A friend of mine had a dog who was concrete trained, she would never then go on grass if she had the choice. Used to be a right pain when they visited us as she always used to go on the garden path, so hubby had to go out and clear it before she or I could set foot out the back door!!
Julia----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Marr" <dpm51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 1:25 PM Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: grass or concrete
yes, Pam, dogs will go on certain areas, and if you get them to go on onesurface, they may be stubborn about going somewhere else, have learned thatfrom experience,, Don Don, The Curmudgeon has spoken! dpm51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx-----Original Message----- From: PamSent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 7:44 AM To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: grass or concrete hi don.in the school here there's concrete and grass areas for the dogs. iwas using a concrete area with callie on class but it's nearly all grass in my garden which is probably what she is used to now. i'd imagine she'd go onconcrete if she really had to though. Sent from my iPhoneOn 4 Nov 2014, at 12:12, "Don Marr" <dpm51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Pam, our dogs go on grass or dirt, in class they went on pavement, it is easier to clean up, but I have no problem cleaning up on grass or whatever, and yes, in class, they showed us how to clean up after ourdogs, they show us every time, but after all these years, I know how to doit, sometimes for the first few days, they like to clean up, mnake sure the dog doesn't have any problems in that area, Don Don, The Curmudgeon has spoken! dpm51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Pam Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 4:43 AM To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guidedogchat] grass or concretehi. do any of u use concrete spending areas for your dogs? i know a coupleof people that do. they r probably easier to clean and maintain. although some of the instructors prefer u to use grass because it's more naturalfor the dogs or something. also did many of u cover cleaning up after yourdogs on class? it wasn't covered on mine anyway. pam Sent from my iPhone
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