Dog Housebreaking Tips

[RareBreed]

Originally Posted by redhotmomma

I am having som eissues with my mix puppy. She is 4 months old but is doing better. We dont have a fence so we have to take her our ourselfs. She has gotten better. We feed her at the same time everyday.Wait 5 mintues then take her out. At first she would take forever but now its in and out. She has only peed 3 times in the house in a the past week. But she poops in our kitchen everyday. I am thinking postive. At least its not on the carpet...lol!

My dog has an issue with pooing in front of people. Maybe yours is the same? Too bad about not having a fence. Maybe get a lead that you can stake out in your backyard and let her have her privacy to do her business??

Originally Posted by Mousebaby

Dogs generally have to defecate within 10-20 minutes after they eat or drink. If you let him out within that time frame he will do his business and then about an hour later let him out again for about 20 minutes. With puppies you will have to let him or her out more often than you would an adult because they have smaller digestive systems and bladders and they can't hold it near as long. If he has an accident I would show it too him and tell him he is a bad boy and crate him for 30 minutes. Then put him out as soon as you let him of the crate and praise him like he is the best thing since sliced bread! You might even give him 1 small treat. It's called positive reinforcement. But don't over do it with the treats or you'll have a fat dog in no time. Good Luck, if you need anymore help just google house training puppies and you should come up with a lot of sites.

Do not ever ever make a crate a place of punishment!!!!!!

Originally Posted by RareBreed

My dog has an issue with pooing in front of people. Maybe yours is the same? Too bad about not having a fence. Maybe get a lead that you can stake out in your backyard and let her have her privacy to do her business??

We are going to move at the beginning of the new year. But until then I am going to have to be stricter on my schedule. Its hard with having two kids but i can do it. My Rott used always pee on my brother leg when he came over...lol! I am glad he stopped that since we have to leave him with him.

[frequentflier (Premo)]

Originally Posted by RareBreed

My dog has an issue with pooing in front of people. Maybe yours is the same? Too bad about not having a fence. Maybe get a lead that you can stake out in your backyard and let her have her privacy to do her business??

That is so funny; we just adopted a Papillon mix 2 weeks ago. He prefers to do his business in the tallest weeds he can find. We figured he is shy or embarassed.
He is a sweet doggie, though and he has found a good home with us :-)

[RareBreed]

Originally Posted by frequentflier

That is so funny; we just adopted a Papillon mix 2 weeks ago. He prefers to do his business in the tallest weeds he can find. We figured he is shy or embarassed.
He is a sweet doggie, though and he has found a good home with us :-)

Mine looks around with embarressment.

[mdgirlie]

2 things.

1. Buy a crate big enough only for your puppy to get up and turn around in. Dogs don't like to be dirty, so if your crate is too big he will do his business in a corner, and then sit in another clean corner. Your dog definitely won't like sitting in his own excrement. Every time puppy comes out of crate, take him right outside, and say "Outside" to associate it to him. That way after he gets trained, when he acts like he wants something and you don't know what it is, say "outside" and he should react, telling you that yes he needs to go outside.

2. When taking your pup outside, as soon as s/he squats to his/her business, give him his favorite treat. The only thing that worked for my Yorkie was to give him a small piece of chicken. He knew that when he did his business outside that he would get a piece of boiled chicken. I would just boil a chicken breast, cut it up into pieces, and then put it away in the fridge.

Always keep a close eye on pup, because when you're not looking that's when they do their business. Really hammer that crate training into pup. Give puppy certain times to be out to eat, drink, and play, and then back into crate he goes.

This strategy was passed on to me 6 years ago by a Petco dog trainer, and it totally saved me from taking puppy back to the breeder after 3 months of failed house training. Good luck!

[rich70]

Get rid of the dog and get a cat.