QUESTION: Are there any tips to house-training a dog?

ANSWER: Try to take your dog out every couple of hours. Get your dog to recognize that each time it goes outside to do its business, it gets rewarded with a treat. If you catch it in the act of eliminating somewhere inappropriate, make a noise to startle it and stop it. Then immediately show your dog where you want it to go by running with it outside and waiting until it goes. Then offer it praise and a treat.

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