Potty Training Puppies Info

I have had a new puppy for about a month now, got her when she was 8 weeks old. She is (possibly, no one really knows) a boxer/lab mix. I have potty trained puppies growing up, so I’ve done this successfully before. The problem is, she does not give me any sign (clawing at door, whining, etc.) that she has to go outside. The second I put her in the grass, she goes potty. I believe she understands that when she goes outside, to use that as a bathroom, because she’ll go instantly. But I always have to take her out and guess when she has to go. When will she learn to let ME know that she has to go? I have waited to see how long she can go, and she will just squat and go on the carpet unexpected, in the middle of playing or whatever. Any ideas how to train or speed up making her tell me she has to go and I can just let her out the door? She grasps the outside potty thing, and I know the accidents she can’t help. I’m caring, I don’t get frustrated… but any tips would help!

Our Golden did this. No indication whatsoever. We would tell her "no" in a firm, but not loud, voice when we caught her going inside and took her outside right away. We gave her a treat for going outside. Eventually she started whining at the door when she needed to go out, and we would give her a treat for that, too, to encourage it. After a while, we no longer needed the treats.All in all, it took us about five months (she was about seven months old) before she finally "got it" and we no longer had to use treats for potty-training.

Good luck!

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So (male) puppy has been in Potty training for 2 1/2 weeks now. He is 3 months old (lab/mutt). I went and bought him a kennell that looks more like a cage. Well, he puts his butt agains the cage to poop outside!! How am I supposed to train this stubborn pup?? Then he wont even poop outside!? He’ll pee but not poop?
I feed him once in the afternoon.
Someone suggested taking his afternoon meal and cutting it in half. Feed him once in the morning and once at lunch.. will that help. What do I DO???
I tried the whole puppy pads when he was younger, but he is getting bigger and his pee and poop are too!!! I want him to start going outside. I bring him out after everymeal.. still he does nothing
First of all a 3 month old puppy should be fed three times a day morning, noon and night and when he hits 6 months then cut back to morning and night. Labs can be prone to bloat so it’s best to feed two small meals a day to prevent this from happening. Also he’s a growing puppy, if he’s not getting enough food he will not develop and grow properly.

Next, put the puppy on a schedule to eat and potty. Dogs do well on structured schedules, he’ll then learn when he gets to go and he’ll learn to eventually hold it. Right now this puppy has no bladder or sphincter control so he cannot hold it for more than 3 hours at a time. When you take him out take treats with you, use a command word like Go Potty or Let’s Go Potty and make sure he’s on a leash, encourage him to walk around in circles this will help stimulate the bowels, say go potty lets go potty and stay outside until he squats to pee, when he does praise him "good potty" and give him a treat, this is so he connects the act with the reward. Then keep him outside to poop, stay outside until he does once again praise him and reward him. Also putting his poop outside in the yard for him to smell will also help to encourage him. Bring him back inside and give him breakfast in his crate. 30 minutes later take him outside again to potty. Set a timer to ring every 2 hours, when it does grab his leash and say let’s go potty and out you go. Every time he potties outside reward and praise like crazy. Do not allow him freedom inside keep him confined to the kitchen or a room that has easy to clean floors but still close by so he doesn’t feel isolated from you. If he has an accident inside the house IGNORE and clean it really well, water and white vinegar is best for cleaning up smells. Whatever you do DO NOT PUNISH HIM IN ANYWAY for having an accident, all you’ll do is make him afraid to potty around you and will make pottying outside literally impossible, he’ll hold it until he can come inside and hide from you so if he has an accident. SMACK yourself for not paying attention. Around noon give him another meal, 30 minutes later take him outside again. Keep this up every 2 hours, if he has an accident in between those 2 hours adjust your time and get him out sooner. Around 5 pm feed him again and repeat above, and then pick up his water around 7 pm at night and make sure he gets out a lot before bed time. Then set your alarm clock for 3 hours later and get up during the night to take him out, and then again 3 hours later, if you don’t you will wake to a mess in his crate.

Don’t use puppy pads all they do is train a dog that pottying in the house is ok.

