Potty Training Puppies Info

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1. 1 Kiera
   2010 Feb 08

   get a pee-pee pad or if she goes potty outside (or is supposed to) then everytime u catch her sniffing or even remotely going around the tv region, then pick her up and out her on her pad or bring her outside immediately. keep doing this until she picks up on the idea of the tv not being a good place for tinkling. if this method doesn’t work, you can try finding a spray that smells of a bitter apply smell. dogs usually hate it and dont want to go around the area the spray has been applied. last but not least, if none of these methods work, then consider putting up a gate around the tv, (which should be your last resort) and just reprimand her with a light tap on the rear end. she will soon learn. .
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2. 2 Texas Rottie
   2010 Feb 08

   House Training
   House training your dog is simple if you follow a few basic rules. Remember that puppies younger than 10 to 12 weeks have little control. Accidents will always happen when teaching puppies to be clean in the house. Be kind and patient, and reward handsomely all outdoor elimination. Always remember that dogs do what works for them. Make outdoor pottying work really well for your puppy.
   1) The puppy must have NO time unsupervised in your home. NONE. If you are not directly watching the puppy, it should be in the crate, or outside in a safe area. You MUST watch the puppy at ALL times when loose in the house. Use baby gates, crates, or tie the leash to your belt.
   2) The puppy should sleep inside the crate by your bedside. This way you can hear if the puppy should happen to need to go out during the night.
   3) You must go WITH the puppy outside for ALL trips for elimination. You must have treats with you. When the puppy is urinating, say "GO PEE PEE" in a nice praise tone of voice the entire time. When she is finished, pop the treat into her mouth at once, and praise praise praise. This should be something she gets at no other time, like tiny pieces of string cheese or boiled chicken. Same for defecation. Say "GO POOP" while she is going, and food reward and praise afterwards. You must observe and reward ALL outdoor potty time.
   4) Keep a schedule. Feed at the same time, and walk outside at the same times. Your pup needs at least 4 trips outdoors each day, and 5 is probably better. Pup needs to go out at wake up time, lunch time, 4-5 PM, after dinner or any other meals, and before bed. Younger puppies may need to go out much more often.
   5) Use a key word each time you go out. I say "Let’s go out!!" in a happy tone of voice each time I’m opening the door to go out with the dog.
   6) If you catch the puppy IN THE ACT of eliminating in your house, CLAP YOUR HANDS, say AH AH, OUTSIDE!! And immediately rush her outside. If she finishes there, do your usual food reward and praise.
   The keys to getting your dog reliably housetrained are:
   SUPERVISION: NO loose time in the house if you are not watching
   REWARDS: ALL outdoor elimination MUST be observed and rewarded. If you only do this ONE thing, your puppy will get housetrained.
   PATIENCE: Anger and punishment have no place in dog training. Elimination is a natural and pleasurable experience for your dog. You can teach her to not soil your house, but punishment will NOT help. It will only teach the dog to hide when she needs to eliminate.
   If you have applied these techniques carefully for 4 weeks and you are still finding spots or piles after the fact, it’s time for stronger measures. Roll up a newspaper and fasten both ends with a rubber band. Keep it handy. The very next time you find a spot of a pile that the dog has left behind, whip out that newspaper, and hit YOURSELF over the head firmly several times as you repeat "I FORGOT TO WATCH MY PUPPY".
   Works every time.
   
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3. 3 Bill L
   2010 Feb 09

   TAKE him out every two or three hours. Snow won’t hurt him. He will like to play in the snow.

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4. 4 Anoynmous
   2010 Feb 09

   You need three things, time, patience, and a leash. What we did is we kept the dog on a leash at all times and kept him with us. periodically give him water so that he will pee a lot. About every half an hour or hour, take him to them so that he gets used to the feeling of peeing on the pads. After a while, it will be routine, so now our dogs paw at the door (they go outside) to tell us they need out. this is the QUICKEST AND EASIEST WAY to train your puppy.
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5. 5 Timothy
   2010 Feb 09

   For our pup, we took her out outside right after she ate. Usually this is a time they need to go. Even though there is snow on the ground, I think the dog should start getting use to the idea that that is where it needs to relieve itself. Also, we always take our pup out the same door, so she knows to wait there to get our attention to go out. Your pup is still very young and still needs patience in this area. Make sure to treat her when she does the right thing and if you catch her going behind the couch.. take her out right away after telling her, "uh-oh, not in the house." If you get mad, she may hide from you when she goes..say, behind the couch Good Luck!
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6. 6 A.M.M_A.O.M.M_A.B.M.M
   2010 Feb 09

   Be for you give your dog cheese make sure is not lactose intolerance cause if she is lactose intolerance the milk products will give her diarrhea then she WILL have more accidents in the house and they will be harder to clean up. Also make sure the products you use to clean don’t have pneumonia in them cause pneumonia will make her wanna go there more often!!
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7. 7 wishnuwelltoo
   2010 Feb 09

