I recently Dane-Rescued a two year old purebred Great Dane called Shanty.
She'll go outside to pee, but only if you open the door once she barks for it to be opened.
It's pretty cold at the moment, and we don't have a big enough kennel yet, so she's inside overnight.
Trouble is, when people are asleep, when she barks for the door to be opened....no-one hears, and pee gets on the carpet.
Eeek.
So, how can I teach her to pee on a pile of newspapers?
As she was a rescue, she's timid and if you try to pat her or reward her with a treat for going near the newspapers, she cowers and thinks she's being punished.
If you use a gentle tone and praise her, she cowers.
She's getting better around people, but you cannot praise her, she's just too timid, and I hate shoving her outside on such a terrible set of nights.
Any advice, BP-ers?