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How do you potty train a puppy? |
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WOWZERs im getting my first puppy next monday, and i really dont want her to *** all over everything! How do I potty train her?
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asked: WOWZERs im getting my first puppy next monday, and i really dont want her to *** all over everything! How do I potty train her?
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A good thing to do is buy a kennel, and if you go out leave the puppy in the kennel. Dogs don’t usually use the restroom where they sleep. When you get home immediately take the puppy outside. As soon as the pup relieves him/herself, reward with a treat. Use puppy pads in areas where your pup continues to have accidents until he is potty trained.
I would suggest that you kennel train your puppy. It’s pretty easy. Just keep your puppy in the kennel at all times, except for when you are holding her or taking her out to go potty. Take her out about every 15 to 20 minutes and tell her to go potty. Eventually you will get lucky and she will go. Then, give her a treat and praise her. Once she starts to get the hang of it, let her run free around the house. If and when she pees, you stick her nose in it and say no. You should hit her on the nose, but not too hard. It will take about three weeks before your dog will get to be pretty reliable, but you have to be very consistant. Good luck, and congratulations on your new puppy!
By an kennel. Make sure it’s only big enough for the dog to turn around and nothing else. Keep the dog in the kennel a lot. When you take the dog out, that means you go outside. The reason? Dogs do not normally *** or **** in their own sleeping area which is why you don’t want to make it a big kennel. They are forced to hold it while in there. By you taking them outside as soon as you take them out of them kennel….they learn where to go! As much as you want to ( and I did too!) DO NOT give into the cries. You know they are fed and watered and they will by okay in the kennel. They need to learn just as children. I hated doing this with our springer but she was trained fast and good and I know see the benefits of it!!! Good luck.
Crate her and bring her outside to deficate first when you want her out of the crate. Bring her outside everytime she wake up from her sleep even if it is 3AM in the morning. This worked for my boxer and took about 3 weeks. There will be accident but just carry her outside immediately. A doggy door is a must if possible.
Hi, I also got my first puppy just a month ago.. and i trained her to go in a specific place by schedule and by praising her everytime she go outside, never ever hit her.. your puppy is still a baby . if she made an accident, just clean it and make sure that she wont be able to smell her pee/poo in that spot again, they dont *** everywhere,or anywhere, they tend to go in a spot where they smell their own pee/poo. Also you can do paper train.
you put news paper all over the house. or you can put the puppy out side in a little area. you colud also try and train to use a litter box or piddle pads.
A puppy is like a baby. He will relieve himself anywhere, anytime. Because a newly adopted adult dog is unfamiliar with your home, he may not understand where he should “go”! Housetraining, or teaching your dog to go outside to relieve himself, is an important lesson your dog must learn.
It is up to you, the new parent, to housetrain your new puppy or dog with patience, love and understanding.
CRATE TRAINING
In the wild, wolves live in a den or cave. It is important the entire wolf pack keep this area clean. The same idea works with your family pet. Your dog’s crate is his home, his bedroom. It is likely that your dog will not like to soil his bed. Therefore, he will wait until he is let out to do his business.
HOUSETRAINING WITH YOUR CRATE
On average, puppies can hold their bladders one hour for every month they have been alive, plus one hour. For example, if you have a three month old puppy, he can wait 3 + 1 = 4 hours. If you work longer than this, the best solution is to have someone (a neighbour, a relative, a dog walker) come in at an appropriate time to let your dog out.
100 PER CENT SUPERVISION
Supervision is the key to housetraining! While you are at home, your dog must be supervised. Whether you are watching television, making dinner, on the phone or on the computer, your puppy must be watched. While it sounds like an impossible task, it isn’t. Keeping the crate in a social part of the house makes it easier. Using a house lead – a small, thin lead with a little clip on it – also helps immensely. Outside, you put a lead on your dog so you can control him. If the lead is removed after returning home, control is lost. For example, when watching television, have the lead tied to a couch leg. Your dog can have his blanket and toys with him. He’ll feel safe and comfortable. The majority of accidents happen when your pup wanders off and you haven’t noticed. You don’t want him to sneak off into the kitchen and find a puddle a short time later. If your pup is kept from wandering, the possibility of an accident is diminished because he will not eliminate where he is sitting. 100 per cent supervision means ensuring your dog is playing with you, in his crate, outside or on his house lead.
