House training

[Peegee]

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Thanks Gypsysmum. I do understand what you are saying but it did work really successfully with the puppy (a sheltie) we had when the children were small (some years ago!). I do remember though that we didn't teach him to pooh in his 'patch' until he was a year old, when we moved house and I didn't want pooh on the lawn with young children. He did pick it up quite quickly and seemed unscathed by the experience. I need to give this some consideration though. We have now gone back a step with rewards and now follow Evie around so that we can treat immediately, to make sure that we have really got on top of house training.

 

[Biker John]

Shelties are one of the easiest breeds to train in most things and they tend to house train themselves, being in general a very clean breed, as soon as they can they go outside. So I wouldn't necessarily expect most breeds to be as easy as they are.

 

[Peegee]

You may well be right BakerJohn, he was very bright and quick to learn. He also seemed to really want to please and had such a lovely temperament. Our current pup, a Cockapoo, does also seem pretty bright and I have taught her several 'tricks/behaviours' so far, so am hoping that she will soon pick up what we are asking of her. She is much more 'bouncy' than our sheltie was (as far as I remember) so perhaps I just need to be bit more patient.