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Originally Posted by akck
We had a Bichon Frise and it took over three years to train her. About every time we figured she was good, she'd go in the house again. We have a dog door and we saw her look at the door, think about it and then squat before we could say a word. It took a lot of effort, but eventually she stopped going in the house. Our German Shepherds took about a month or two to be trained with accidents in the house being our fault. Our Golden Retriever took about 6 months before she stopped. In her defense, she probably smelled some of the old spots that our Bichon had done, so be sure to thoroughly clean them.
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Bichons are notorious for being hard to potty train. I've had two for a total of 27 years- one for 16 and our present Lucy for 11. I think I was successful with both dogs because I was home all day with them and could devote a great deal of time to the task. Also they are velcro dogs and tend to get a bit nervous or unhappy when their person is not in sight.