Just be patient, read these articles on how to potty train and be consistent in your training. If you don’t get him out enough to potty then you’re going to have accidents, if you don’t train him in an easy to understand way then it’s your fault not the puppies. And most of all remember, dogs are not 100% reliable until they are 1 year old so you will have accidents up to a year in age, so just be prepared.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about potty training a seven week old puppy to go outside to potty? She’ll whine at the door after she does it and when I call her to "go doors" she comes out from where ever she is so I’m hoping it wont be to hard to potty train her if I could just get her to stop using it in the house first.
everyone gave me alot of good ideas on how to go about getting her potty trained. I cant give the points to just one of you so I’m putting it to vote. Thanks so much for everyones help, she’s already getting better.

This works well

When shes done eating take her out to pee
when shes done playing take her out to pee
when she wakes up take her out to pee

and when she pees praise her big time.

Usually when puppies are done eating, sleeping or playing they always have to go potty. So you need to be watchful of what shes doing.

Smaking your dog isnt good. If she pees in the house show her the pee and firmly say "No bad dog" they will get that thats a no no and stop.

I do agree with Sarah K that your probly missing the sign that shes telling you she needs to go. One of our dogs just sits in front of you.

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I just got a puppy 4 days ago, training so far has been a nightmare. First off he is stubborn, when he has an accident I tell him no and show him where he is supposed to go, when he wakes up I direct him in the appropriate potty place. We wait for about 5 minutes and he will not go, so we let him out and right when he steps out he pees in the front room. He refuses to go in his designated area. He is an indoor dog so I am trying to think of the best possible solution for potty training. I have heard that crate training is the best solution but he has no problem going on his bed. He has peed on his bed twice and not cause we weren’t watching him. Those times he has been playing then stops jumps on his bed and pees. I don’t get it. What do I do??? Please help

First off…the whole rub their nose in the accident doesn’t work. (I’m sorry don’t mean it in a mean way…it just doesn’t)
I have a one year old bulldog, and housebreaking was a breeze. Here’s the key rules:

1) It can only hold it’s bladder for months old=hours for example: puppy is 3 months…max bladder control 3 hours (may be less or more) 5 month’s old= 5 hours of control etc. Don’t expect miracles. Locking it in a crate to early you’ll be forcing it to urinate in it’s own bed…creating a horrible habit.

2) Baby steps: First train it to go on newspaper over top of puppy-pads (absorbent ‘diaper’ like pads w/pheromones) He will destroy the puppy pads if you use them alone, and some dogs have a natural inclination to paper. When he starts to pee on the floor grab him and put him on the newspaper area. If he goes to the paper naturally and goes, PRAISE PRAISE PRAISE. Make so much fuss you feel ridiculous about yourself. Give a small treat. (I only gave treats during training as a puppy)

3) For a few weeks you may need to have a few "area’s" for him. Their will be a lot of newspaper, poo, and pee. Ask your friends and family to start saving their papers. We used to have one in our bedroom (always keep it clean <<obviously>>), living room, kitchen etc…puppies don’t have any bladder control. Their playing one second…5 seconds later their peeing. Make sure their is a spot handy.

He will learn quickly that peeing/pooing on paper equals yummy treat and attention. After time passes, you can reduce number of "area’s" to one or two. Be patient and be consistant. After meals watch him carefully, about 15-20 minutes after eating he should have to go. Place him on the paper if you have any sign that he may be about to pee.

I have an almost 5 month old that I adopted a week ago. He’s doing good with potty training in the fact that he cries when he wants to go out.

he’s only had a few small accidents,

one was because I tried pee pads in CASE of an accident, only to read they have an attractant that makes a dog WANT to use the pad… which I don’t want because obviously he’s going outside, but this made him think it was ok to go inside too. So I switched to a pad made for people. no "grass" smell to entice him to use the pad, but absorbant enough for accidents.

My question for you all is- he’s back to doing ok. Maybe a slip here or there but he’s a puppy, he’ll have those.

for the most part- he cries to go out which is good- but so far, no luck on getting him to sleep through the night. Usually he is up between 2 and 3 am, then 4 and 5 am… then again between 8 and 9 am.

of course there are those times when he doesn’t really have to go, I think he just wants to go outside.

Any hints?
also-

He goes out after all meals,

after playtime,

or if something scares him or gets him excited…

he has a morning and a "last pee for the night, please god in heaven let it be the last pee of the night" potty break.

These are all things that I’ve been told to do, still no luck doing the sleeping through the night.
I do take his food away before bedtime

he also sleeps in a small play pen with a soft blanket he uses as a bed. he’s also slept in my room, but it made it worse as he wanted me to hold him all night long.

