i know sounds funny lol but this is the first dog i’ve had in my apartment! just need good tips for training a puppy to go potty… it was easy for my neice to teach her but not sure how dogs are! thanks
We have an 11 week old puppy right now, and bring her outside every two hours. We bring her out 10 min. after she eats, and we limit her water at night, none after 8 pm. We also bring her outside every time she starts sniffing around. Make sure your puppy gets lots of exercise. Getting your puppy on a schedule is good too. We did these things with our 1 1/2 year old and he was house broken in a little over a month. Housebreaking is not an overnight thing, it takes time, and lots of patience. Be kind to your puppy, if they are peeing in the corner I yell NO, this will get their attention and they stop, and I carry them outside. Think about it though, were you paying attention? were you watching your pups signs? Did you not let him/her out after a nap? We also carry our puppy outside after a nap or in the morning, and we have never gotten pee’d on. These things have worked for us, but remember your puppy is a baby and is still learning. Good luck.
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2009 Nov 02
I always used those little canned airhorns and when he started to go pee somewhere bad I would BLOW that airhorn at him then take him outside. It worked!
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2009 Nov 02
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2009 Nov 02
start with a pee pad
then train them to go outside
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weenie dog
2009 Nov 02
You really need to read a couple books on raising and training a dog.
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2009 Nov 02
hit him when hes wrong…treat him when hes good
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2009 Nov 02
youl never get a dog to under stand that they need to poop in a certain place they always have to poop in a different place because of there brain
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2009 Nov 02
Whenever he/she pees in your house, make him sniff the spot on the floor then hit him (softly) but just enough to prove the point. It isn’t abuse, it’s discipline. Also, there is this spray that you can spray on places that you want your dog to pee. Get absorbent mats and spray this on them, your dog will learn to pee there. eventually get rid of it and take your dog outside (do that anyways though).
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2009 Nov 02
puppy training pads are the way to go.
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2009 Nov 02
Ok you can take him outside and if he goes up to a tree just wait until he takes piss or shit and if he doesn’t do it just wait, you have to be patient with animals. Also if he or she does it in the house you can say bad dog and give him a tap on his butt (with the tail covering it up (the butthole))
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2009 Nov 02
I also have a dog and when it was young he used to poop in the carpet.
So I trained him by putting a treat near his potty place and gave him a pat on the back it he pottied in the right place. After a month of training he always pottied where he was supposed to. OR YOU COULD HIRE A DOG TRAINER TO TRAIN HIM IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME
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2009 Nov 02
you suppoes to take you dog out every two hr. when in potty training. if he doesnt go then you put him right back in the kinnle. as hard as it may seem to put shuch a cute face away but u do wat you gotta do.
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i learned the hard way
2009 Nov 02
Take her out often, so she learns that if she waits, she’ll eventually get to go out. Are you crate-training her? Many people recommend that, as it makes housebreaking much easier, but I never used it. If you’re not, just keep your eye on the dog CONSTANTLY. If you let her out of your sight and she makes a mess, don’t blame her; she is just a baby and it was your responsibility to watch her. When she does relieve herself outside, tell her "good dog, outside!" while she’s doing so, calmly enough not to startle her into stopping. If she’s not going while outside, walk her around. Exercise makes dogs have to go.
If this doesn’t answer your question, I’d say to good housebreaking. There are a huge number of sites with more detailed instructions.
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2009 Nov 02
This method will take a some time, but is very effective. Keep your puppy in your lap or hold your puppy. Your puppy will not urinate if you are holding him. When you think your puppy needs to potty, take him outside to a designated spot. After a short time, the puppy will remember to go only when he is in the designated area.
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2009 Nov 02
Don’t use pee pads, and do NOT hit the dog! Ugh some people are so ignorant.
It’s going to take time but you can train that pup to go outside, without the negative reinforcement. The pee pads just show him it’s okay to go inside - don’t use them. You’re going to have to be patient, too, just so you know. If you don’t catch him in the act, quietly clean up the mess and move on. If you reprimand him for it, he won’t understand why, because he’s already moved on.
If you catch him in the act, take him out immediately. Clean up the mess - don’t rub his nose in it or swat him. He will never go in front of you if you do this.
Make sure you keep him on a regular schedule of going out (every 2-3 hours if you can, and about a 1/2 hr after he eats/drinks). He’ll learn to hold it a little longer when he needs to go, and wait on you. If he goes when you take him out, give him a treat! Milkbones work great. Tell him something simple like "good boy" or "good potty". If he doesn’t go, just leave it at that, and no treat. He’ll catch on eventually.
Like I said, it just takes time and patience. Just please don’t hit the dog, he will only resent you for that.
Best of luck! =]
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I’ve potty trained many puppies, and am working with our 12 week old beagle right now. What I’ve described has always worked great.
2009 Nov 02
Pee pads were my puppies best friend. Of course it took her awhile to get used to them, but my step-dad was so strict with her, she wouldn’t DARE pee in the house again! You just need to have a lot of patience because it doesn’t just come to them over night. Give him/her at least a couple of days with the pee pad, if him/her doesn’t have it by then, use what one of the people ahead of me did….a horn! Not right next to their ears though, they do hear 2 times or more louder than we do! Hope this helps! Good luck!
