[penmate]

I'm litter training my two dogs; both are puppies; one is a italian greyhound; the other is a pug. Normally, when I am not around, they are kept in a small tiled section of my house with their crates and litter box. When I am home, I let them play with me around the house. And I keep a close eye on them to see if I can catch them trying to reliev e themselves. When I catch them trying, I say "ahh, ahh" or "no" then drag them by collar to their litter box while saying "go to box". They never go in the litter box when I drag them there. In addition, they seem to be developing a fear of using the bathroom around me because they know they will get dragged by collar to the box.It's only been about three days. Am I doing something wrong? Should I continue to do what I am doing? Any tips from those who have litter trained dogs?

[Chick_Magnet]

buy some of those pee pads, they will help a lot and put them in the boxes. when you catch them, immediately grab them and give them a pat on the butt. if u didn't see them, don't bother it would be to late to know what they did wrong and you wouldn't know who did it.

[lovingclementine]

Crate training is faster and much more effective. Try buying a larger crate and putting the litter box in it.

[Poohbear]

You have to stop dragging them to their spot. You are not encouraging but making them feel like you are reprimanding them.
Start over, with a different command, like "Get busy" and you, yourself, run towards the box and in a happy voice, say get busy, and encourage with maybe a treat. Other then the dragging, you sound like you are doing the right stuff, just try to make it fun, pups respond better that way!