Hey everyone, this is my first real post. I have a little bit of an issue. I have a beautiful very well-behaved, very smart, wonderful German Shepard named Trinity. She really has no behavioral problems at all.
I am trying to figure out a way to scold her for certain issues that I find when I get home, without having her leave pee marks. I'm not talking about yelling or swatting or anything, just letting her no that something isn't right.
For instance, she has no messes at all while I am away (stopped that after 2 nights of crate training :D ) so as soon as I get home I take her out immediately and she does her business. However, if I come home and find that she is rummiging through the garbage I want to let her know that it is not okay, however any attempt at scolding her results in tiny pee marks.
I feel that she is too young to remember what she did 5-10 or 20 minutes ago, so I have resulted to ignoring it and taking her out for potty. What can I do to let her know that it is not okay immediately while she is doing it? I'm sure she will outgrow it and it really isn't that huge of an issue, just a bit annoying for me if anything :?
Thanks in advance. :)
I am trying to figure out a way to scold her for certain issues that I find when I get home, without having her leave pee marks. I'm not talking about yelling or swatting or anything, just letting her no that something isn't right.
For instance, she has no messes at all while I am away (stopped that after 2 nights of crate training :D ) so as soon as I get home I take her out immediately and she does her business. However, if I come home and find that she is rummiging through the garbage I want to let her know that it is not okay, however any attempt at scolding her results in tiny pee marks.
I feel that she is too young to remember what she did 5-10 or 20 minutes ago, so I have resulted to ignoring it and taking her out for potty. What can I do to let her know that it is not okay immediately while she is doing it? I'm sure she will outgrow it and it really isn't that huge of an issue, just a bit annoying for me if anything :?
Thanks in advance. :)
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