re: Advice requested- dog (Bassett hound mix) won’t stop shitting and pissing on porch

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That's Terrible advice. A puppy's attention span isn't long enough to connect what they did earlier with the reaction you are giving them. all you are teaching them is to be afraid of you and not to know why

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This.

From my experience, I find that dogs respond more to tone than anything. There are things my dogs have done and I will just say in a stern voice "No!" and give them a stare. And it didn't take them long to figure out they were not supposed to do whatever it was.

One of my dogs, she is really active and when she is playing around she will test me every once in awhile. She will grab something she isn't supposed to and take off running, but she doesn't chew it... Its almost as if she knows she isn't supposed to do it, but because it will catch my attention she does it and after she runs around with it and I yell her name in a stern voice.. She then brings it back to me..

Also my other dog will start chasing after her when she does it so its like a game for her.

But that whole sticking their nose in it and give them a slap on their backside doesn't work. And like you say, short attention spans.. So if the dog did it during the day and you come home later and do it, the dog doesn't make that connection.

She’s not like that at all. She’s a frickin cool dog. I’ll frickin kill you baw, talking about my Ruby like that