{"id":2390,"date":"2015-09-01T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/pets\/shy-pup-avoids-taking-care-of-business-outdoors\/"},"modified":"2015-09-01T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T18:00:44","slug":"shy-pup-avoids-taking-care-of-business-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/pets\/shy-pup-avoids-taking-care-of-business-outdoors","title":{"rendered":"Shy Pup Avoids Taking Care of Business Outdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The dog trainer is in to answer your questions. Alexandra Macias, owner and operator of the Long Beach-based Alex Macias dog training, will be sitting down and answering readers’ pet-related questions.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Alex,<\/p>\n

I’ve had a 9-month-old wheaten for a month and I’ve managed to get her to use our astroturf-covered porch to do her business. However I cannot transition her to the real outdoors no matter how long I walk her out there. Any suggestions?<\/p>\n

Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n

– Steve<\/p>\n

Hi Steve,<\/p>\n

Some dogs want to stick to one restroom area, and do not want to go in other places. This seems to be what\u2019s going on with your Wheaten. In your case, your Wheaten is doing exactly what you\u2019ve trained her to do– she\u2019s going potty on the porch. You potty trained her to the porch, so she thinks this is where her restroom is.<\/p>\n

If you would like her to go outside during walks instead of on the porch, you\u2019re going to need to re-train her to do so. You will essentially need to begin the potty training process over again. When it\u2019s time for her to use the restroom, you will need to take her on a walk instead of letting her use the porch. It will be important to block off her access from the porch during this time. She needs to be given one restroom option during her \u201cpotty training,\u201d and no others. After she develops the new potty habit, you may begin to reintroduce the porch. Since she already knows the porch is a restroom option, she will feel free to use it. She will also be comfortable going on walks, because you have now made that an option as well.<\/p>\n

– Alex<\/p>\n

Alexandra (Alex) Macias has been a certified Dog Trainer and Behavior Specialist since 2008, and is the owner of Alex Macias Dog training, a Long Beach-based dog training company. To ask Alexandra questions for a future article, leave them in the comments below, or email her at alexmaciasdogtraining@gmail.com.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steve’s having difficulties transitioning his dog’s potty training to the outdoors. The dog trainer is in to answer your questions. Alexandra Macias, owner and operator of the Long Beach-based Alex Macias dog training, will be sitting down and answering readers’ pet-related questions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":67727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1018],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets","tag-ask-a-dog-trainer","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=2390"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}