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Puppy can't hold for that long and when some just want to go when they are excited while playing.

How old is your puppy?  Do you have a designated spot you want him/her to go inside the house?  We trained ours to go indoor and we have a pee pad for him.

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It is normal for a 2 months old, don't worry.  It is still too young to be consistent.  Our dog show no sign he wants to go pee or poo when we first got him (3 months old).  He is so small that you couldn't even notice he sat down or not until we saw the wet floor.

Just be patience with your puppy.  I agree that you should do indoor training first since he is still so young, and then move to outdoor.  You could still bring him outdoor as often as you could, but don't expect him to learn that immediately now and be outdoor only.  He just can't control and relate things yet.

Another thing, start teaching the pee/poo command.  It took our dog a while to learn that but he still got it while he was 4-5 months old.  At first, guide him to the pad and said your command.  Obviously he wouldn't understand at first, but you just repeat this process.  Do it first thing in the morning, or when you think he is ready to pee in order to increase your chance of success.  Reward him big time when he made it.  Sooner or later he will learn.  Once he learned, we just asked him to go pee pee once a while and that worked as a reminder.  He will all a sudden remember that he need to go pee and he will run to his pee pad.  I then reward him.  (He will even walk onto the pee pad and pretend to go even he is empty, in order to get my treat.)

My dog went to PetSmart for the beginning class.  Yes, it is a class for you more then for your dog.  I think most place will teach more or less the same thing in their beginning class.  We didn't continue on the other classes which are more into obedience training.  Couple of our friends went to TK at Richmond with good results, but I don't quite like his style.  There are other trainer that go with the positive reinforcement style.  We had a private lesson once with that style.

What kind of dog is your puppy?

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Handsome boy, you're so cute...  

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LYK should have a doggie meet up this summer.  

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http://www.richmond.ca/parksrec/ptc/parks/dogsinparks.htm

The McDonald Beach Park seems pretty big.  We never been there with Chico.  We frequent most of the Burnaby off-leash park before.  Now the Queensborough one is just walking distance (but it's small0

I don't know there is an off leash park at Hamilton.  嘉嘉 have you been there?

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We went to the McDonald Beach last Saturday afternoon for the first time.  Nice area for doggies.  Chico as usually didn't quite like to play with the large dogs (and mostly big dog there).  He just watched other dogs swimming.

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It was just a last minutes decision.  but maybe we will go there again this Sat at 1pm (if sun isn't too strong).  Wife has an appointment around that area and we have an hour to spend.

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Found a site with maps for dog parks.  There are few movies from different dog parks too.

http://www.doglantis.com/businesses.php

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The pineapple trick doesn't work for our dog (i.e. we had the same problem before).  We also tried a pill from the pet store which does the same.  I remember that worked better.  Anyway, our dog just grow out from it.

What I learn, if our dog doesn't digest the food properly, the poo poo will have a strong food smell which attract him.
I think puppy doesn't necessary go to off-leash park.  The normal greeting with other dogs on-leash is actually better.

For the dog meet, I totally support it.    Anyone?  We could just pick a weekend morning.