Quote Originally Posted by JLC View Post
This is the only sentence in the entire thread that I can find to disagree with. (Sorry Connie! )

When trying to teach a command...if you simply say the word over and over again before the dog knows what it is supposed to mean, the word becomes meaningless to them. Wait until the dog does what you want it to do...THEN assign a command-word to the action. Such as, as soon as he squats to pee, tell him, "Go Potty!" in a happy voice. Then praise him like crazy for going "potty" (or whatever word you prefer to use).

Stay consistent with that, and they will actually learn to pee on command, making future potty breaks that much easier to get through...especially when the weather is icky and NObody wants to be outside!
I dunno... I suppose my dogs all understood what I meant because there was another dog around doing the peeing as well.


Edit:
I see what you mean... you would rather they say it when the dog begins to squat. I say it while they are sniffing around in the grass, trying to get them to associate the whole "go pee!" with them sniffing around looking for a good place to whiz.