Potty Training Puppies Info

I have watched her and made sure she goes when she wakes up, after she naps, after she plays, after she eats, and right before she goes to bed at night. I also give her lots of praise and an occasional treat at times. A few times I have put her in my office with a gate while I am doing things around the house. I leave her in there with a pad to go on and toys and her crate to sleep in. She will pee everywhere else put not on the pad like I have been training her to do. Sometimes she doesnt even sniff around for her scent, she will just go wherever she is at that moment.She also was laying on my couch one day and went while she was laying down. I don’t know what else to do. I may have too high expectations. How long do these puppies usually take to break.

i have no idea, why u get a yorkie in the 1rst place, they are just beauty, well when they get wet they change of breed,tadha we have now a chihuahua..
i told u not to get a yorkie…

Evan if I leave the door open she will still do it on the mat and if I put her out side and close the door and leave her outside, when she comes back in, it back to the mat. I evan tried putting the mat outside. Any tips on house training will be very greatfull

First, go out with the pup… every 10-20 minutes, depending on HER needs… when she goes, give her lots of big praise (I mean rediculous, sound like Mickey Mouse!) You need to go out with her, she’s a baby, and scared, and doesnt understand why you just booted her out the door. Be patient, she’ll get it!

PS….Would you spank or rub a babies nose in their mess? A pup doesnt have the control or understanding either! All rubbing does is teach the dog too eat $h!t!!!

I let her out rigth after but it seems i should wait..its not like her food passes right through her, right?

BTW my puppy is a female 5 months old yorkie/chihuahua. She weighs 7 lbs and eats a cup of mixed food (soft and hard dog food)

Thanks in advance

The sooner the dog has eaten take it into the garden/yard for pee, poo or both. Chewing/swollowing kickstarts the stomach and bowel movement. Let it walk and sniff around and it will do the busy after a few minutes.

I will be getting a Labrador Retreiver puppy in about 4-5 weeks and have been doing my homework! I’ve been reading up on potty training, and there’s many techniques and tips, however…I have to leave for work at 7:00 am and don’t get home until 5-5:30 M-F. Now, ideally, I will be able to have a family member help out until she is older, but…Has anyone else dealt with this (I’m sure there is), and how did you resolve the issues…Thanks!
Thank you so far for your advice - let me clarify - I will be getting the puppy in 4-5 weeks, that’s not how old she is.

Also, I will be able to have someone take her out at least once or twice during the day while I’m gone. It’s just that all the literature on puppies said to take them out once every hour, and I didn’t know how accurate this was - especially if they are being crate trained (which is definitely my intention).

Again, thank you. I haven’t had to raise a puppy in 16 years (my last Labrador I just put to sleep after 15 1/2 years of love), and needed a refresher!

YES!! i jsut went through this. I just got a golden retriever puppy and I work from 8:15-5:15. Now this is what I did and it worked great for me. I crate trained her, i think its a must. when I am not able to supervise her, she is in her crate. sleeping, when i am at work. now remember dont give your pup a change to go inside. and mistakes will happen so make sure to soak up the pee with a paper towl an set it outside so when she goes outside she can smell it. same with poo. also. they need to go out at that age about every 3-4 hours. its just not possible to hold it they dont have the muscle built up yet. so this was my routine
when i got up 6am - took puppy outside.
5 minute training session (train before feeing this way their food is their reward but keep sessions to 5 minutes long)
feed food and water..get ready while eating, after 20 minutes what isnt eaten take away. give 15 minutes, take out again.
leave for work but put puppy back in crate. (dont make it a big deal you leaving just put her in a go, same with coming home, helps with excitement peeing) during the day like 12am someone needs to walk her and feed her again at this young age they should eat 3 times a day. take her out, walk her, feed her 15 minutes later walk again. i would train again for 5 minutes before feeding but only one person should train the dog so if you cant go home at lunch, dont have whoever is walking her train her, just skip that session. let her play for about 30 minutes to get rid of some of her energy, she needs to be walked again around 4-5ish. take her out, let her pee, dont forget to praise praise praise for a job well done outside. if you can do another training session(sit stay all that) then feed again around 5pm. 15 minutes after eating take her out, letting her play to get rid of energy. while outside if its fenced in…shower do what you have to do onc eyou get homeand have her running around outside. remember anytime you arent home or are not able to supervise your dog, put her in its crate. like you would a child and its crib. remember this is your child! once you are done bring the dog back inside and play with her, spend lots of time with her. they need the love and affection to bond. then no water an hgour before bedtime so no night time accidents happen, take her out right before bedtime. for the first few weeks she might have to go in th emiddle of the night so i suggest placing the crate in your bedroom so you can hear her whine in the middle of the night.

