Potty Training Puppies Info

31/2 week old German Shorthaired PoinPointer Puppies being litter box trained - puppies will be ready for homes August 21,2007

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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…

I have read tons of information about Potty Training Puppies to go outside. I am currently using pads to train my Min Pin because I live in Germany and it is WAY to cold to bring him outside without a sweater or jacket (and I can’t find any that are small enough for him!). I am worried that I am training him to go in the house, but because of the cold, I can’t take him outside until he figures out that he is supposed to go outside. I can’t see him knowing that he is supposed to go out there and the few times I have taken him out, he just looks at me like "what?" and starts shaking uncontrollably. I don’t think he is afraid, just really cold. I do plan on teaching him to go out once the weather warms up and we can spend more time outside, but does anyone have any ideas for now? He is doing well with his pads and is learning with "Go Potty!" He is 3 months old and about 2.5 pounds. Thanks!!
Ok- I understand that he NEEDS to go outside even in incliment weather. I have no problem taking him out in cold weather once he isn’t 2.5 pounds!! At that weight they lose 2-3 degrees of body temperature in a matter of minutes. I am not going to kill him becuase I want him to go outside. I am asking what I can do to get him to go outside once it starts getting warmer; my concern is that because it has been so cold (and I’m keeping him inside) once the weather warms up, he won’t go outside. Next winter, he will be bigger and I can get a jacket or sweater on him in enough time to get him outside to go. Right now he is just too small.

Try taking the pads outside, if you’ve got one that he’s previously used, bring that one out there to start. Gradually over the course of a few weeks cut the pads down until he is eventually not using one. I’ve done this with a few dogs that were "surface" picky, works pretty well.

My housetrainig article can also be found here if you need it http://www.tiaspetplace.com/housetraining.html

I’ve had her for a week and I’ve even bought her the puppy training pads, but all she does is tear them up.

I don’t know if you are intersted in this but my chihuahua is trained to use a litter box when the weather is to yucky for him. It is not that difficult to do and they actually make puppy litter (cat litter works fine also)
Or….you can keep your puppy leashed when she is outside of her kennel. Do not let her get any further then 6 feet away from you then she will not be able to sneak off and go potty. You can catch her quickly and take her outside. When she goes potty outside praise her. This is truely the easiest way to correct this proble. If you can not have her leashed with you then put her into her kennel (not for long periods of time though) . If she is not kennel trained then I would get this done right away. Do not let her have endless supply of food and water. Only let her have it at certain times of the day will also help to controll when she needs to get. Be persistant and you will win the puppy potty battle.

Although there are so many different ways to potty train a puppy. It is very difficult to find one that suit your pup’s need and fits your life style.
A Simpler Method for Indoor Potty Training :
This method is like making a deluxe crate = a better larger crate with a bathroom in it .
This way your new dog won’t go all over the house at the beginning while he/ she is still learning to master it’s potty training skill.
Using a traditional crate will be too hard for people who go to work 8 - 5 daily and when the puppy is still too small to hold their pee for 7 -9 hours.
This method I created is proven to be VERY SIMPLE for ANY pups to understand. It even works for older/ untrained dogs, house with multiple dogs like mine, or hyper pups who can’t focus.
It also works for busy owners and family with children who likes to keep the house clean & urine- free.
You MUST START THE POTTY TRAINING STEPS BEFORE YOU BRING YOUR DOG HOME. Yes, that’s right !
What that means is, before you bring your new dog home, you must :
1. Get a GATE / PLAYPEN for your home to make boundaries for your new dog.
Your house is too big and confusing for the new dog and it needs your help to make it simpler for him/ her by using gates / playpen.
*In my video I use Small Animal Playpen (Large size).Brand : All living Things, available in Petsmart for $41
2. Choose a specific area for them to go potty (this method was designed for indoor potty training for small to medium dogs, for bigger dog I recommend using outdoor potty training).
Pick a LOW traffic area, like: the corner of a room, in a spare room,etc. Remember, this area will be pretty PERMANENT ! Your dog will always go to that same area, so choose the area very carefully and calculate the pros and cons in choosing it (kitchen is not optimal).
3.Treats (cut them in small pieces)
Now use the playpen/ panels gate to make a Potty room. Put 2 - 4 potty pads on one side, and bed+water+ food+ toys on the opposite side of potty pads. (Don’t forget to put the OPENING of your gate on the BED’s side, NOT on the potty pad side, this is to avoid any MESS. Because your dog will come and greet you at the opening, and we don’t want it to step on it’s urine or poop).
As soon as your new dog come home (I’ll use male dog for this example), Potty training starts RIGHT AWAY.
- Put him inside the potty room right away, leave him in there for 1 hour or more to settle down or even sleep. Your new dog most likely will do 1 pee / poop on the potty pads inside the potty room, give praise & Treat asap.
Then now you can let him out to roam the house for 1 hour (and NOPE !! your new dog IS NOT potty trained yet. But he already started to learn)
- Then ask your dog to “go potty again after 1 hour, WALK him to the potty room, enclosed gate, and tell him to “go potty”.
If he doesn’t go, leave him in there for extra 1/2 hour to 45 min or until it goes potty. If he falls a sleep, then just let him rest for a while. Once he wakes up, ask again to “go potty” (dog usually go potty approx. 5 to 20 min after nap)
- Write down your dog potty times. You will notice how often your dog go potty, some dogs go every 1 hour some 1.5
- Now watch your dog’s potty / poop routines for 1 day . How soon after meal does he go potty, how soon after nap, how often he goes to the bathroom to pee or poop in a day, etc. This sounds complicated, but it is pretty SIMPLE !
- WRITE THEM DOWN as a POTTY SCHEDULE (this is for you so you don’t forget them the next days)
-Because he can’t go in the potty room on their own YET, at the beginning you have to ask your him to go potty according to his potty schedule.
- Ask him to go in the gated area and close the gate.
- When he did go potty give PRAISE and TREAT everytime, then you can let him out.
- Repeat the word “go potty” several times if he refuse to pee/ poop, then leave him alone in the potty room.
- Come back to check on him, don’t stare. Do not yell / hit, this is not a punishment room !
-Repeat steps according to potty schedule and eventually he will go in and out without being asked (& on demands)
He’ll always have that gate in their mind & he will not go elsewhere.
-Once he can go in and out by them self, you can remove the gate (approx 3 mo)
I let my dogs sleep in the crate at night until he/ she is 100% potty trained.
Remember my method will work for sure, but it can NOT be compromised !
If the new owners are NOT as committed (forget to open the door to let them in / out, don’t have the time to train etc) some dogs will NEVER be potty trained forever. It’s NOT because they can not do it nor because they are bad pups, but because they don’t get enough help and they become very confuse of what they should do.
It’s never just the dog’s fault ! You have to be responsible dog owners and commit 100% to HELP your dog learn this important skill.
I wish you and your pup the best !

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