Click on the link above and read the article written by PAWS ---HOUSE TRAINED ADULT DOGS may need reassurance and time to acclimate. ---SCENTS AND ODORS may stimulate some initial urine marking with both males and females. ---PROVIDE TIME to learn each other’s signals and routines. ---RECOGNIZE HIS LANGUAGE Even if he was house trained in his previous home, if you don’t recognize his bathroom signal, you might miss his request to go out, causing him to eliminate indoors. ---FIRST FEW WEEKS after you bring him home, you should assume your new dog isn’t house trained and start from scratch. ---RETRAINING PROCESS IS QUICK if he was house trained in his previous home. ---ROUTINE, SCHEDULE, CONSISTENCYprocess will be much smoother, take steps to prevent accidents, remind him where he’s supposed to eliminate. |