hope this helps, worked for me

as for the crate, get one that will fit the dog fully grown but get one with a divider panel, check out petsmart.com and look at life stages double door crate. it has the divider panel so it grows with the dog. probably the 42" crate would work for a lab. this is not cruel either. dont let anyone tell you that it is. it will be better for the puppy, remember they are creatures of habbit, they need a schedule and stick to it, make sur whoever is going to walk her while you are at work does it EVERY DAY! they cannot skip out on a day. if they cant be dependable, either dont get a puppy yet or get a puppy walker. they shouldnt be too expensive.

My puppy is a pug and I need information on how to potty train 10 week old puppies or something around that age. He is to young to go out yet cause he doesn’t have his second vaccination yet! this my first puppy, please help!

I’m a boxer owner myself and do like pugs as well - they are cuties!

My boxer pup was fully housetrained at 12 weeks of age following housetraining tips such as these by Scottee Meade:

Housetraining is a universal problem with a simple solution.

These tips will help you train your puppy or older dog to eliminate outdoors.

Good Health Is Essential
Make sure your puppy or dog is healthy before undertaking housetraining. Intestinal parasites are the most common cause of inappropriate defecation.

Bladder infections are a frequent cause of inappropriate urination. If you suspect a bladder problem, have a urine sample checked. Symptoms of bladder infection include frequent urination of small amounts, unproductive straining, or licking of private parts.

Feed your puppy a good quality puppy food. Avoid over feeding or making sudden changes in his diet; both can cause diarrhea. Another common problem arises when a dog has been given steroids to treat a bee sting or allergic reaction. Steroids usually increase the dog’s water intake and urine output.

Scheduling
Feed your puppy on a fairly regular schedule, three times a day. Allow 30 minutes for each meal, and remove the leftovers after that time. Maintaining a feeding schedule helps predict output.

Schedule your puppy’s trips outdoors. The average puppy needs frequent opportunities to eliminate. Start first thing in the morning with a trip outside as soon as your puppy awakens. Puppies feel the call of nature about every hour when they are awake and playing. They need to go out soon after eating, and after drinking water.

By the age of 10 or 12 weeks, the average healthy puppy can sleep through the night.

If your puppy has an accident, examine the schedule and make adjustments to prevent future accidents.

Confinement
One of the most valuable tools in housetraining is the dog crate. Intended to be used like a baby’s playpen or crib, the crate keeps the puppy safely confined when no one is available to supervise her. Crating prevents accidents for the normal puppy, because her instinct to keep her nest clean is very strong. Crating also prevents her from destroying your treasured possessions while she is teething, or injuring herself by chewing on or ingesting something harmful.

Your puppy should be crated at night while you are asleep, and any other time you cannot supervise his activities. This includes times when you are on the phone or in the shower, or doing anything that prevents you from paying full attention to your puppy. He should have an opportunity to go outside every time you let him out of his crate.

Training
Every time you take your puppy outside, give her plenty of cues. As you walk out the door with her, say “Let’s go outside.” Take her to her spot, and repeat your cue phrase as she is about to eliminate. (Be sure to use a phrase that does not come up in every day conversation. Avoid cues such as “be a good dog” in favor of something more specific, such as “go.”) When she goes, praise her enthusiastically and reward her with a very small food treat, right there on the spot. After several repetitions of this routine, your puppy will learn to eliminate on cue (very useful in bad weather or strange places) and learn that eliminating outside is more fruitful than eliminating inside. After a week of this, continue to praise the puppy every time she goes outside, but reward with food on a more random basis. In a couple of weeks, you won’t need the food reward at all.