SCHEDULING
In the morning, take your dog outside. He should urinate and possibly have a bowel movement. Spend about five to seven minutes with him and then bring him in. Do not play with him yet. Feed him breakfast, either in the crate or with the lead, and supervise it. If your pup did not have a bowel movement earlier, take him back outside about 15 minutes after he has eaten. Use the lead to keep your pup moving along while outside. Otherwise, he may start sniffing, stopping and playing to avoid the job at hand. You can say “hurry up” and your dog will begin to associate these words with the task at hand. Praise him excessively when he has eliminated. Bring him back in the house and place him in his crate if you are going to work. Continue to supervise him with the crate or the lead if you are home. When returning after being out, go directly to the crate, let him out, praise him and put him back in. Feed him his meal, take him outside 15 minutes after he has eaten, praise him after he eliminates, and bring him back in. Continue to follow the same steps consistently.
While you are home, you should take your pup outside on a regular basis. Even if your pup is in a crate or on a house lead, he still needs the opportunity to eliminate. Also, be careful what you wish for! A pup who barks to go outside may be cute and clever now. However, you must try not to fall into the habit of leaping up every time your dog wants in or out. It is a very ********** gesture on your part. Have your pup wait a moment or two.
Setting up a schedule is also a good idea. If your pup is under four months of age, take him out for five minutes every hour on the hour. If your pup is over four months old, take him out every second hour on the hour. The schedule will help you remember when to take him out. Go out for five minutes only. It provides the opportunity to eliminate even if your pup may not need to go. Take your dog out after active play and also after napping. If an accident occurs, you may have forgotten to take him out .
FEEDING TIME
Having a puppy drink a lot of water and then placing him in his crate is much more unkind than letting him be a bit thirsty for an hour or two. Adult dogs should have access to drinking water at all times. However, this is not the case for untrained pups. Most parents will not allow their children to drink a big glass of water before going to bed. Avoid setting your pup up for failure. Restrict his water intake to three or four drinks daily and make sure you remove the water dish about three hours before bedtime. This will help your dog sleep more comfortably.
If it is a hot evening, supply your pup with a few ice cubes. They will enter your dog’s system at a slower pace. When feeding your pup, provide a high-quality food that is a good source of protein. The food must be concentrated so your puppy’s body doesn’t require much of it. If you feed less, your puppy eliminates less. Food is directly related to how well puppies do in their housetraining.
EXERCISE
It is important that your pup gets a lot of exercise, especially while crate training. You can play fetch, chase or hide and seek in your home. You can call ‘come’ at the same time to provide further training. Anyway you do it, your pup needs to be able to run and play.
I have a puppy and am using a litter box ( she is a morkie maltese/yorkie) You can go to purina.com and they can help if you are interested in it. It works really well for small dogs.
Take it outside frequently to eliminate. The owner should take the puppy outside immediately after it awakes, after play sessions, and 15 to 30 minutes after meals for a total of six to eight times a day.2 Once outside, the puppy should be taken to the same p-lace as they went last time, the smell will encourage the same action. Many puppies may need 15 to 20 minutes of sniffing and movement before elimination occurs.
As puppies show signs of progress, they can be taught to signal to go outside. For example, a dog can be taught to nudge a bell hung on a doorknob (”doggy doorbell”) with its nose or paw when it needs to go outside. To do this, the owner should encourage the dog to touch the doorbell and should reward the dog for this accomplishment by opening the door. Repeated encouragement and reward should teach the pet to use the doorbell when it wishes to go outside.
I tried to potty train my new puppy by figuring things out on my own, and I ended up with urine all over my carpet that I couldn’t get out. It would have been a lot more cost effective to invest in a good training guide to make sure I was doing everything correctly right from the beginning. Someone told me about a great ebook that’s written by an expert dog trainer and after I got that, everything went a lot smoother.
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