Frustration in Training

All dog owners who are actively training their dog go through frustrations. I know I have and more so recently as our dog has been slipping in its behaviors lately. Our dog Cola knows very well where her bathroom spot is in the house but sometimes she will forget or choose to go somewhere else.

It has been cold lately in the house and I think she prefers to stand on the warm carpet to relieve herself. Her bathroom spot is in the kitchen where there is no carpet and the floor is colder, especially in the morning. One of the ways we have been reminding her to go in her spot is by blocking off the living room in the morning so that she does not have access to the warm carpet until after she has gone. This has been working very well as part of our re-training her.

I wonder if others of you have experienced similar slips in behavior with your dogs?

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