My fellow dog whisperers...help

brainofPJ

we just adopted a puppy a few weeks ago...love it, one of the best dogs i have ever had. the people we adopted it from said she was house trained, that the dog would go up to the door or would just let you know when it had to go out.

we haven't experienced that yet.

can't figure this pup out. my wife will feed it in the morning, take her out to do the business, which will rarely happen, then she comes up on the bed to sleep with me for about an hour or so. when i wake up i figure she have to go. take her out and once in awhile she will squat and go to town. most of the time however, as soon as we get back in the house she's peeing and pooing all over the damn place!!! WTF?!

i understand she's still a puppy, she's in new surroundings...but come on!

anyway, has anyone had good results hanging a bell by the door? should i get her trained?

blackredyellow

Never tried the bell thing...

In my experience, you just have to watch her like a hawk. Take her out very often, and praise the hell out of her when she goes to the bathroom outside.

Like I said, watch her... as soon as she starts sniffing/circling like she is going to to, take her out. And if she does go inside, don't make a big deal about it. Yelling at them after the fact really doesn't do anything productive.

jbalicki10

Your dog is not house broken if it willing goes to the bathroom in your house.

This is what you should do.

1) For the 3 weeks when you are home, take the dog out every 20 minutes when you are at home. If not at home, put the dog in a crate.
2) After three weeks, increase the time from 20 to 30mins for one week. Every week after, increase it by ten minutes more.

This will completly break the habit...
I had to do this for a stubborn dog.

Phantom Pain

brainofPJ wrote:

we just adopted a puppy a few weeks ago...love it, one of the best dogs i have ever had. the people we adopted it from said she was house trained, that the dog would go up to the door or would just let you know when it had to go out.

we haven't experienced that yet.

can't figure this pup out. my wife will feed it in the morning, take her out to do the business, which will rarely happen, then she comes up on the bed to sleep with me for about an hour or so. when i wake up i figure she have to go. take her out and once in awhile she will squat and go to town. most of the time however, as soon as we get back in the house she's peeing and pooing all over the damn place!!! WTF?!

i understand she's still a puppy, she's in new surroundings...but come on!

anyway, has anyone had good results hanging a bell by the door? should i get her trained?

We used the bell on the door and it worked

Also, just keep watching her and have a pocket full of treats so when she does go outside you can praise her and make a HUGE deal over it and give her a treat...my dog would pee and be staring at us while he was peeing "Where's my treat...I'm going here."

Dont do the treat in the house after she has gone outside she wont connect the 2 or will think I get a treat when I go out and come back in like my Mom's whacky dogs

Wobbie

brainofPJ wrote:

we just adopted a puppy a few weeks ago...love it, one of the best dogs i have ever had. the people we adopted it from said she was house trained, that the dog would go up to the door or would just let you know when it had to go out.

we haven't experienced that yet.

can't figure this pup out. my wife will feed it in the morning, take her out to do the business, which will rarely happen, then she comes up on the bed to sleep with me for about an hour or so. when i wake up i figure she have to go. take her out and once in awhile she will squat and go to town. most of the time however, as soon as we get back in the house she's peeing and pooing all over the damn place!!! WTF?!

i understand she's still a puppy, she's in new surroundings...but come on!

anyway, has anyone had good results hanging a bell by the door? should i get her trained?

I feel your pain! You and I are in the same boat. Here's my "project"...

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll56/ddgrh8r/IMG_1732.jpg

I definitely agree with the "watch her like a hawk, take her out every 20 minutes" advice. My little girl does not get out of our sight (it's exhausting!). She's in a crate at night - we had two nights of uninterrupted sleep, but usually we're up once or twice. She's had 3 pees and 2 poops in the house, since the Friday before last. I'm no Caesar but I don't think the "up on the bed" thing is wise, so soon. Good luck to both of us!!!

PJaddicted

Use a crate to keep her confined when you can't watch her, and also when she is in the house with you, have her on a leash and keep her right next to you...do not let her wander off even for a second. Puppies are not considered house broken until after several months of no accidents. The more often she makes mistakes the harder it will be to get her fully housebroken. Be sure you clean up accidents really well too....they will continue to go in the same spot again and again.

When you take her out, do you take her on the leash and give her a command for going, like go potty, or do your business? Do not play with her until after she has gone.

Good luck, it seems like it takes forever to get them trained, but suddenly puppy hood is over and you will miss it. My beast is a 105 Doberman now...I miss him being the 20# puppy I bought home a little more then a year ago.

oxc

pjtaper

yeah, you just have to be patient... I have to limit when I give my little fox a water, or she'll be pissing all day long..
she's a puppy, she'll get over it!

vedderfan10

We used "get busy" for our mutts...actually we still do....and "poos and pees!" We are now trying to train our male to pee in one spot (on a traffic pilon) instead of all over the flowers or where ever the heck he wants to go. Not going so well...so I think we'll have to use the leash and treat method...to train him to use his "business spot" or "office"...

