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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Side note, I’ve looked into a boot camp I can send the dog to to take care of this, but I’m not sure how a boot camp out of the home would help with house training? [/quote]

Dogs generalize. If they learn to go on grass, they will seek out grass and only go on grass. My first dog only went on leaves if she could help it, because I house trained her in the fall...

If the trainer gets her going outside, she will be 90% of the way when she gets back to you. You will just need to show her the same rules apply at your house, but it should take a few days instead of a few weeks.[/quote]

This is horrible advice, and only likely to prolong the suck.

I can get a lot of dogs to do a lot of things. That does NOT directly translate to their owners being able to get the same results. Sending a puppy off to be trained elsewhere has fairly poor results, and the ROI is usually not great. You, the human, are really the one who needs the training. You need to learn to speak better dog so your commands, etc. get through. Without that, even the best trained dog is going to have reduced performance. It's user error.

Encouraging the exhausted OP to invest more time/money/effort into this dynamic without those investments being 99% human training is just a terrible take. Sure, some training facility will be happy to take your puppy and your money, but the results rarely justify the expense.[/quote]

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