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Making my Doberman an indoor dog.
E-mail received at dog fun on 28/08/01.

Hi, I am the owner of a 15 month old doberman (Troy). We got him when he was 6 months old. Since that time he has been kept in a well insulated baby barn (not in the house). This year I have decided to bring him in the house. How should I introduce him to his new environment? He is extremely hyper and I wonder if he will ever calm down. I am thinking that this will come with age. Is he to old to properly house train? He has always gone to the bathroom outside, will he still look to go outside or will it be a whole new training process? I hope you can answer my questions.

Thank you.

Jade's reply.

Dear Dawn,
Thank you for your e-mail. I would doubt that you will have many problems as I am sure that Troy will be thrilled to be closer to the rest of his pack during the night. I would however suggest that you make the move at a time that will allow you to monitor his progress for the first couple of days. Why not choose a holiday week or long weekend for his big move this will give you time to help him adjust. I presume that he will be alone in the house during the day so using a holiday you will be able to leave him for short periods of time at first. As he will be slightly disorientated and wondering what is going on you should gradually get him used to his new territory. This will keep him reassured that things are all OK and also reduce the change of him having time to damage anything. Troy should calm down with age but you will have a good 12 months or so for that to start to show in him.

From the start you should make very strict rules about what rooms he is allowed into and what furniture he is able to use. You must stick to these rules at all times. I am sure that he will test your resolve by trying to get onto your favourite chair with you, or to climb onto your bed but if you give in to him on these issues you will not be able to expect him to stay away from this furniture when he is on his own.

His house training should be fine but don't allow him to fall back in his training. You can avoid this by being aware that things will be different for him, so for the first few days (and nights) let him outside more frequently that you would usually. As long as you can keep up the momentum you should be fine. If he does have an accident don't make a big deal about it but remove all trace of it as he will be stimulated to go in the same place by any odours that remain. If his training does start to relapse you should work on making a big fuss when he goes to toilet outside, give him treats etc. This will reinforce to him the fact that you want him to go outside and he should look forward to performing in the correct area, on the
other hand if he goes to toilet in the house DO NOT make this a negative as being told off only unsettles and upsets dogs and will probably have the opposite affect in his training to that which you desire.

I hope that this is of some help to you and Troy.

All the best, Jade the Doberman


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