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Posted by Carolyn

I was given two toy poodles and they have never been outside so they were taught to go on a rug (and now pee on my rug). How do I house break them to go in the litter box?  Thanks so much

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I will do my best to help you with your canine litterbox training challenge.  This type of training can be very time consuming so try not to get frustrated if you do not see immediate results.  Since your new dogs were previously trained to go on a rug and you have carpeting in your house that you do not want them using, then your first roadblock will be to teach them to switch to a new ‘substrate’ (material on which you want them to urinate).  If you are keeping them on a tiled surface, then try placing a newspaper near or on the rug and when