I have a great dane who is 8 months old. we brought her home from a breeder when she was 4 months old.?

Question

who told that she was for adoption she was underweight. She does not relieve herself when we take her to walk. she does when in indoors. How to toilet train her. Her Head is not opened as like the other great danes. What to do about it

who told that she was for adoption she was underweight. She does not relieve herself when we take her to walk. she does when in indoors. We also has given a personal space to her. How to toilet train her. Her Head is not opened as like the other great danes. What to do about it.

Answer 1

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 submissive 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.

Answer 2

You should buy her a large crate, this is the easiest way to housebreak a dog, we have had danes for over 20 years, when you can't watch her or are at work put her in her crate with food and water and newspaper on the bottom of the crate, it will become her space, always take her out to pottie upon awakening and about a half hour afer eating, chances are she isn't use to going pottie on a lead yet. When done properly great danes are by far one of the easiest dogs to house break, do you have a fenced in yard? Patience and persistance is the key, commend her when she goes out side and bad puppy when she goes inside, tone of voice will let her know when you are pleased and when you aren't.
As for the head size don't worry, alot of the breeders are opting for the narrower head these days, which I don't like, I like the mastiff type head on a dane, the new narrow heads look like a greyhound head!
Apparently her kidneys are working fine and no infection since she has no problem going in the house, keep her confined to a smaller area until she is house broke, most of our danes have been pretty well house broke by the time they are 12 weeks old as long as you don't leave them for long periods of time until they are older. Crate training is by far the easiest and best way. Good Luck. Just keep an eye on her at all times and when she starts to squat tell her no and take her outside. Clean any areas that she pees with a soultion of white vinegar and water 50/50 and picke up a product called OUT in the pet section of Walmart and spray on the areas after cleaning with the white vinegar and water solution, dogs have a keen sense of smell and you will need to eliminate the smell to keep her from going in the same ares again.....

Answer 3

Cage or crate training is the most effective. Keep her in the cage most of the time for 2 weeks and when you allow her to come out she goes directly outside. Also don't allow her to take a lot of time 5 or 6 minutes to do her business and then right back in the cage. At the end of 2 weeks she will know the routine very well. At this point slowly allow her more freedom in the house. Don't expect her to be perfect, because all dogs have accidents. Don't discipline her if you don't catch her in the act. If you do catch her in a commanding voice which gets her attention say NO! And quickly move her outside. In no time you will be very happy with your new companion.

Answer 4

You're going to have more serious problems if you don't return that puppy. A fearful dog, regardless of the reason, is an aggressive dog. If he's already showing aggression with your son and with you, it's only going to get worse unless you get him some intensive help. Danes are generally very good with children, no matter the age of the dog. The fact that he's displaying behavior inconsistent with that breed's nature indicates something is wrong with the dog. Take him back and get the female if the offer is still available. Do it before the situation gets out of hand. Good luck

Answer 5

So she is not a preubred dog and haveing this problem one buy a crate when not home put the puppy in it and when you go to bed. 2 there a pads for animals to pee on while in doors you can by theses at pet stores or 3 rub his or her nose in the pee a couple of times and it should get the message you will have to trian this dog and spend some time with it.

Answer 6

Take her to the vet or your local humane society. She should get a weight check every few months until she is the average weight. Try taking her outside as soon as she looks like she is going to relieve herself and don't go back inside until she does. Then give her a treat and tell her that she is a good girl. Good luck.

Answer 7

i have had 4 danes in my life and never crated them, they potty train the same any other. i don't know what you mean by her head is not opened? when we are at work they outside in a fenced yard and a heated dog house in the winter. when we are home they are in the house with us always. couldn't ask for a better dog.

Answer 8

go to dogs.com or jbpets.com they sell these posts that are yellow that you can put into the ground and the dog is attracted to them. They have something in them that MAKES the dog want to pee pee there. The same Chemicals that are in puppy pads. It sounds like this dog is emotionally and physically scared so house training might be a little harder because by scolding her you go back to square 1. Go to Leerburg.com and ask. they dont recomend puppy pads because you are training your dog to go in your house. They are the best for pet solutions.

Answer 9

I don't understand "her head is not opened".

Crate training is the method that we use for all the rescues that we take in.

Great Dane Foster Parent

Answer 10

When she goes inside ...take a paper rolled up and spank her butt..Also put her nose in the pee or whatever ..She will get the message..............aND FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE do not LEAVE A GREAT DANE IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE SHE WILL CHEW UP ANYTHING IN SIGHT

Answer 11

You should give her some personal space in your home (maybe with old newspapers and that) so she can relieve whenever she wants