Gatsby joined our family last week and we couldn't be more thrilled! He is learning many things very quickly, and is a good boy. One issue, though - he doesn't like treats (weird, I know). He will go crazy for cheese when we are inside working on training, but never wants to take anything outside after going potty. Praise is the only "reward" that we have been able to give him for house training, and I'm concerned that it's not helping the training to sink in. Anyone else have this issue? What did you do? Any good treat alternatives?

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What a cutie!   Does he like being outside a lot and that is why he refused treats?


If so, you can use that outside time as its own reward.  Restrict his movements to a small area til he potties, then praise lavishly and say "Let's play!" or "Let's walk!" and take him for a short stroll, a sniffing exploration, or some outside play time as his reward.   ONLY do these activities immediately after he potties.  See if that works.

You can also try experimenting with food rewards.  Find something he really likes and never give it to him except outside as a reward for pottying. 

What a cutie!   Does he like being outside a lot and that is why he refused treats?


If so, you can use that outside time as its own reward.  Restrict his movements to a small area til he potties, then praise lavishly and say "Let's play!" or "Let's walk!" and take him for a short stroll, a sniffing exploration, or some outside play time as his reward.   ONLY do these activities immediately after he potties.  See if that works.

You can also try experimenting with food rewards.  Find something he really likes and never give it to him except outside as a reward for pottying. 

Thanks for the tips. I am trying to let him stay outside when he wants to explore/play, rather than bringing him inside right away. Sometimes he just sploots on the ground as soon as he's done, or runs straight back to the door.

I spoke to our breeder this morning about it and she said that she uses little bits of bacon as treats. He seems to like these more, but still not all of the time. Hopefully a combination of bacon and play time will reinforce enough.

I have never potty trained with treats. I just used praise and always said " go potty" the minute the pup started to go. It teaches them to potty on command and marks the behavior you want. You didn't mention how old your corgi is but it does take awhile before they have good control over their bladder etc.

We are using the command as well, just want a little incentive. He's only 7.5 weeks, so I know that it will be a while before he's fully trained. Doesn't mean we shouldn't work on it now, though, right? He's done well today actually - asked a couple of times to go outside and no accidents in the house.

Ditto. Never occurred to me. Consistently taking the little beastie outside after eating and about every two or three hours, egging the critter on with a standard keyword like "go potty" or "hurryup outside," followed by lavish congratulation at every success seems to do the trick.

Sounds like he's doing really well for such a young pup!  I never have used treats for potty training...just lots of praise and play.  that always worked for me.  I have only had male Corgis and they were all easy to train.

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