House Training our Basset Hound
It’s been about a month now and Lilly seems to have settled into her new home just fine and getting along with her new “sisters” Macy (a dachshund) and Nalla (a yellow labrador). With the fun and playfulness comes everybody’s favorite “doody”, house training.
So far the house training has been fairly painless, I believe thanks in part to our current two dogs who are already house trained. Went it comes “potty” time, Macy and Nalla simply go out the pet door and do their thing. Lilly simply follows them out and does her thing as well. Kind of a “monkey see, monkey do” type learning environment.
Every morning we let the dogs out in our backyard to take care of their business. Again, Lilly simply follows Macy and Nalla outside and knows that it’s potty time. It seems to help to have other dogs who are more experienced in their “doody” be the puppy’s “mentor” and Lilly has two of them!
Of course there has been the occasional “accident” from time to time, but nothing to really fret about. As in any dog, house training a basset hound takes practice and patience.
