How do you train a dog to wipe its paws on the rug after it has gone outside?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Have a soft rug at the door, when he comes in have him sit, take each front paw one at a time and rub it one or two times on the rug in the direction going away from you and towards his back leg (right paw...towards right back leg direction)...small wipes only are necessary. Repeat with the other paw.

Then have him stand and do the same thing with his back paws, going in the direction directly back from each paw.

Praise him and give him a treat. While you wipe his feet...say the command 'Wipe'...this will take a little bit of repetitive action on your part for possibly upwards of a few weeks depending on how quickly he catches on.

After he's allowed you to do this for a few days, show him the action you want with one paw and then command him to wipe the other paw by pointing to it. Eventually, he should come in the house and either automatically wipe his paws or do so at your command. Some dogs usually do this wiping motion after a bowel movement outside so it isn't foreign to them. As he gets it down, he'll stand up and do both the right sides and the left sides in pretty quick succession.

I'd recommend the mat stay there summer and winter.

It can be done but you have to be patient and have lots of praise and reward in the end. My Jack Russell learned this at an older age...she was 3 when we implemented this and it took her about a week to catch on, however, we teach her new things every few months and she's now 4.5 and she picks up very easily because she knows there are rewards to be had. My sister in law taught her dog at roughly the same age with little trouble and results in about the same time frame as we had using this technique.

You'll likely get a lot of great suggestions and probably many will work just as well, choose the one that sounds the best for your dog. Good luck

Answer 3

Try peforming the acting of wiping your paws on the rug in front of your dog many times. Make sure the dog sees what you are doing and not be distracted. Also show that you only go in the house once you have wiped your "paws". now try the dog. Make sure the dog realizes it can't go back in the house without wiping it's paws. It will soon realize if it wants to go back home then it will have to do what you do. Make sure you do this act over a couple of days. and the dog will finally get the idea.
good luck training your dog.

Answer 4

If you can teach your dog to turn in circles you've got this made easy. Get your dog to spin in circles on the rug everytime it comes in, and praise it/give a treat. Eventually it will do this consistently, and it will clean the paws. Some dogs will also make a stepping/wiping motion when they bark, and the same principle applies here.

Another not quite as easy way is to physically wipe the paws on the rug when they come in, tell them "wipe your paws" while you do it, and give a treat as soon as you're finished.

Answer 5

When you first let the dog in, stop him and wipe each of its paws on the throw rug. After doing this a long time, he will eventually know. It takes a while and a lot of persistence (and a smart dog), but it can be done.

Answer 6

I read in a book that if your dog already has the behavior of scratching at the ground and kicking up their feet after they go to the bathroom, that you use the phrase 'wipe your feet' (or whatever you want to use) when they do this. Reinforce with a 'good wipe your feet' and they will eventually associate the words with the action so you can get them to wipe their feet on command. Sorry to say that I never actually did this with my pup, but always wish I had.

Answer 7

That's a good question! Maybe teach him the word paw and show your dog with your hands moving his right and then his left paw on the rug. Repeat and give him a treat if he attempts it.

Answer 8

definite,years in the past I had a Golden Retriever/difficult Collie blend and he or she became the neatest,maximum obedient dogs I surely have ever had and he or she wiped her feet even as she got here interior the abode! in basic terms take her paws on your palms and make wiping motions on the rug. Say "Wipe your feet!" supply her treats once you try this and tell her she's an outstanding dogs.If she does it obviously even as she is accessible in,praise her!! she will be able to quickly study a thanks to wipe them.

Answer 9

Repetition- just like anything else. If you wipe his paw, give him praise and a treat EACH and EVERY time he comes in, within 2 weeks he'll do it on his own. The hard part is never missing even once. Good luck.

Answer 10

My dogs extremely hate wiping their feet but I kinda just stand there and make sure that everytime they do it they get praise. Never yell at them or anything like that if they don't do it. If they don't do it I kinda kneel on the floor and call them over and then they do it. I wouldn't give them a treat everytime because then they could get sick and things like that.

Answer 11

haha, i have the exact same problem, it can be a huge hassle, i live in a snowy climate, so i make my dog run around in snow until their paws are wet, and then i have an old rag at the back door where she steps in to begin with, and usually i don't get any tracks.