I have watched her and made sure she goes when she wakes up, after she naps, after she plays, after she eats, and right before she goes to bed at night. I also give her lots of praise and an occasional treat at times. A few times I have put her in my office with a gate while I am doing things around the house. I leave her in there with a pad to go on and toys and her crate to sleep in. She will pee everywhere else put not on the pad like I have been training her to do. Sometimes she doesnt even sniff around for her scent, she will just go wherever she is at that moment.She also was laying on my couch one day and went while she was laying down. I don’t know what else to do. I may have too high expectations. How long do these puppies usually take to break.
She might have a UTI- you might check that first. Otherwise, I fostered dogs for rescue and my process was as follows:
1) Get a crate large enough for to stand and turn around.
2) Leave him in the crate when you cannot supervise her.
3) When you take her out of the crate- make outside (or the pad- or wherever you want him to go) her first stop.
4) Use the same spot to eliminate. Praise when she does it right.
5) Make sure you get in a walk- it’ll stimulate her to go.
6) Common times to eliminate are a) after sleeping b) after eating c) after a play session.
The most important thing is not to leave her unsupervised in the house. If you want to use the pads (and I don’t recommend them)- put him on the pad when he get out of the crate, put the dog on his sanctioned spot until he eliminates.
Sometimes samples of his own scent (rub the pad over a spot where he has gone) will inspire her to go.
Remember dogs are pack animals- especially pups. So if the pup is with you, then wanders to another room- there’s a good reason for his privacy quest. Too many times, they’ll wander off, eliminate, then trot back to the owners happy that they’ve just gone, feeling great, and the unsuspecting human praises the cute pup- thus encouraging the bad habbit.
One more thing- make sure you chemically clean any spot in the house where he has gone. Dogs can smell the animal protines in the urea long after it has passed our sniff/sight test- and if you don’t clean it properly- you’ve given him another sanctioned spot.
Honestly- it doesn’t take long if you stay on top of it. But you cannot leave them unsupervised. Trust me- it’s better for them- and you- in the long run.
Good Luck!!!
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2009 Oct 04
When you can’t watch her she needs to be int he crate with the door closed. She doesn’t know what’s the difference with the pee-pad and are a bad idea anyway. Just close her in the crate when you can’t watch her.
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2009 Oct 04
She might have a UTI- you might check that first. Otherwise, I fostered dogs for rescue and my process was as follows:
1) Get a crate large enough for to stand and turn around.
2) Leave him in the crate when you cannot supervise her.
3) When you take her out of the crate- make outside (or the pad- or wherever you want him to go) her first stop.
4) Use the same spot to eliminate. Praise when she does it right.
5) Make sure you get in a walk- it’ll stimulate her to go.
6) Common times to eliminate are a) after sleeping b) after eating c) after a play session.
The most important thing is not to leave her unsupervised in the house. If you want to use the pads (and I don’t recommend them)- put him on the pad when he get out of the crate, put the dog on his sanctioned spot until he eliminates.
Sometimes samples of his own scent (rub the pad over a spot where he has gone) will inspire her to go.
Remember dogs are pack animals- especially pups. So if the pup is with you, then wanders to another room- there’s a good reason for his privacy quest. Too many times, they’ll wander off, eliminate, then trot back to the owners happy that they’ve just gone, feeling great, and the unsuspecting human praises the cute pup- thus encouraging the bad habbit.
One more thing- make sure you chemically clean any spot in the house where he has gone. Dogs can smell the animal protines in the urea long after it has passed our sniff/sight test- and if you don’t clean it properly- you’ve given him another sanctioned spot.
Honestly- it doesn’t take long if you stay on top of it. But you cannot leave them unsupervised. Trust me- it’s better for them- and you- in the long run.
Good Luck!!!
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housetrained lots of rescue dogs
2009 Oct 04
well i have a 6 month old puppy that is still in training. so what we do is if she goes any where but her pad we show it to her and say no bad girl and put her on her pad and say this is where u ahve to go and when she goes on it we tell her good girl adn give her a treat. it has been working she goes more on the pad then any where else so u can try it if u would like
thx magen bobocel
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2009 Oct 04
For one thing when you take her out dont pick her, if you pick her she will never learn to ask to go outside. This does work because i am potty training my puppy right now. When she does pee in the house tell her NO or BAD DOG and take her directly outside. You are taking her out at the right times but you just need to watch her, if she starts sniffing around take her out. I think the rule for a puppy is, if they are 2 months old then they can hold it for 2 hours. For my puppy that is about right. Every 2 hours I take her out and she has learned that when we go outside you pee. She is also starting to walk to the door and look at me when she needs outside. When she does use the bathroom outside praise her like crazy and/or giver her a treat! Also when you leave her alone I would confine her to a smaller space like her crate, this will teach her not to go in the house at all and teach her to hold her bladder. But still leave her a pee pad in there so she has somewhere to go if she cant hold it. This is what I have done to potty train my puppy maybe it will work for you! Good Luck I know it is a pain!
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2009 Oct 04
With my dogs (Pugs) I train them to let me know when they need to go outside by hitting a bell that hangs on the doorknob. When you take the dog out pick up his paw and hit the bell every time until he eventually does it himself. And then they know that ringing the bell means that they will go outside to potty. (Treats every time that they come back in helps to motivate them to go potty)
It sounds like your puppy is having other issues that she just will go anywhere.
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2009 Oct 04
Start potty training over…
The proper way to potty train a dog…
Whenever the dog is in the house and not crated put a body harness and leash on the dog, tie end of leash to your belt. Wherever you go the dog goes. When you see the dog start to signal (sniff/circle/scratch) that it’s got to go than run the dog out to where you want it to go. Praise, reward (immediately) and use a command word consistently. When the dog shows it’s learned to go outside consistently by dragging you to the outside than you can undo the leash from your belt. Keep the leash on the dog still and keep an eye on it whenever it is in the house and not crated so if it starts to make an accident you can grab the leash and run it outside. Once it is going outside with no attempted accidents for at least a week than you can take the leash off.
The most common mistake in potty training is giving the dog freedom to roam the house without supervision where the human doesn’t see the dog signal it needs to go.
And if your dog is a puppy remember it only has an average hold time of 1 hour for every month of it’s life until they reach 8-10 months or so and can hold overnight (usually).
Get rid of the potty pads you’re only teaching your dog it’s ok to pee in the house…make sure you take her out often enough.
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