Wendy Graydon The dog trainer

Wendy Graydon has trained dogs for more than 15 years privately in clients' homes – helping with problems that owners are having with their dogs including; barking, chasing the kids, biting, digging, jumping up and pulling on the lead – to name a few.

Question:

My dog is still soiling inside the house and sometimes poos behind the couch. She is only five months old and is still a puppy.

Answer:

Sometime puppies do have a few accidents, but they should be house trained as soon as possible. You must go back to square one and supervise your puppy at all times when free inside the house and the rest of the time crate – tie up or her have her with you on a lead so there is no chance of any accidents. It is so easy to get distracted and forget you have a loose puppy that will get up to mischief. You have to take them to the toilet every hour, on the hour, until they get it right. Reward the outside toileting at the time and use a command such as ‘busy' to reinforce this. Soon your puppy will be going on command every time you ask.

Do you need some advice? Email Wendy info@thedogtrainer.co.nz and send her your question to be printed in next month's Pets pages in The Weekend Sun. To read more from Wendy visit www.thedogtrainer.co.nz