Potty Training a Dog?
Posted: March 27th, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Common Questions | Tags: Potty, Training | 9 Comments »So it has almost been a year since we got our dog. First we tried to potty train her on the wee wee pad things, but of course that failed. So now we have been trying to train her to go outside. We got lazy and decide to just clean up the mess if she had one so she is used to having accidents. So I am wondering if anyone has any tips or suggestions for getting her to go outside when she needs to, instead of just going on the carpet. Trust me I am opened to anything.
Get her on a schedule for feeding and pottying. Supervise her at all times. Put a bell on a string on your door and use it to train her- it works! Google it.
crate her when you can’t watch her keep her on a leash attached to you in the house so you can catch her in the act. Heavily reward her for going in the right spot. It will take hard work.
you have to be persistent!
dont get lazy
if you get lazy then so does your dog
yell at her if shes goes in the house and just let her out whenever it looks like she needs to go outside
eventually shell start sitting by the door if she has to go
you have to watch the dog and when he/she gets in the position to pee., say “ah ah!, outside”…. then immediately put the dog outside. Never let him/her get away with peeing indoors!
. Create a schedule that is practical for you to maintain. If you can not stick to your schedule – you can’t expect the dog to adhere to it.
2. Do not allow your dog to free feed until house training is well established. Be very careful of your dogs diet – avoid foods and/or snacks that can be upsetting to his digestive tract.
3. Schedule your dog’s bed time and waking-up time. Adhere to these times as closely as possible.
4. Young pups will require frequent nap times, be sure that your schedule can accommodate the pup’s naps. Remember that the pup will need to be taken outside after each nap.
5. Emotional intensity – after intense emotional stimulation (badly scared, frightened, or a particularly rowdy play session) the pup may need to relieve himself.
6. Within two to three days, most dogs will be able to “control themselves” for eight hours during the night. You must keep in mind that your daytime schedule will need to be somewhat flexible. By paying attention to your dog, you will learn his nap requirements. Your dog will learn “the routine” and you will both have a schedule that you can live with.
Hope this helps.
Good luck. ♥
I have a puggle and she is super hyper. What I had to do was take her out to potty before meals. I would take her out and give her a treat after she went and pet her like crazy and try to get her really happy. Then she would eat and run around a little, but I would put her back in her kennel for about 30 minutes. I would take her out immediately and make her go outside and pet her like crazy and try to get her really happy again. If she has an accident try to tell her to stop, but do not interrupt. Then once she is done take her outside and tell her to go potty there and show here that this is where you do it. I repeated that same concept for a couple weeks and now she is fine inside, she is 8 months old now.
this will take a few weeks but you have to stay on top of it and not become lazy.
every time the dog is about to pee or poop grab her and take her outside, she will hold it. anytime she does pee or poop and you just saw that she did it take her outside. when you come home from a long day the first thing to do is take her outside. now, if you do come home and there is pee or poop on the floor she will not remember that she did that, so don’t scold her for doing so. just award her when she comes back in or even while she is going so she knows she is doing something good.
be persistent and award her by showing her how proud you are and a little treat. she will definitely respond after repetition and association of your happy response to what she is doing.
good luck!
It always helps to have another dog around that is trained to show her where she makes her mess. Do not put the dogs nose in it, it will not help. It will only get the scent stuck in her nose and cause more accidents. If you want to break the habit especially now that she is about a year old, you will have a lot of work to do and it wont be easy. Just keep repeating, show her the mess tell her no and give a tap and put her outside for several minutes.
what i did with my Bitch was if she did a mess inside we squirted her on the snout and said “bad dog”
and every time we wanted her to go outside we said “Outside” and when she did her mess outside we said good “girl” and she got a sit and paw treat