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Old 11-11-2008, 12:41 PM
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Re: How long does it take to be completely house trained?

Hi,

I have a beagle - he is 2 1/2 and he is fully house trained... eventually! We had him from a puppy and at 6 months he still had 'accidents' in the house. We were patient, persistent and consistent - but a beagle is just one of those breeds that is slower to house train than others (definitely waay slower than our previous dogs)

The following guide is pretty useful, especially for a beagle, and has a schedule you can try: house training guide - our beagle - and his mother as well - never barks when he needs the toilet. He will scratch at the door - but it took ages for him to do that. before he used to just sit and look at the door if he needed to go out - all very well if someone is watching, but no use at all if you are in the other room! The best way we found was to be proactive and stick to a schedule.

Its pretty annoying to be cleaning up messes indoors at 6 or 7 months old - but beagles are such wonderful dogs it more than makes up for it!

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