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In a book on training puppies "The Art Of Raising A
Puppy" by the Monks of New Skete they suggest that you say something
repetitively as the puppy is looking around for a suitable
spot. I cleverly say " go pee" "go pee" "go
pee" . (its not too original and maybe you might want to say "do
it" or something else a bit more politically correct) It worked
so well for my boxer pup that I have tried it with my 4 yr old Arab/Rangerbred
cross. When he sees me coming I say "go pee" (numerous times) and he
comes out of his stall or up to me wherever we are and pees! Truly
amazing. It's a Pavlov thing I guess! The horses I own
never pee in their stalls. My board horses always start out peeing
in stalls and I use a full clean load of shavings dumped "outside" of their
stall only a few feet away from the door. Within days they are going
out to pee and poop on that pile. They have shavings in their stalls
too, but not a huge thick pile in one concentrated spot! Seems to really
work.
In the beginning with mats I didn't put much
shavings down if they were really messy -- just a nice big deep pile right
outside the door. You can move it further away later. It works
like a charm! Within a week you have nice clean stalls that you can
bed thicker if you want to.
My young gelding now pees when I am on him every
training ride. When I feel that he has to go, I just start saying
"go pee" and darned if he doesn't do it! Will he do it at an
endurance ride? Who knows, but its working well for
now! His first ride will be next spring.
My old horse goes 50 miles and doesn't pee so this
is a very big thing for me!
Darlene
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