Potty Training Puppies Info

My husband’s parents just got themselves a Border Collie puppy. Only thing is his parents have never had a puppy before (they have always adopted adult dogs). His parents are clueless on how to house train a dog but want to learn. What advice can I give them? This is going to be an indoor/outdoor dog as it gets older. Staying indoors at night but will stay outside during the day (cause his dad wants it to be a dog on the look out during the day outside…when its not real hot of course!) If you know anything about the breed let me know too! I know borders are one of the most intelligent breeds and are part of the herding group. His parents have a lot of land for the dog to run on. Thanks for your help!!!

first off, congrats to your hubby’s parents for getting a pup!. I think they’ll have allot of fun. House training requires a certain amount of patience.They pup’s bladder is very small and needs to "go" often.The best thing is to insure some type of schedule, early mornings, after meals ect. Second is to know the signs that the pup needs outside. (I trained my Goldie with a cow-bell hanging off the door knob) and a proper praise when he goes outside. Once they "get it"….it’s really just a matter of keeping a schedule.
Perhaps this article I wrote may help too.
Best wishes

and when does the teeth start coming in? he only has 2 back teeth.

feed him wet puppy food for about 2 to 3 more weeks, and you should feed him 2 times a day… also start the house training right away!!!!!!!

It’s been raining since last night and my puppy seems scared to go outside. Should I keep doing the same thing? Which is scolding him if he goes inside and give him a treat if he goes outside. Thanks!
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Sorry I didn’t realize this question kept reposting! I kept getting an error message so I kept trying to post it.

Same as the last time you asked.

Put a raincoat on, go oout with him, use the trigger word to encourage and praise when he does. Simple really.
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Hello
We bought a boarder collie puppy at the end of april she is now 5 months old and we are struggling to get her house trained. She does have control over her bladder and such but for some reason even when we have had her outside for a good 3 hour work she waits until she gets home to poop. Please does anyone have any advice on how to get her to start pooping outside thank you
sorry but we do not like crates so please don’t ask us to use one
oh how helpfull just to pick on a spelling mistake lol border collie not boarder collie
thank you for the advice so far we already do the every hour thing and also put her outside when she starts to sniff etc etc but still even if we stand outside for an hour as soon as we come back in she poops.

I have a website devoted to raising a puppy, here’s a direct link to my house-training page:
http://raisemypuppy.com/puppy-training/house-training

It should have almost everything you need to know.

i have been trying to house train my puppy for a few months now. shes four and a half months old and not getting it. she sleeps in a crate at night and we bring her out right after we feed her but she still goes in the house. what im wondering is if there is a service offered where i can send her somewhere to be house trained. if so could you please tell me of some examples prefferably near massachusetts.

Even if a trainer can help you, it is still at home, together with you that it needs to work, so for example, let us say that you find a place where you can send her and they housebreak her, if she then comes home and she still can smell her previous pees and poos, because you haven’t used products especially designed to completely remove the smell of such accidents, she might not understand that she is not allowed to continue peeing and pooing on those places.

When housebreaking doesn’t go the way the owner planned, the probably most common reason to why the training doesn’t work, is that the puppy simply have NOT understood the owner’s housebreaking training and/or that the owner have unrealistic expectations.
After that comes health problems and lots of other reasons.

Even though I’ve had puppies that was already beginning to understand the housebreaking training, when they were only 2 to 3 months old (NOTE, beginning to understand doesn’t equal being fully housebroken, small puppy = small bladder, so if the owner doesn’t let them out often enough, they simply can not hold themselves the way an adult dog can), I’ve also had puppies who wasn’t completely housebroken until after that they had passed 6 months of age (that was many years ago, so with a selective memory, I’ve managed to repress how long it actually took with some of my first puppies).

In fact, I also know of dogs who has had housebreaking problems long after that they’ve passed 1 years of age, so overall, that a puppy is not housebroken only 4½ months old, is actually not that uncommon.

Besides the causes that I’ve already talked about, other reasons to why housebreaking isn’t going as planned, can for example be that :

Stress can cause housebreaking problems.
A puppy/dog that objects about something in their situation, can sometimes show it by having indoor accidents.
A puppy/dog that feels insecure, can sometimes pee or poo indoors and/or in their sleeping area, to sort of feel more secure, i.e. because it tells them that this really is their territory.
Some breeds are known for that puppies of their breed can be more difficult to housebreak.
Sometimes a behaviour starts for one reason, but continues because it simply have became a habit.

Although I don’t like the idea of sending your puppy away for housebreaking training, I recommend that you try to find a good dog club and take a puppy class with your puppy. You can e.g. use Google Maps and search for dog trainers in your area, http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl .

When checking up dog clubs, don’t just compare prices without also look at :

Where does the training takes place (as in, do they have an indoor or outdoor area)?
Max number of dogs per class?
How many times equals a class?
Is it both practical and theoretical training?
What sort of training method do they use?
What education does the trainers have?

