Well, our family, along with our four dogs, was on a vacation trip recently and we ran into this exact problem. Our dogs that never made accidents for years began to have accidents in our rented cabin. We quickly realized that we had to remember our initial potty training with each dog and the environment/schedule that we finally set up for our "pack". It then became quite obvious that what we had established as the "norm" in their life was now drastically changed.
We went out hiking in the morning, ate at strange hours, were in and out all the time, had them in and out on our schedule, and just didnt give them the focus that we normally did when we were at home. We broke the main rule of potty training, we were not "listening" to them telling us to let them out.
Well, when you are on a traveling vacation, it is sometimes difficult to always pay attention to your furry friends. We had do think of something different so that we werent loosing our "cleaning deposit" at every place we stopped. Here is what we came up with:
We went back to the basics. We established a schedule based on our activities for the day. Whenever possible, we tried to get them out every three hours, even if we had been playing with them earlier. Also, we kept them in their crates when we left the cabin. Since they really didnt want to go in their crates, it helped to strengthen the encouragement when we took them out.
Guess what? It worked perfectly. As soon as we put this in place we had zero accidents. All we did was to go back to the basics of potty training. We put them on a schedule, tried to observe them as much as possible, and crated them when we couldnt watch them.
Even though this is simple advice, it will surely help you keep your cleaning deposit the next time you travel with your pooches! For more information, please contact The Best Dog Trainers in South Florida.
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