Potty Training Puppies Info

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1. 1 This Mutt's mine!
   2009 Dec 27

   I have always crate trained mine and they catch on very quickly. http://www.inch.com/~dogs/cratetraining.html
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2. 2 ccourtcleve
   2009 Dec 27

   Crate training! This is the easiest and most effective way. You use the theory of not letting the dog HAVE an accident by constantly supervising him, but when he can not be supervised crating him. Dogs will not soil their own den, so they will not use the restroom in the crate.

   I would also buy an enzyme cleaner for your house. If the dog smells previous accidents, they may also continue to use the same spot
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3. 3 April Bee
   2009 Dec 27

   CONSISTENCY!!!

   Are you trying to paper train or outdoor train them?

   If paper:

   Start out with several pads in a confined space designated for just them. Commend and praise them like crazy when they go on them and firmly say no if you CATCH them having an accident. (If you see an accident but it’s been awhile, there’s really no point in discipline. They won’t even know what they’re being disciplined for.)
   Little by little, lessen the pads one at a time. Remember praise is key to success in potty training.

   If outdoors:

   Take them out first thing in the morning. Don’t talk or play with them until they go potty. When you take them outside all you say is "go potty" until they do, then commend and praise them like crazy! Then take them back inside and put them in their space designated for them so they understand when they come out, it’s to go potty.

   Take them out about a half hour after each feeding also. After they go potty (with you coaxing them to "go potty"), give them an hour of play time and then put them back in their space once more.

   The most important thing really is consistency, and patience. There’s no telling really how long it will take, it all depends on your dedication to training them and your dogs of course.
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4. 4 BB
   2009 Dec 27

   I have the exact same mixed breed dog, so I know they don’t always listen well. I crate trained mine & she is now 2 years old and a very well behaved dog. I agree that fixing them calms them down, but that doesn’t really help with potty training. If your dog is going to be going outside I would recommend walking them because they frequently won’t learn to ‘go’ on a leash if you don’t walk them, so then if you travel with them it is hard to find off-leash areas to take them to use the bathroom (this is from personal experience). If you don’t actually catch the puppy going potty in the ‘wrong’ place do not discipline them because it was really your fault for not watching them more closely (otherwise they’ll just get bitter and poo in your shoe). Good luck and be patient.
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5. 5 Ivar N
   2009 Dec 27

   I have house broken my last two dogs (Queenland Heeler & Labrador Retriever) within 72 hours using a modified crating routine. There is a lot of good information on the internet, but it breaks down to these steps:
   1. Put the puppy in an enclosed area (big cardboard box will do) when you are not watching him, and to sleep. They do not normally soil their "dens."
   2. Take him outside why he wakes up, and when he cries or tries to get out of the box by scratching or jumping.
   3. Praise him when he does his bodily functions where you want him to.
   4. It is best to put him outside on the type of surface that you want him to go on. That can be grass, dirt, sand or any other surface that you choose. That will become his "preferred surface" and is what he will choose to use as his #1 choice for the rest of his life. I did not have a lawn at first for my heeler, and so she used dirt. Later she never went on the lawn after we sodded, but went up the hill on our large lot to use the dirt. I should have thought of that for my lab! He used the grass from day one, and has stayed with it unless I walk him in the chaparral behind my home.
   5. After "graduating" from the box, keep him in a restricted area in the house. This area can be gradually expanded. It is best if it is adjacent to the exit he has already used. We used the kitchen area, as it is not carpeted. He will probably go to the exit door when nature calls, especially if it is a glass slider where he can see the area he will be using. Our dogs both pawed the glass door when they wanted out.
   6. This technique uses their instincts to perform in your favor.

   I would bet this works rather rapidly. Just praise and reward them for "a job well done" (excuse the pun).
   ign
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   http://www.caninedevelopment.com/housebreaking2.htm

6. 6 erin =]
   2009 Dec 27

   Take them out once every hour just to see if they have to go. Set a timer if this helps you remember, it sure did for me. If they didn’t go, feed them a cup of food, put them in the crate for about 5 minutes, and then try taking them out again.

   Teach them commands like, "Go potty!" or "Do your buisness." Do this by saying these commands just as they have that little gleam in their eye while they are sniffing around in the grass (or the cue that tells you that they’re jut about to do it, having the little gleam in their eye and sniffing the grass was the cue for my dogs).

   Always have them go in the same area away from their playing area outside each time. Then it will be easier for you to pick it up later because you wouldn’t have to run around the yard searching for piles of poop, and your dog would automatically know that he needs to do his buisness when he gets to that spot.

   There’s lots of stuff to know about it, you could either go to a potty training class at Petsmart or buy "Housbreaking Puppies for Dummies".
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