YNP #090: When Your Dog Hates the Rain
Your New Puppy: Dog Training and Dog Behavior Lessons to Help You Turn Your New Puppy into a Well-Behaved Dog
Debbie Cilento: Dog Trainer | Dog Behavior Consultant | Owner of Playtime Paws | Belly Rub Specialist
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🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
If you have a dog that refuses to go outside in the rain. you know how annoying and time consuming it is. It’s even worse when you’re trying to potty train a young puppy that isn’t going to hold it until it stops raining.
For most dogs they will learn to tolerate it but for others it may always be a struggle.
We know we should stay positive to try and change their association but when you’ve been outside for the 10th time in the rain and they still haven’t gone it’s hard not to let that frustration show through.
Different things will work for different dogs. That’s why in this episode I just run through a bunch of things to try to improve your pup’s relationship to being wet and cold so you can both spend more times inside the toasty warm house.
In this episode I talk about:
- Finding the right rain gear.
- Creating a special place in your yard.
- Using a potty cue.
- Change their association with the rain and rain gear.
- Why does your dog love to swim but hates the rain (or their bath).
Press play and enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to your new puppies podcast. Starting you and your dog off on the right paw. Here's your |
| 0:16.8 | host Debbie Salento. Hello and today and welcome to episode 90 of your new puppies podcast. I'm Debbie and today I'm going to go over what |
| 0:37.7 | to do or what to try when your puppy hates going out in the rain or your dog hates going out in the rain. |
| 0:45.5 | These can work for either one. This for me comes up a lot with puppies when we're trying to |
| 0:51.2 | potty train them and we have to get them out all the time |
| 0:54.2 | and we really can't depend on them holding it until the rain stops because, well, they can't |
| 1:01.3 | because they're young and they just physically can't hold it for that long. |
| 1:04.6 | You know, for most dogs, they will learn to at least tolerate it. |
| 1:09.7 | For others, they will always have this adverse opinion of the rain, the wet and the cold. |
| 1:19.1 | So what I'm going to do here is I'm going to give you a bunch of tips and suggestions because depending on your |
| 1:26.6 | situation whether you're in an apartment or in a house with a yard and the dog itself, you might be able to pick one of these and it'll work. |
| 1:36.0 | Most likely it'll be a combo of them, but which combo works? |
| 1:40.0 | It's going to be some trial and error. |
| 1:42.0 | So I just have a whole bunch of stuff for you to try |
| 1:45.0 | and suggestions and hopefully something will help and stick. |
| 1:50.3 | I've seen all of these help in some way or another with different talks. |
| 1:55.0 | Well the first thing that's pretty universal is the younger you start the |
| 2:01.5 | easier it's going to be. The younger they are the more you get them used to the rain when they're young |
| 2:06.1 | and teach them it's okay or give them a good or at least neutral association with it the |
| 2:11.5 | easier it's gonna be And the other one is you and your |
| 2:16.4 | attitude because a lot of us don't like going out in the rain and our dogs |
| 2:21.5 | might pick up on that. Even more so, we are probably getting frustrated because |
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