TooPatient|1294686099|2819009 said:Go out the same door to the same area of the yard EVERY time.
If your puppy hasn't done anything within 5 minutes, back inside into a kennel for about 10 minutes and try again.
For every potty or poo.... TREAT! (once it becomes pretty much habbit you can do one treat for each potty trip)
Somewhere around 15-30 minutes after eating the puppy will probably have to potty.
After running/playing the puppy will probably have to potty.
To avoid accidents if you play inside, take puppy potty BEFORE playing.
soocool|1294686987|2819031 said:TooPatient|1294686099|2819009 said:Go out the same door to the same area of the yard EVERY time.
If your puppy hasn't done anything within 5 minutes, back inside into a kennel for about 10 minutes and try again.
For every potty or poo.... TREAT! (once it becomes pretty much habbit you can do one treat for each potty trip)
Somewhere around 15-30 minutes after eating the puppy will probably have to potty.
After running/playing the puppy will probably have to potty.
To avoid accidents if you play inside, take puppy potty BEFORE playing.
Exactly this! I would always say "Go Potty" (for peeing) or "Get Busy" (for pooping) , give a treat ( I switched to a clicker later) afterwards, and then say either"Good Potty" or "Good Busy". So if I need to go out and take the dog out and say "Go Potty" and he does immediately (saves me time). I stil remember it was 2 weeks when he then learned to go to the door when he had to go out.
Once he was trained though, I made sure that I would get up once during the night to take him out as well until I knew he could hold it in all night.
iLander|1294715325|2819407 said:I litter box trained both my dogs. It's basically the same thing as paper training, it's just you start with a little box of papers and a floor of newspapers, and eventually remove the newspapers. I kept the puppies in a wire exercise pen, and walked them about once an hour, or when they needed it. But when they went on the newspapers, I fold it up and put it in the litter box. I'd clean the spot thoroughly. Every so often, I'd see "the look" grab the dog, put it in the box. She'd tinkle, I'd give her a half inch square of cheese.
Eventually, we moved the exercise pen toward the doggie door and the porch. Then after they mastered the box, the box went on the porch. The littlest one would run out, tinkle, then run back in all excited looking for cheese.
To this day, even though the litterbox is long gone (she's 5 years now, and only goes on grass), she'll still walk out to the porch, then run in all excited, looking for cheese. Even though she hasn't tinkled.
I think all I did was train my dog to lie to me . . .
I give her the cheese, what the heck, life is short.
Maybe she trained me, come to think of it!
The bigger dog, my avatar, took about 3 days to understand the litter box. She helped with the little one because EVERYBODY gets a treat for a successful tinkle in the box. She would nudge the little one out onto the porch when she saw "the look".
Have you tried walking your puppy with another dog? Doggie see, doggie doo!
A dog can "hold it" for one hour for every month of age. That means housebreaking is HUGE pain, no fun, and the worst part about having a dog. After this hurdle it gets easier.
Take a TON of pictures, they grow up so FAST!
Jennifer W|1294739320|2819562 said:I opened this thread because I couldn't believe the title. Total misunderstanding on my part. In Scotland, housebreaking is something that would get you a hefty prison sentence. (Burglary)
House training is the term used here. I have no tips, I'm still laughing at myself for thinking you were asking for advice on breaking into houses and stealing loot. Sorry!
Jennifer W|1294739320|2819562 said:I opened this thread because I couldn't believe the title. Total misunderstanding on my part. In Scotland, housebreaking is something that would get you a hefty prison sentence. (Burglary)
House training is the term used here. I have no tips, I'm still laughing at myself for thinking you were asking for advice on breaking into houses and stealing loot. Sorry!
AGBF|1294713133|2819386 said:gemgirl-
Is your puppy paper trained? if so, I concur with the poster who suggested using paper in reduced amounts to get the puppy used to going outside. I used that with my Golden Retriever puppy years ago very successfully. I actually brought newspaper outside and she used it out there at first. She got trained so nicely that one day she got loose from the kitchen and the door swung shut again, keeping her from re-entering it. A piece of newspaper from the kitchen had gotten swept into the living room with her when she escaped, though. When I got home I found the puppy loose in the living room and one square of newspaper on the wood floor with a little pile of poop on it! I thought she was the best dog ever!!!
Deb/AGBF
gemgirl|1294709622|2819319 said:I know it's only been 24 hrs. since we brought her home and I guess I was expecting too much, but we're doing all the right things and this wee pup hasn't done her business outside yet. Lucky for me, she not a prolific pee-er or poop-er. In 24 hr., she's only peed twice and pooped twice (unlike my other dogs who had to go frequently as pups). I asked my husband to take her out and try when he got home from work and our sweet baby did the same thing for him- sat on his foot and played with the leaves in the wet grass. It's not helping that it's freezing cold here in NY, and there's patchy snow and ice on the ground. Besides that, she's so very tiny and close to the ground as it is that I'm not sure I'd be able to tell if she's squatting to pee.
Does anyone have experience with wee-wee pads? Exactly how do those work? Do you put something under the wee-wee pad so your floor doesn't get ruined or retain an odor?
TooPatient|1294772122|2819862 said:gemgirl|1294709622|2819319 said:I know it's only been 24 hrs. since we brought her home and I guess I was expecting too much, but we're doing all the right things and this wee pup hasn't done her business outside yet. Lucky for me, she not a prolific pee-er or poop-er. In 24 hr., she's only peed twice and pooped twice (unlike my other dogs who had to go frequently as pups). I asked my husband to take her out and try when he got home from work and our sweet baby did the same thing for him- sat on his foot and played with the leaves in the wet grass. It's not helping that it's freezing cold here in NY, and there's patchy snow and ice on the ground. Besides that, she's so very tiny and close to the ground as it is that I'm not sure I'd be able to tell if she's squatting to pee.
Does anyone have experience with wee-wee pads? Exactly how do those work? Do you put something under the wee-wee pad so your floor doesn't get ruined or retain an odor?
The puppy-training pads (buy them from a pet store!!!) have some sort of puppy attractant to make the puppy more interested in doing stuff there. Some have adhesive corners so they stay where you put them. They are **supposed** to not leak through so your floor won't have a problem.
Millie wouldn't use them -- she shredded, pulled corners up and wadded into a ball (even sticky cornered ones), peed on the floor and put shreded bits on top....
That lasted all of a week before I gave up.
My grandparents have a dog who uses the pads. He decided he LIKES using the pads so now (at something like 12 years old) he refuses to use anything but the pads. They don't exactly leak through.... (assuming they are replaced frequently).... but... well... his aim is off. He is careful to get all 4 feet on the pad but that very often leaves the important end hanging over the edge.
So....
Yeah.
Used right I think they can be okay but I don't think there is a good way to protect your floor. (extra papers or a towel or a scrap of extra carpet or a big garbage bag or anything could lead to a puppy who thinks that those things are okay to potty on too)
Oh... and those adhesive corners are SUPER strong and a HUGE(!!!) pain to get off the floor. (imagine pulling at this thing until it finaly just rips, puppy poo flying, and then permanently stuck tape residue)
gemgirl|1294855391|2820807 said:Chloe is being crate trained, as Cassie and Bella were. In fact Bella is tremendously territorial about her crate. That's her little condo!
Chloe is actually being pretty good about being in the crate. All three dogs sleep in the hall that separate our bedrooms at night and Chloe is a sound sleeper, only waking once around 1 a.m. to wee. The only time she cries in her crate is when she's up from her nap, sees her sisters' walking around and she wants to get out to play with them.
We're very proud of Chloe today. She went outside to the backyard for a potty break with her sisters and she actually peed!