   Shovel, sweep the snow. Take him to his potty spot, use your commands, sit in a chair and wait, praise him when he does good. You can buy a gel pack heating pad, sold in pharmacies, microwave for 2 minutes and put under your jacket. Puppies don’t get full run of the house, it is overwhelming to them. Limit the space in the house, one room at a time supervised. The puppy can’t get behind your couch, near wires like for computers or tvs, under beds or tables, you have to block of a small area. When the puppy can behave in that area, it can graduate to more space, supervised of course. He can only hold his potty about an hour at this age, so set a timer or alarm and get up and take him out. They got potty a million times a day at this stage, so have others in the house take a turn. They usually stop having accidents around 12-weeks-old, but don’t let your guard down that early. The bladder is not grown until 6-months-old and they are not fully potty trained until 1-year-old. Hang in there, we all go through drama when the puppy is first little. It is their job to rob us of our sanity. I use a crate* to potty train with, but only for potty training and then I break it down and store it. I put blankets and a small food and water dish in the crate. Dogs don’t potty where they eat and sleep. When they are first little, I only expect them to hold their potty for 4 hours, and then 6 hours, then 8 hours and so on. So when they are first little, I set a timer or alarm clock to wake myself up at night to take them *out. I only allow my puppy in the bedroom* or the living room, only one room at a time. They have to graduate to more space. If I allow them to have full run of the house, it will overwhelm them. I take them out the same door each time. I tie a dinner bell to the door handle. Do not use a jingle bell as they could get their toe caught in it. So when they are little, I ring the bell for them, and then open the door to go *outside to potty. When they get bigger, I take their paw and whack the bell and open the door to go potty. Eventually getting to the place where the puppy will ring the bell and let me know when they need to go potty. Dogs want to please you, so it is your job to let them know what behaviors please you and what doesn’t. So when my puppy goes potty, I give her a treat*, and clap, and make a fuss and praise her. So she learns that going potty outside makes me happy. If she has an accident, make a disgust sound like “tsst” and take her out right away. I never yell* or spank* my puppies. Take them out when they first wake up, after they eat or drink, before nap, finish romping, when their activities change, or when they are sniffing around. Some puppies go pee right away, but may not go poop until 10 minutes later, so wait for the poop. I have a little play time here, because sometimes I think they are done, and they are not. Puppies train at their own pace. While I may have a puppy that hasn’t had an accident in several weeks, I don’t let my guard down. I don’t expect my puppies to be "fully potty trained" until one-year-old. If they have a setback, shake it off, and start over. I only have my puppies in the crate when I am not watching them. When I am sleeping, cooking, ironing, doing chores, basically when I am not watching her. All other times, she is out of the crate practicing being a "big girl." This is the time I train her how to behave in the house. So we are practicing "no barking", ‘no biting", "no jumping", and "don’t eat the furniture." I also have to practice "playing inside" so she doesn’t knock over things. You must keep the puppy in sight when they are little because they don’t know the difference between newspaper and carpet, and you don’t want them sneaking off and getting into trouble. Some puppies can sleep through the night around 3-months-old, but their bladder is grown around 6-months-old.

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   *I use a CRATE to train with. It is the method I prefer, compared to other methods I have tried. I noticed that if they are in the crate, while I am doing chores, they are o.k., because the crate allows them to see me and be re-assured. The crate can also be a comfort when stored in the basement for dogs who live in areas where thunderstorms and tornados are an issue. . However, use the method that works best for you…..a laundry basket, a cardboard box, a woof-woof house, x-pen, child gates, whatever works for you.
   *OUTSIDE, pee pad, litter box, whichever method you are using. When the puppy is first little, keep the pee pad, litter box near the food and water dish, so the puppy can eat and drink, and then go potty. You can move it away as they get older. The pee pad has a scent that smells and initiates potty. Sometimes a pee pad makes a sound that scares some puppies, so you might want to use a litter box if that happens. The pee pad allows a puppy to walk around, but a litter box keeps the puppy in one place.
   *BEDROOMS, I use the bedroom and living room for training, because it works for me. Choose rooms that work for you, but watch for rooms that are damp, or drafty. While my puppies sleep in the bedroom during training, once they are trained, I let them sleep where they want to. They don’t have to sleep in the bedroom forever.
   *TREATS. While I use treats for training, you don’t have to. I like Charlee Bears for training (a little cracker for a little mouth,) I use them for training, but once they are trained, I cut back on them.
   *SOME PUPPIES will go potty in the same spot each time. Some puppies have to be told to go potty. A command like "go out" for pee, or "go finish" for poop, might work for you, keep saying “go finish” until the puppy poops. This is a good thing to train if you travel with your dogs. By using commands, the puppy won’t get confused when you are visiting someone, on vacation with you, or when you get to a new home. The command will tell them what you want them to do in an unfamiliar place. You might also want to use a leash method, so the puppy doesn’t sneak off, or for strange places.
   *YELLING. It is not a good idea to "yell" or "spank" your puppy and then take them outside when they have an accident. They may get confused and think that going outside is punishment. While you want to correct them, if you are extreme, they may not want to go outside again. Shake it off, and resume your schedule. You have to keep it real. Puppies train at their own pace, but a puppy can only hold their potty for a few hours. A guide would be 1 hour for each month of age, plus 1 hour, so a three-month-old puppy should only be expected to hold their potty for 4 hours at most.
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