NEVER! NEVER! NEVER! pat, hit, or strike a dog for discipline purposes.

Submissiveness is not a good emotion for any dog to have. Dogs should be confident, yet mild manored not agressive. You need to establish your position of ALPHA, by making them work for treats, toys etc, not by beating them into submission. Submission only creates other problems.

NEVER EVER place or rub a dogs nose into his waste. Anyone who does this needs to have done to themselves (MY OPINION). Any anyone who believes this is the correct way needs to rethink it and educate themselves more.

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The proper way of correcting this is to catch the pet in the act, command NO, pick them up and take them outside and command GO POTTY, then lots and lots of goofy praise. When you see signs of your pet wanting to/ or getting interested in the area, take her outside and command potty. Do not bring her in until she does her thing, then praise. Lots and lots of goofy praise.

When cleaning up the mess, never let your dog see you. Place them in a crate away from the location or put them in a room where they can't see you. This way, when you walk over to clean it up, you do not spark the pets interest, and they won't be tempted to walk over and mark over your scent.

If your dog does not have obedience training, then take her. This is the first step into establishing ALPHA.

If I have offended anyone here, my apologies. I have just seen the results of people who do not take the time out to train their pets, or do not educate themselves with the proper training techniques, or are just ignorant; all to often in rescue.

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