Potty Training Puppies Info

Why A Blog About Potty Training Puppies?

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:40:59 +0000

Welcome to my blog about Potty Training Puppies. This is one of the first tasks to tackle when you bring home your new pet. And, it’s one of the most important. Proper training right from the start will make it easier for you and your new best friend.

We’ve had two dogs from puppies. A Golden Retriever named Pirate who lived until he was 16 and a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier named Una (rhymes with tuna and means ‘unity’ and ‘little lamb’ in Gaelic). Both were crate-trained with great succes.

However, crate-training isn’t the only way to go. As you’ll discover in the various articles and videos on this page, there are a number of methods. The common thread is the use of consistency and patience. Read and view to discover the method that’s right for you.

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An Example Of How To Potty Train A Puppy

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:40:59 +0000

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Puppy Training

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:47:04 +0000

Puppy trainiing is always exciting and can be very interesting as well. This is a 9 wk old Belgian Malinois puppy named ‘Simon’ that is owned by Dave Skoletsky of Sit Means Sit Dog Training and he is having fun retrieving a hula hoop in this video.

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German Shorthaired Pointer puppies potty training at 31/2 we

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:47:02 +0000

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

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does anyone have any good tips on house training a puppy she is about 8 weeks old?

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:21 +0000

Pretty simple really, just pick her up and take her outside whenever she needs to go.

Why is my house trained dog peeing on the floor?

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:18 +0000

He is a rot mix. He is about 1 1/2 years old. He has been house trained for quite a while. About 2 months ago, he decided he was going to start peeing and pooping on the basement floor. We started locking him out of the basement and the behavior seemed to stop. About a week later, he started peeing upstairs in the bathroom. He will come in the house and 15 minutes to a half hour later, he pees on the bathroom doorway or the toilet. The problem behavior seemed to go away on its own. My boyfriend scrubbed the bathroom and the toilet with baking soda and then with murphy’s oil soap to get rid of the smell. There hasn’t been a problem for about 2 1/2 weeks. Today I heard him peeing upstairs. I closed my laptop and stood up to go up and yell at him but before I could even get part way up the stairs, before I yelled, he came running down and hid under the table. He knows what he did was wrong. Short of getting rid of him, I don’t know how to make him behave. Why is he doing this?
there haven’t been any changes in the house. no new pets or visiting pets. no roommate changes recently. so i don’t see stress as a factor. he usually doesn’t do it when we are not home. the dogs were alone for about 18 hours last weekend because our friend forgot to let them out - but there were no messes.

Male dogs mark with urine…and that has nothing to do with him being housebroken or not. At 1 1/2 the dog is still learning, and will make mistakes. Some dogs learn quicker than others, at various ages.

If other dogs are coming into your home, or the scent of other dogs that can drive him to mark.

Make certain that you are available to him if he needs to go to the bathroom in the correct place, and that you are paying attention to the signs that he is letting you know he has to go. Dogs are like humans, they can only hold it for so long.

Also check with your vet that he isn’t having any urinary problems.

If he’s hiding under the table, he’s becoming too submissive. Do not yell at him to correct him, take him and lead him to the area he peed, make him smell it, then lead him to the correct place and rienforce the command word you use. Then praise him and give him a treat reward when he goes in the right place.

Potty Training Puppy AAAAHHHH?

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:14 +0000

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 <>), 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.

house training puppy?

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:11:34 +0000

i want to know how you house train a puppy (cocker spaniel)

I used the "Puppy Pads’ for night time. During the day I would take him to the front door, reward him for going to the door, let him out to do his business.

The reward for going to the front door worked very well. I first rewarded him when he came back in, but then he started to go out, turn around and come right back in, and beg for his reward.

Answers to why my house trained dog has returned to old habits?

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:11:29 +0000

My french bulldog has been house trained for almost a year now. He has not relieved himself in the house in the longest time, and always lets me know when he needs to go out. These past couple days he has done his business indoors. Anyone have any ideas why the sudden change?

Dogs are creatures of habits. Check to see if you changed his habits. It is possible that he can’t go outside to do his business. Keep a fixed schedule of his feedings and walk him outside. It is possible that he could also be sick, check your vet to be sure. Re-train him if all else fail.

Potty Training puppy?

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:11:24 +0000

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.