Wasatch Canine Camp Newsletter

On Saturday I got Zoe, a 4-month-old German Shepherd, in for Boot Camp.  She is here to work on potty training, manners, and dog obedience training using the electric dog training collar.  She is doing pretty great here, considering it’s only been a few days.  The main thing she is struggling on here is potty training.  She’s probably had about five accidents in her kennel in just two days.  She’s a pretty difficult puppy when it comes to potty training.  With most puppies I would put them on a very strict feeding/water schedule, make their crate just big enough for them to stand up and turn around, and take them out regularly.  Zoe is a little different, and this schedule doesn’t work well for her.  I am doing things a little differently with her to see if it helps her understand potty training better.  Basically I am keeping her in the house with me at all times.  She’s still on a strict feeding/water schedule, and I am still taking her out very frequently, but now that she is in the house with me and I can monitor her a lot closer, she is doing a lot better today.  She has only had one accident in the house today vs her 2 or 3 yesterday in the crate.  I am hoping this method will work a lot better with her, and that she will learn very quickly that she needs to go outside, instead of inside.

The video below is of her first time on the electric dog training collar.  She responded very normally for a puppy’s first time on the e-collar.  She was very distracted, and was at the end of the leash just about the whole time.  She will definitely get better the more she is here.  Keep checking back for more videos of her and her progress!