have followed all potty training advice on Web, watched videos. Most posts say crate training is mostly easy. Why won't he alert me AKA not want to go in house but want to go outside? I DO GIVE HIM TREATS and praise when he goes outside and use clicker. Help!! I feel hopeless?