Comments on: I’m have a hard time house training my lab puppy. Does anyone have a good idea to help?

By: jeannieduck

jeannieduck — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:37:59 +0000

Training your pup is acutally very easy. As soon as shw wakes up take her outside say " go potty" when she does give her lots of praise. About every 45 minutes after or when you see her sniffing and circling take her out again. Remember to give her lots and lots of praise. After she eats take her out potty, she should make at least 1 bowel movement. Do not let her back in until she has made potty. Pups learn by repitition, after 1-2 whole days of following schedule she will adapt to it. When you are un able to be with her crate her or put her in a place with a potty pad. Potty pads are sold at most grocery stores, pet stores and Walmart. These pads have special scent in them to attract your pups potty. Remember she wants to please you so praise is very very important, even if she goes on her potty pad and not the floor that is a huge thing.
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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:50:59 +0000

Don’t use puppy pads. They encourage the dogs to go in the house. Take her out 30 mins after every meal and praise her while she is going. Not when she come back in. Take her out every hour or so. Crate her at night. Dogs don’t usually go where they sleep. If they do it will be in one place and easier to clean up.
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By: dindy

dindy — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:15:59 +0000

Im going through the training stage right now with a 6 month old part lab. I take him out about every hour , 1/2 hr after he eats, and right after he wakes up from a nap.
I had to go up and getting a little cage at night and putting him in there. I just hate that because he has lived his whole life in the cage from the pound and I just hate it, but till I can get him potty trained I just cant let him run around the house. I put him in the cage and as soon as we get up he goes straight outside.
I wouldnt start on the puppy pads unless you are going to use them all the time. You are going to confuse the dog that it is okay to potty in the house and trying to house break him to. So, I would either do the puppy pads or the house training not both at once to much confusion for a little one.

Labs are smart dogs but I honestly believe they are a little harder to train. My parents had a lab and it took my mom almost a year to get her lab fully housebroken .
It can be done just keep up with it. But I would highly recommend getting a little cage at nights. She might whine and cry for awhile but she will soon settle down .
Good Luck to you
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By: nena g

nena g — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:36:59 +0000

The best way i house trained my dog was to simply ask him or her if they have to go out while they are trying to sniff around..get your dog used to that..when your outside and he or she has done their bussiness praise then.let them know what a good dog they are..it should be about three weeks till he or she gets used to it..keep a close whatch on your dog, if he or she is a lab.it should take your dog no time to learn.
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By: jwmhahs

jwmhahs — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:05:59 +0000

My grown terrier had lived outdoors for 2 years and she was VERY difficult to house break by the rules. I got a cage to keep her in (it is not natural for a dog to soil it’s bedding). When she was out of the cage I kept her on a leash attached to my belt and watched her carefully for the "squat" position to begin. Then we’d hurry outside and IF she was a good girl, I’d make over her. Go-o-d girl! with love pats and always a special goodie.
This method should take about 10 days. But never give up. It took Jenny 30 days! Once she got the message, she has only had mistakes when she was sick. Sorry, those will inevitably happen once in a while. She’s so housebroke now that she takes the blame for any mess in the floor! She’s a wonderful little dog. So smart that we have to spell things, like "going to town" or "going out." She gets excited too soon.
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The training method came with the wire cage we bought. It still sits in our living room with an open door and is her refuge and quite place.

By: Michelle M

Michelle M — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:22:59 +0000

Make sure you are especially taking her out after she is sleeping eating and playing. As far as the puppy pads go buy the grass scented ones that way you are not confusing as to what scent she should be using. If you catch her going in the house tell her "no" in a very stern and take out immediately. When she goes outside lavish her with praise, give her a treat make a big deal out of. She needs to learn that pleases you and going inside is wrong. There are sprays that you can buy at the pet store, one which (smells like urine) you spray outside and it makes the puppy want to urinate and a second that is a deterrent that can be sprayed in the home. I used all three items as training aides but I absolutely loved the grass scented potty pads because I was not confusing my Lab puppy on odors.
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By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:53:59 +0000

well, when I trained my puppy I had a spray bottle of water because he hates it and when he did something he wasn’t supposed to I would say NO and spray him on the nose. Soon his fear of being sprayed with water overcame his urge to pee in the house, chew my shoes, and shred things….

Mostly it’s patience and just doing what you are doing and really really throw on the praise when she does a good job. Labs thrive on human companionship and positive attention so when she does her business really throw yourself into it telling her what a great girl she is and give her a cookie.

Between the praise and the fear of being sprayed or whatnot she should be trained in no time Labs are smart dogs.

To this day my dog who is now 3 years old hates the idea of a spray bottle. If he acts up I just say sternly "Sebastian I’m going to get the spray" and he stops what hes doing and gets that guilty look lol. It’s funny and effective.
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By: Shelby

Shelby — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:14:59 +0000

After training 8 dogs, I found that crate training is the only way to go. Good Luck!
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By: pammie

pammie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:41:59 +0000

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By: scfd524

scfd524 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:58:59 +0000

Try putting bells by the door that you want to let it out of. Everytime you let it out, make it ring the bells and also just as soon as it starts to go, tell it to "go potty" or whatever command phrase you want to use. The bells are the only thing that worked for our Boxer and we used the "go potty" command and she will do it when we tell her to now. As for night time, You might just try leaving it in it’s kennel, if you have one, it will probably whine for the first few nights but it will get used to it, then once you have it trained regularly, then you can let it sleep with you. Make sure you always use positive reinforcement when it does go outside or rings the bells on it’s own.
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