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Good afternoon all. I have spent the majority of the morning/afternoon reading threads, stickies, etc, but can't seem to find an answer to my question.
We recently adopted a beagle mix from our local pet shelter. They say she is around 1.5 years old and our vet has agreed with that age assessment. She is a wonderful companion and it is obvious she wants to try and please. She has done very well during the two weeks we have had her; however, she refuses to use the bathroom in front of us. Despite the fact that we have refrained from codemning accidents, in the two weeks that we have housed her she has yet to ever "go" when we take her outside. We go outside many times throughout the day, you can tell she has to "go", and she can't wait to get home so she can. You do your best to keep your eye on her, but eventually she slips away for 10seconds and has an accident. We clean it up, throw it outside, etc. but we cannot get her to go outside. We strongly believe that if we could just get her to go to the bathroom outside that the positive reinforcement would be enough for her to learn, but we can't get her to go! Any ideas?
We recently adopted a beagle mix from our local pet shelter. They say she is around 1.5 years old and our vet has agreed with that age assessment. She is a wonderful companion and it is obvious she wants to try and please. She has done very well during the two weeks we have had her; however, she refuses to use the bathroom in front of us. Despite the fact that we have refrained from codemning accidents, in the two weeks that we have housed her she has yet to ever "go" when we take her outside. We go outside many times throughout the day, you can tell she has to "go", and she can't wait to get home so she can. You do your best to keep your eye on her, but eventually she slips away for 10seconds and has an accident. We clean it up, throw it outside, etc. but we cannot get her to go outside. We strongly believe that if we could just get her to go to the bathroom outside that the positive reinforcement would be enough for her to learn, but we can't get her to go! Any ideas?