He’s doing fine with accidents… he hasn’t had many. I can count the number of times on one hand that he’s had in 1 week with me…

its the sleeping through the night I’m trying to figure out how to encourage.

I don’t mind getting up at 3 am, I just don’t know if I’m going to keep not minding it for the next 15 years. ^_^

first don’t let him have any water or food about 2 hours before bedtime. then put him in a kennal that is a good size for him. what i mean is less room to move is better dogs will not potty in there bedding area so make it as to where he can only turn around an lay no bigger because if it’s to big he will potty in one end and sleep on the other.

I have a puppy (almost 5 months) I let him out of his crate to go potty and play outside quite often throughout the day. I live in the Seattle area, so the rain will begin SOON, and that means less time out for him. I’d love for him to come in the house without being in his kennel, but he urinates on the floors. Can anyone give me any tips on how to train him, so that he can enjoy our home with us?

Do NOT use pee pads. This teaches your dog that it is ok to go in the house and confuses him.

Always keep him in the same room as you so you can keep an eye on him. If he wanders too much get a leash and tie him near you so you can watch. As soon as he starts to go tell him no no no no and run him outside. When you goes outside praise him. AS he becomes more trustable you can let him have 2 rooms at a time and eventually you won’t need to watch him at all.

If you can’t watch him or are gone put him in a crate. Most dogs will not go where they sleep. This will also set your dog up for success. Since he can’t go in the house because he is in a crate or being watched and corrected then he won’t have a chance to get away with and think, well, if mommy’s not home I can pee on the carpet! and it will take much longer to re-train the more often he goes.

Do not leave his water or food out. After he eats or drinks find out how long it will take for him to have to go. Then get him outside when he’ll need to go and reward him for going potty outside.

Take him out before bed and before going in his crate, and don’t give him food or water 2 hours before bed or being in a crate for a few hours.

Good luck!

We have a 3 month old jack russell puppy for about 2 weeks now. She has been going potty on newspaper really well. My husband bought the doggy potty litter box and wanted to try to get her to use it. But she only walks in it and starts to eat the litter. Will this littler make her sick. Thanks for any advice.

I would email the manufacturer… I looked up on-line: "toxic" puppy litter, and many hits came back about "non-toxic" puppy litter. I would assume that since puppies eat EVERYTHING, that MOST litters would be non-toxic. But, you never know, they make some cheap stuff in China, and will use bad materials to save money (see Heparin problem).

I would assume since some companies advertise "non-toxic", that the implication is that other forms unless specified ARE toxic.

Read about half-way down this page, and see the dangers of litter:

http://www.treshanley.com/cic/feline.html

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Hello. This sounds kind of dumb since im working with many domestic animals everyday. But I just can’t seem to potty-train MY puppy! She is crate trained and is noisy for a while but settles down. She has never made a mess in her crate no matter how long she was in it. Now she knows when she goes outside on the grass, she should relieve herself. She can sometimes hold it. But when you leave her alone for just 10 minutes, she has had an accident. She does not usually go in my bedroom, but she does in another one, and also in the living room. Crate training helps her not to go, except it still isn’t training her. I know how to disipline her, but it doesn’t seem to stop. She cries at the backyard door to come back in, and you can hear her from a quarter down the street! I’m afraid that someone will report it and the people mistake my Beagle Boxer for a Pit Bull! Can someone please help!

Yeah, that’s an annoying problem.

1. Clean the areas in the house with vinegar or Pet Cleaner to get rid of any small that may linger… you won’t be able to smell it, but she can. If you can clean the floor underneath, that may help.

2. If you can get just a tiny bit of poop, enuff for smell, then take it outside and put it on the ground in the location that you want her to go.

3. If she sniffs around, or after she eats, then Put a leash on her and take her outside and stand near the toilet spot for about 5 min. If she goes, then praise the little pisher If she doesn’t go, then bring her inside, and clamly put her in her crate.

4. If she is not house-trained, then she has not earned the right to roam the house unattended. So, either keep her within watch (so you can take her outside, just in case), or place her in the crate, with a chew toy.

If you can’t get her house-trained in a couple of weeks, then you may need a trainer to help you out. There may be some small thing that you are unaware that you are overlooking…