Accidents
If you find an accident, clean it up, and consider adjusting your puppy’s schedule to prevent another accident. Punishing your puppy only teaches him to be wary of you. If you catch him in the act and punish or correct him, he will learn to eliminate when you aren’t looking, which will defeat your training program. If you should see your puppy circling as if he has to go, gently remind him to “go outside” and help him get to his spot where he can earn praise and a reward.
Accidents happen most frequently in the morning or evening when the puppy is out playing with the family. It is easy to become so involved in an activity that you forget that the puppy hasn’t been outside in an hour. If this is the case, find a way to remind yourself, such as setting a kitchen timer or alarm clock.

Patience

Unrealistic expectations are a frequent cause of problems in housetraining.

On average, the bladder/brain connection is not fully formed until the puppy is about 8 months old.

If a young puppy does go to the door and “ask to go out,” his need is immediate, he must go out right away. Some dogs never learn to ask to go out, while others learn quickly to go to the door and sit or bark or ring a bell. Some dogs learn to use a dog door easily and go out whenever they feel the urge.

The best way to ensure success is to stick to a schedule long enough for the puppy’s body to adapt to it and get in the habit of eliminating at particular times.

Neuter or Spay
If you are not planning to enter your dog in conformation competition, neutering or spaying helps ensure successful housetraining. Neutered males still lift their legs, but are less inclined to mark their territory (including the priceless antique chair legs and the floor-length drapes). They are also less prone to certain cancers and prostate problems that can lead to accidents in older dogs. Unspayed females ovulate twice a year, on average. For several weeks before and during the heat cycle they are more prone to mark territory. They are also more vulnerable to bladder problems that can lead to accidents.

Paper Training Is Not Housetraining

Teaching your puppy to eliminate indoors on newspaper does not lead to success in housetraining. Dogs are place oriented, and once taught to go in a particular place on a particular surface will continue to do so. Careless newspaper readers are liable to reach for a section they left on the floor only to find it has been used by the family dog.
If you must confine your puppy for more than six or eight hours at a time, or if you live in a high-rise apartment with a small dog, consider using a “litter box” for your dog. A plastic under-the-bed storage container, lid removed, filled with bark mulch will serve this purpose very well. The mulch absorbs urine odors, and smells and feels like “outside.” You can confine your puppy in a small room, such as a bathroom, with a baby gate, giving him enough room for a comfy bed, his water dish, and his mulch box.
This approach works well for young puppies and very elderly dogs with health problems, and is less likely to interfere with your efforts to train your dog to eliminate outside.

Best of luck!

I’ve had my 6 month Pom for 3 weeks now. He is good a letting me know when he needs to go out (especially for #2). He has not messed #2 in the house in a very long time. However, he pees in the house a few times a day still and it’s always when he gets out of my sight for just a second. I have training pads in the house and he occasionally will use them but not regularly. How can I get him to go on the pads if he can’t get my attention that he needs to pee (since he pees quite more often than #2)?

I’ve found that when training for pee, control the amount of water you give and ‘when’ you give it.

For instance, when I wake in the morning, the pup is walked first then when we return in the house the food and water comes. When they’re done with the water I put it up…until the next walk….repeat….repeat….until they get it.

Once they get it, then you can leave the water dish out 24/7.

I have two female dogs one is almost going to be 2 years old and the other is about 3 years old and they have lived outside most of their lives and next week i am going to ask my parents if i they can give me a chance to house train them and theres a good chance they will let me at least try so yea i am asking this question ahead of time so i can be prepared thanks. oh and i am 16 incase your wondering.

heres my daily schedule
monday through friday school from 8 to 3 and sometimes i am go places on saturday or sunday but most of the time someone is home

so any tips on how to train them to be house dogs? they know the basic commands sit and stay and they also fetch shake hands and speak on command so i hope they wont have trouble learning how to pee and poop outside

take them out a lot and when they go you need to reward them. Get very happy and excited about it. Then take them back in. Every single time you take them out lift up their paw and scratch the door with it. My outside turned inside dog learned this very quickly. She just paws at the door when she has to potty. You can also use a bell by the door and use her paw to ring it instead. Oh, and if they do go in the house make sure you take them directly outside. Good luck, and be understanding when there is accidents. You never want to stress your dog out when it comes to accidents in the house just take them outside. By the way, my dog was 3 when I got her.

