i have been givin a 4 year old weenie dog, how do i house break her???

Answer 1

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 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

Why didn't the previous owner house-break the dog? She's 4 years old now.

Which will make it harder to house-break her. But the best bet would probably be crate-training. When you are not home, she is in a crate, with potty-pads lining the bottom. As soon as you get home, first place she goes is straight outdoors for a few minutes. Observe her and praise her when she does her duty outdoors. After that, every hour, offer her the chance to go outside, or put her outside, yourself. That way she should hopefully catch on, that she gets praised when she does her duty outdoors, but reprimanded when she does it indoors.

Also: Patience!

Answer 3

Housebreaking an older dog is often a difficult task. The level of difficulty will also depend on other factors, including how she was treated by her previous owner. Why was she outside? Aren't they generally an inside dog? If she was in a messy kennel situation, she will be much harder to train.

The best way to train is usually just to take them out very often, praise them every single time they go to the bathroom outside. Never yell, hit, kick, or otherwise frighten her for having an accident in the house. Never, ever rub her nose in it. You want to gain her trust and understanding, and that is just not the way to do it. Simply clean it up and get her outside. Don't talk to her until you've cleaned up the mess.

Take her out when you get up, when she gets up, after she eats, after she drinks, after she plays for a while, and before you go to bed. You may have to get up in the night for a while to keep her from going on the floor. It will take some time, if she has hed no previous training, but with most dogs, it can be done with a lot of patience and persistence.

Crates can help immensely with this, if you can get her used to one. Unless she was treated badly in her last home, she should dislike going potty where she has to sleep, so crates can be useful in that sense, as well as keeping any mess contained to an easily cleanable area.

Others will probably be along with helpful training websites. Good luck to you!

Answer 4

The key to housetraining is keeping a regular schedule. Feed him at the same time every day, and take him out after you feed him each time. Feed him three times a day and take him out every hour or two at first. he will be more likely to use the bathroom after eating. Then praise him profusely when he uses the bathroom outside. For an older dog, it may be more difficult, and you should be especially careful not to punish him for going in the house, he has never known anything else. If he is a boy, having him neutered will help a lot.

Answer 5

You need to start by taking her out first thing in the morning,after she eats and then about every 2 hrs to show her what u want her to do. Always praise her after she goes so that she associates the act with reward. Eventually she will get the hang of it. Do not leave her loose in the house.If u are gone she should be crated to keep from having accidents when you are not there.

Answer 6

If she's not housebroken by now, she never will be. Keep her in a room with an easy-to-clean floor and keep her on a leash by your side. Use a crate when you can't watch her.

Answer 7

she may not be able to train but get puppypads and a dog litter box.. it really works just everytime it goes to the door, take it to the box.

Answer 8

don't you think a four year old dog should already be house broken?

Answer 9

She might be beyond the training time now. Just treat her as you would a puppy.

Answer 10

start crate training her now it might help.