Wasatch Canine Camp Newsletter

Today was Zoe’s 14th day here with me, and she is doing great!  I have her here for the boot camp program so that she can learn obedience training, off-leash reliability, potty training, and dog behavior training using the electric dog training collar.  She is doing pretty good with just about everything except for potty training.  Her off leash reliability is coming along great, and so is her obedience training (see video below).  I am now teaching her the “place” command, and working on everything she knows with distractions.

For about a week and a half she hasn’t had any accidents in the house (remember, I have been having her out in the house with me, and going everywhere with me so that I can keep on top of her potty training), and so I have been slowly integrating the crate back into her schedule, and there is still not much of a change with the crate.  After just a few hours she will almost always have an accident in the crate (I know she can hold it, because she can go twice as long in the house without having any accidents).  There is just something about the crate that makes her think it is okay to pee in there.  I am hoping things will start clicking with her and that she will stop peeing in the crate soon.  I will keep you posted!