I just got a Shih-tzu puppy, she’s now 10 weeks old. I’m about to move into a new house, and I want to have her semi-potty trained before we get into the new place. Is it too early to start teaching her?

all puppies have small bladders so the breed doesn’t really matter; if you start by giving conflicting signals , sometimes outside , sometimes inside on the puppy pad , it will make it harder in the long run; you want to train to let the dog know , inside is not the place; will there be accidents , of course, can you reprimand for prior mistakes , no ; you can only try to prevent future ones; the key to good potty training is you. If you pay attention, and learn the signals and take her out immediately, she will get the message; a new house might bring on some setback b/c of the new environment; be patient with her she is a baby; don’t leave her unattended; an unattended pup is just an opportunity for her do her business inside if not supervised; praise for good behavior; don’t pull, tug, smack, stick her nose in it etc; these are just fear tactics and don’t work. You don’t want a dog to fear you ; you want a dog that knows whose in charge and sets the limits and respect you for it and abide by house rules. This can be done with patience, time and understanding and all will be happier for it. I have had several litters of pups and no it is not too early; all of our pups were housebroken earlier and with no pup pads. Very fiirst thing out in the morning and last at night; the more that you take her out , even better. Enjoy your new puppy and new home.

I have two puppies. I have had the older one (Zoe) since March. She was only 4 weeks old when I adopted her and now she is around 5 months. I have crate trained her from the beginning. She went in her crate in the very beginning but now she never goes potty in her crate; she holds it and I put her out every morning. I try to remember to put her out constantly through out the day and I praise her when she goes outside. The problem: She is still going on our living room rug occasionally. I feel like she has made tremendous progress but my husband gets really mad and says I should have her trained by now. I need tips to get this job done FAST. And now I have this new little guy I have taken in so I am in the position of training them both. They both have crates. The only other dog I have in the house is a potty trained extremely intelligent red heeler. (Zoe is a shih tzu/terrier mix and the new puppy is a Cavalier if that matters.)

Australian Cattle Dogs are very smart.
Shih Tzu are not smart. They get by on cute.
Cavaliers are smart.

Try this with both puppies, one at a time:

The dog will be crated any time you can’t watch him.

When you are home, he can come out of the crate, but then you will clip the leash onto his collar and fasten the other end to your belt, so he will always be near you and you will be able to see when he starts sniffing around for a place to squat.

Pup must be taken out frequently; you’d rather take him out, on his leash, and do nothing, then find him peeing on your shoe. He must go out every time you open the crate, play with him, feed hm or wake him from a nap.

In order to actually housebreak him, start carrying his favorite treats in your pocket or by the door you take him out. When he does his business outside, say, "Hurry up, good boy"! When he’s finished, tell him, "Good hurry up!! Good boy!!" and give him treats. Make a huge fuss over what he just did. Do it every time for at least a full 60 seconds. He’ll think you’re insane, but he’ll take the prize. Trainers call it "jackpotting" –you’re impressing on him how GREAT it is when he goes outside.

When you catch him making his mistake in the house, IGNORE him. Don’t look at him, don’t let him interact with you, turn your back if he comes near you. Don’t talk to him. Take the leash off your belt and put him in the crate. Then just get the Nature’s Miracle and clean it up.

Once the mess is cleaned up, the incident is over. Act as if nothing happened. Treat him as you would if nothing had happened. Put the leash back on your belt, resume your activities.

Keep on taking him out often, on a leash, so you notice when he does his business, so you don’t miss a chance to treat and praise him. While you’re at the door, you say, "Want to go hurry up? Do you have to hurry up?" I prefer the keyword "hurry up" to "go potty" –it’s so much more dignified.

Eventually, he’ll connect the keyword "hurry up" with relieving himself, and he may even go to the door to cue you. The first time he does that, jackpot him while still in the house, and then walk him outside and jackpot him again when he goes.

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