HELP. I have just bought a miniture maltese puppy. How do I train them to go and pee and poo outside.?

Question

I dont want to give her smacks unless I have too. She is 2.5 months old.

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

I started training mine when he was only 2 months. At first it was messy, but no pads, newspapers, or crates. They could all bring in bad smell to your house. The best thing is EAT then GO Pee or Poo. Sometimes no Pee or Poo, and they come in to do it. Raise your voice, without smacks. They know you're angry. Make sure you say the word PEE and POO at all times and after he's successfully Pee, pat him on the head and praise him, or even reward him with a snack when he comes in the house. Wipe his face and feet at all times, to let him feel clean cuz this helps in making him feel the difference between outside and inside. In two weeks, everything will get better.

Answer 3

oh please give her a chance she,s in a new home away from her brothers and sisters strange smells ,she,s been peeing on a news paper and now you are expecting her to pee outside,she,s confused put some paper down and once she starts using it move it nearer the door until she has to stand by the door to go out and remember after a nap she,ll want a pee when she,s eaten she may want a poo,I bet if you asked your mum when she was training you you had loads of mishaps.It takes about 2 weeks to train a pup but you have to read the signs,praise them when they get it right and naughty dog in your gruffest voice when the get it wrong

Answer 4

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Answer 5

smacking a dog will never teach it the right thing to do.
imagine this.
you are in a house you are NOT used to. someone is talking to you in a language you don't understand. you feel the need to go pee, and do what is natural...you pee. suddenly you are smacked with something and then this person yells at you in gibberish! now tell me you wouldn't be confused!!

take the dog OUTSIDE after she eats, or gets up from a nap, and every hour to two hours in between that. when the pup pees or poops..get excited and give her a treat.
when you catch her peeing in the house, call her name and say OUTSIDE, then pick her up and take her outside. wait until she goes again and then reward her. it will take a LOT of time, and effort! having a puppy is like having a baby, its work!

you ever hear the saying "you will catch more flies with honey, than vinegar?" the pup will respond better to your sweetness and positive training, than she will to your anger and violence.

Answer 6

You can just find a suitable place indoor you like or outside your house. For indoor put a few pieces of unwanted newspaper on the floor. When he going to pee, you can notice that a pup will start bending down his butt to do so, quickly carry him outdoor or to the newpapers, pat on the newspaper or the floor, tell him: "Pee here". Same to passing faeces for the instruction, "****/Do here". If he had done so, praise him. If he had done wrongly, correct him so, point to his urine or poo and say: "No" to him, then carry him to the correct place tell him, "Do here!"

It took few practices to let him understand that. Every time he done something right, give him a reward, a small treat, a praise, a pat on his head. Slowly he will obey you to do the right thing to gain his reward from you. If things improved rapidly, you can stop giving him a treat even his right, as he had get use to the routine of doing the thing correctly. Do praise and pat him even no treat is given. Same to other training, command should be short and simple. And if you catch him doing any other things or even other simple thing correctly, do praise him and give him a pat always

Answer 7

To train my pomeranian I bought some of those puppy pads from the store, and something about them makes them use the bathroom on it if they mess up and go inside the house, and I layed those out in the kitchen and the bathroom for when I'm not home and then when I'm home I just took her out often and if she did do something on the floor i would just say loudly NO! and she learned that no is bad lol. But she is trained now you just have to take her out often and she will learn that thats where you go to the bathroom and not in your home.

Answer 8

Its always a good idea to buy a dog training handbook when you have your first puppy and a book specific to your dogs breed as different breeds have different temperements and respond to training and reward in different ways.

Reward positive behaviour i.e. peeing on paper (which should be moved nearer the toilet area gradually) you might want to associate a command word such "Hurry Up" or "Go Pee Pee" so that you can ask the dog if it is ready to do its business (if you have an intelligent breed), it will go toward the toilet area if it is. Negative behaviour should be IGNORED, NOT PUNISHED,

My dog uses our toilet, its quite funny watching him balance on the bowl.

Answer 9

Firstly, when she wants to pee or poo, put her on a piece of paper so that she associates that she has to use that to go on and not on the floor. Then gradually move the paper to the door. When you get it to the door, and she wants to go put the paper outside the door. Always praise her when done correct. Tell her off when she does it wrong.Remember this is not a quick fix, take her outside when ever possible.

Good luck

Sphere

Answer 10

Do not smack her, then see your hand as a punishment, and if you want to pet her again she will be scare. Take her outevery 30mins and 5 min after eating. Then tell her to pee or poo. This work very well. If she do it in the house, take her to the sp[ot put her nose in it a tell her how bad she is in a strong vioce. Then take her outside.

Answer 11

it's all a matter of timing - yours not hers
if something goes in the puppy, then something's coming out
when she eats take her outside and walk her, walk her until she does something (not how long you want to stay out) if you will continue to do this for 2-3 months she will be housebroken
but you have to be dedicated , first thing every morning, pick her up & carry her outside before she has a chance to go on floor and even before you go, later she'll learn to hold it for longer