Potty Training Puppies Info

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1. 1 Susan B
   2010 Mar 13

   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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2. 2 bluelotus314
   2010 Mar 13

   You have to crate train her.

   At night time, and during the day when you’re not playing with her and supervising her per her in a crate. For it to work well and quickly she should only have enough room to lay down and sleep. If there’s too much space she’ll just go in her crate.

   A dog will not use the bathroom where they sleep, so when she has to go she’ll cry - then you take her out. If she doesn’t go, put her back in the crate. Just keep doing that until she goes to the bathroom.

   When she does use the bathroom, make sure you reward her with praise and/or a treat. (treats work best) Once she goes, you can then let her romp outside of the crate to play with you.

   She should quickly associate using the bathroom with treats and playtime.

   This worked with my puppy and he was potty trained very quickly.
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3. 3 Tash
   2010 Mar 13

   She needs more than 10 minutes. For one. She doesn’t know what she is supposed to be doing outside.

   Take her out every hour so she has plenty of opportunity to go potty outside. Take away her water dish 2 hours before going to bed. This will lessen her need to pee during the night.

   If she is also pooping in the house. Take a small pile of her poop and put in a place in the yard you are wanting her to go potty. Some dogs are creatures of habit, and by putting her poo outside she will more likely use that spot. We’ve done that with our dogs and they got pooping outside very quickly.
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4. 4 Kati W
   2010 Mar 13

   Whenever she goes in the house. Say No in a firm tone and put her back outside. Make sure your cleaning the spots well as the smell could still be there. Which is why she keeps going.
   And stay out there longer with her outside. And take her for walks which can help her to want to go the to bathroom more outside.

   Main thing just remain consistent and be patient.

   Also what breed is she? As Chihuahuas and Yorkies are usually very hard breeds to house train.

   Hope I helped!
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   Owned dogs all of my life.

5. 5 MDT
   2010 Mar 13

   No you do not have to crate train her!
   Read the article on house training on the site below and follow those step. There are also other links you can follow that will give you good advice.
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   http://www.dogtrainingtipsforfree.com

6. 6 Puppylover19
   2010 Mar 13

   My puppy was also like that. You can just put a newspaper on the place where he did it. When he gets used to seeing it there, put it on a place where you want him to do it. He’s still a puppy and understands and gets used to stuff well so he will soon get the message. This is only one of the many small, unknown, (and maybe even weird) ways i have of housebreaking pups.
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   my experience (had 9 puppies before)