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New Puppy Won’t Leave Carpeted Area Rug
We just got a new Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppy. She is three months old, but she won’t leave the carpeted area rug in our front room. She has to be carried to go outside or into another room. She has always lived outside until we adopted her. She is very loving and likes attention, but she acts frightened and piddles on the floor even after she goes to the restroom. She sometimes steps to the edge of the rug when we walk away and will cry.How can we get her to transition from the rug to other rooms instead of sleeping on the rug all day?
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Reward systems generally work best for this type of thing. Use tasty treats to reward her for stepping of the rug. Then withhold the treat until she moves a little further out of the room. Keep extending the distance and time away from the rug to give the treat. Praise her heavily when she ventures away from the rug. Do not scold her for wanting to return to the rug. She will get the idea. As an aside, many dogs do not like to walk on wood or tile floors and prefer the carpet or rugs.