When Remy was a pup, we'd stay outside with her (every 20 minutes or so) until she did pee and then treat and praise - and say "good girl! Pee-pee!!" whenever she went...but there were a couple of accidents, but only cuz we weren't paying attention.

PS. Crate = GREAT!

Wobbie

Why am I picturing all of us, using our little puppy voices going "go paw-tee, do your bid-ness, go pee-pee"? I always hope my neighbor is not listening

norm

imalive wrote:

Why am I picturing all of us, using our little puppy voices going "go paw-tee, do your bid-ness, go pee-pee"? I always hope my neighbor is not listening

that's why my command for norm was "go time"

butterfly1

We use "hurry up now" as the p&p command.

Wobbie

cutback wrote:

that's why my command for norm was "go time"

I like it - rather than my "baby voice," I could use my "Marine voice"....

[size=+2]IT'S GO TIME!!!![/size]

Whizbang

imalive wrote:

I feel your pain! You and I are in the same boat. Here's my "project"...

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll56/ddgrh8r/IMG_1732.jpg

I definitely agree with the "watch her like a hawk, take her out every 20 minutes" advice. My little girl does not get out of our sight (it's exhausting!). She's in a crate at night - we had two nights of uninterrupted sleep, but usually we're up once or twice. She's had 3 pees and 2 poops in the house, since the Friday before last. I'm no Caesar but I don't think the "up on the bed" thing is wise, so soon. Good luck to both of us!!!

this photo is too f**king cute!!!!

I'm all about crating and keeping pups off the furniture until they've earned it.

Keep her on a leash and in your sight when she's not in a crate, put her in the crate when ever you cannot keep an eye on her. If she's thinking about peeing, it's running down her leg. Take her our the moment she wakes up, right after she eats, after she plays. Feed her in her crate.....she's less likely to do her business where she eats (unless absolutely unavoidable) and she'll learn to like being in there.

The hard work you do now pays off.

Good luck!!!

releaselauren

imalive wrote:

I feel your pain! You and I are in the same boat. Here's my "project"...

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll56/ddgrh8r/IMG_1732.jpg

I definitely agree with the "watch her like a hawk, take her out every 20 minutes" advice. My little girl does not get out of our sight (it's exhausting!). She's in a crate at night - we had two nights of uninterrupted sleep, but usually we're up once or twice. She's had 3 pees and 2 poops in the house, since the Friday before last. I'm no Caesar but I don't think the "up on the bed" thing is wise, so soon. Good luck to both of us!!!

I have two goldens....they are super cuddly sweet as puppies...she is a cutie!

brainPJ: I agree with the crate idea, although I was a sap and my puppies (littermates) didn't last more than one night in the crate because I couldn't handle the whimpering. I then put up gates and they slept in the laundry room and had access to certain areas in my house until they were trained. I did the bell on the door thing and it worked for my female but not for my male dog. However, it got to the point when Josie would ring the bell if she saw a squirrel and wanted to go out so I took the bell down. I also used a "bomb" which is an empty water bottle filled with coins and if I caught them squatting, I tossed it towards them and then said "go potty outside" and took them out. The noise from the coins was enough to stop them from peeing.

My dogs are 2.5 years old and *finally* getting easier. Good luck with your pup!

libragirl

I know everyone else has said this. But a crate is your best bet. It's a hard time. I adopted an older dog and didn't have to deal with that. But she has other "issues" I need Ceasar to do his magic.

brainofPJ

PJaddicted wrote:

Use a crate to keep her confined when you can't watch her, and also when she is in the house with you, have her on a leash and keep her right next to you...do not let her wander off even for a second. Puppies are not considered house broken until after several months of no accidents. The more often she makes mistakes the harder it will be to get her fully housebroken. Be sure you clean up accidents really well too....they will continue to go in the same spot again and again.

When you take her out, do you take her on the leash and give her a command for going, like go potty, or do your business? Do not play with her until after she has gone.

Good luck, it seems like it takes forever to get them trained, but suddenly puppy hood is over and you will miss it. My beast is a 105 Doberman now...I miss him being the 20# puppy I bought home a little more then a year ago.

oxc

just bought a crate yesterday.

anyway, when we were at the house we would usually let her out the back yard and watch her sometime. not a good thing to do because she would get distracted/run around and play. then when we would bring her back in the within 10 minutes she would be doing her thing.

but last night at the apartment she kept going up to the door and scratching it and we would take her out, walk a bit, and then i would just stand there for
a few minutes after walking....and nothing. anyway, throughout the night we took her out 5/6 times and she had 3 'accidents' inside.

btw, appreciated all the feedback!

Wobbie

It's rough... this morning, my little 9 week old was lying here having just waken up from a nap. She still looked groggy. The garbage men had just come by, so I ran out to get the cans. I was outside for maybe 30 seconds. I came back inside and, sure enough..... "accident" :eek: I should know better.