I have a 3 month old Boston Terrier and have been trying to house train him. We just take him out every hour or so and he has done ok. I have read about the kennel training method and we were using the pee pads but he would still pee in the floor. What method is the best? How long should it take for him to be fully house trained?

Ah, yes. House training. The basis of dog training itself! Here’s what you got to do.

Ditch the puppy pads. Waste of money, unless you expect your dog to use them for the rest of his life. You want him to use the backyard instead.

You first need to buy a crate. Only get one that your puppy would have enough room to eat and sleep there. Yes, put the food bowl in his crate. This way, he will be less likely to want to use it as a toilet. Dogs tend to not like to use the area they eat and sleep in as a toilet.

Every morning when you wake up, take your pup outside. Watch him closely for ten minutes. If he goes potty, rush over and congratulate him. Then, take him inside and allow him to play, run around the house, and eat a few small treats. In a few hours take him outside again and do the same.
BUT if he doesn’t go to the bathroom. Say nothing, just scoop him up and crate him for another half hour or so. Soon, he will get the idea that going to the bathroom outside is a good thing!

What about accidents?
When your dog has any misconduct (accidents, growling, barking, jumping, biting) you have to do this. Look down on him with a firm expression and say loud and firm "NO." If he cowers down, crate him for about a half hour. Then let him out again. If he challenges you when you say no, repeat yourself more firmly and louder until he eventually cowers.

Remember, the more time you spend training your dog and laying down the rules in the first year, the better dog you will have in the long run.

I am about to get a puppy and would like to know what is the best way to house train it and how many time do i feed the puppy?and what is the best puppy food i should get?should i mix wet and dry food?

Crate training!!! It is the quickest, most efficient way to train a puppy. It works on this principle . . . if you aren’t watching the dog, the dog is in the crate. The dog will not soil the crate. Therefore, the dog is not having any accidents. No accidents = quick housetraining!

The best puppy food is the best you can afford. As a rule, if you can get it in the grocery store, it’s probably not great quality. I really like Blue Buffalo, Natural Balance, Innova, and Solid Gold, but it is up to you. You can do dry, or wet and dry, again it just comes down to your preference. I like to add some hot water to my dry dog food just to make it more of a "meal" for my dogs, but again, they are spoiled.

Good luck with your puppy.

I got a four month old mini pinscher and my mom told me I have two weeks to have him partially house trained at least. I don’t know if she’ll actually go through on that but if so time is of the essence. I need help with ideas to smooth along the process. I tried taking him outside to use the bathroom but he would rarely to never go. I would sit outside for twenty minutes at the least and he would not go, then after he’s in the house for 5 minutes he goes on the floor. I’ve also tried pad training him but he won’t go on the pads. I’ve even tried the whole rubbing his nose in it to no avail. I need help if I’m going to keep my puppy. By the way, I’m fifteen so I go to school from 7:30-4:00 and I need the ideas to be clear and understandable please.

get newspaper take a dropper get some toilet water and put it on the newspaper in a circle that how i got my dog to do it hope this helps good luck

I have been house training my toy poodle puppy for a few months now but he still occasionally or more then occasionally relieves himself in the house. I have tried getting angry at him, catching him in the act and showing him where I want him to go but it doesn’t seem to be working. What do I do?
I take him outside to go to the toilet but he also has like a litter box inside just in case I can’t take him out when he needs to go and he does use this as well, but do you think this is confusing for him?

remember that puppies have to go to the Rest room every 2-4 hours… this might be why… dogs don’t enjoy the liter box… i would suggest bell training so the dog tells you when it needs to go outside… don’t be angry at the dog… dogs don’t understand punishment to the dog you being angry means you are angry but they have no clue why

how do you go about House Training A Puppy?

First off, confine him when you can’t supervise. I can’t stress enough the importance of this. For potty training, use a crate that is only big enough for her/him to comfortably stand, lie, and turn around in. He should not be able to potty in one end and lie down in the other. Make sure he’s not confined for too long — generally the age in months plus one hours (so 5 hours for a 4 month old pup). If you have to be gone longer, use an exercise pen with his open crate inside for sleeping, a potty pad for relieving himself, and some toys.

Every time you take him out of his crate take him outside. He should be on a leash. You should go through the same door every time. Take him to where you want him to potty and start repeating his potty command until he finishes. Then treat him and let him play or go for a walk.

Put food and water on a schedule. Give 20 minutes to eat and then pick food up until next scheduled meal. Give water every hour (or when he’s obviously thirsty.) By scheduling meals and water, you are able to predict when he will need to relieve himself. Put him on leash and take him out.

Watch for behaviors that tell you he needs to go out: circling, squatting, sniffing, crouching, ….
I have clients who tell me their puppies won’t go while they are outside, only to come inside and make a mess on the floor! If you find this to be a problem, give him a reasonable amount of time outside and if he doesn’t go confine him for 15 minutes when you come back inside. At the end of that time, take him back out. Repeat this process until he goes. By doing this, you are teaching him that he will earn his freedom by pottying where it’s appropriate.

Lastly, basic obedience training really can help. It clarifies leadership for your dog (and sometimes for the owners as well )