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2009 Nov 02
I trained my dog by keeping her confined in my kitchen, which has a tile floor, within a little gated area. I bought the gates at Petsmart, they weren’t cheap, but it was worth it for me. I put her crate inside the penned in area, then put newspaper down on the floor, I didn’t want her to have to go in her crate. I have a Boston Terrier, and she learned to use the paper really quick. I always kept her in the fenced in area in my kitchen unless she was right with me. I took her outside first thing in the am, right after she ate, and last thing at night. I was constantly taking her outside and telling her to "go potty". They get used to whatever phrase you use, just be consistent. It’s a lot of work, constantly going outside, but when they are really young, they just can’t hold it for long periods of time. I kept her crate inside the pen area, with the crate door open, so she could use the newspaper at night. I just kept taking her outside and as she got older she figured it out. I hung a bell on my door, and she learned to ring the bell when she wants to go out.
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2009 Nov 02
Take him out often. Every few hours should be fine, and ALWAYS after meals, naps, and drinking lots of water. He should go out first thing in the morning and last thing right before bed.
When inside, keep a CLOSE eye on him. (He should be crated whenever you can’t watch him). The trick (and it’s not easy) is to avoid accidents *always.* If you see him start to go, make a loud noise or say "ah-ah" to distract him (hopefully), pick him up immediately and take him outside to finish. This might be hard if he’s already too big to pick up, but just try your best to stop him and get him out the door ASAP. =)
When you take him outside and he goes, think of a command like "go potty" or whatever you choose, and say it WHEN he is going (not before he goes, since he doesn’t yet know what it means). As soon as he finishes, tell him "good boy" and give him LOTS of praise. I mean lots. Have a little party in the yard. The more excited you get about it, the happier it makes him, and the more eager he will be to please you over and over again.
If puppy has an accident, there’s really nothing you can do about it; just clean it up, and try to watch him more closely next time. Dogs don’t have the same thought process we do, so any kind of punishment after the fact (even if he’s just walked away from it) won’t get through to him — spanking, rubbing his nose in it, etc. Besides, boxers do NOT do well with punishment and negative training techniques. My two are living proof of that — the older one was trained the wrong way, with spanking and such, and at 7 years old, she is as stubborn as an ox; she only listens to you if she knows she has no other way out. My younger girl was trained positively, and I can always count on her to obey me. =)
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2009 Nov 02
yes i can! i have a dog! What you can do is if it poops in the house take a pad or something and put the poo on the pad and make you puppy smell it. put its face next to it so the puppy sorta knows where to go if it is going to poo or pee
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2009 Nov 02
Be patient and never spank your puppy if he makes mistakes. Firstly, feed your puppy at the same time every time. Get up early before you go to work or school. Feed the puppy in the morning, wait 20-30 minutes, then take him for a walk with leach, he should be ready to potty. While you are out like work or school, place the dog in a large cage with pillow, toys, and a little water. No food. As soon as you come home in the evening, take the puppy for a walk with leach for a potty break. Feed puppy when you get back from walk. Wait another 20-30 minutes (maybe longer) and take puppy out again for another potty break. Play with puppy for a while. Before retiring to bed, place puppy in cage no need for water, he should sleep through the night. You can tweak this a little, just make sure you are consistent with your regiment. Get your puppy use to being in his cage when you are gone or sleeping at night and always make sure you play with your puppy and he gets plenty of exercise. The cage is for training and setting established boundaries. It is best to feed your dog hard food and not soft food, the poop is easier to pick up when your puppy poops. One more important thing, patience and consistency is the key to a happy puppy and his adopted family. Good luck with Fido.
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2009 Nov 02
We have an 11 week old puppy right now, and bring her outside every two hours. We bring her out 10 min. after she eats, and we limit her water at night, none after 8 pm. We also bring her outside every time she starts sniffing around. Make sure your puppy gets lots of exercise. Getting your puppy on a schedule is good too. We did these things with our 1 1/2 year old and he was house broken in a little over a month. Housebreaking is not an overnight thing, it takes time, and lots of patience. Be kind to your puppy, if they are peeing in the corner I yell NO, this will get their attention and they stop, and I carry them outside. Think about it though, were you paying attention? were you watching your pups signs? Did you not let him/her out after a nap? We also carry our puppy outside after a nap or in the morning, and we have never gotten pee’d on. These things have worked for us, but remember your puppy is a baby and is still learning. Good luck.
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house breaking a lab/hound mix, whose nose was always to the ground.
2009 Nov 02
It doesn’t sound so funny to me, I understand. The best guidelines for a puppy is that they have one hour of bladder control for each month of age. So a 2 month old puppy can hold his pee for 2 hrs. Plan on taking him out that often.
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Like children, puppies learn with rewards, not punishment. The rolled-up newspaper doesn’t work. Teach your puppy that your hand is a good thing, for rewards, and praise him lavishly when he does what is expected (when he pees or poops outside).
Choosing your words or phrases (the shorter the better) works the best in puppy training. Make sure everyone in the household uses the same commands for the same expected behavior. For example, when a puppy jumps on you, do not use the same word (like "down", when you use that word to "lie down), use "off" instead. You can use whatever word or short phrase that works best for you and your family, but be consistent.
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http://house-training-puppies.blogspot.com/