Can you paper train a puppy without getting carpet/furniture stains?

Question

We want to get a new puppy but are worried about ruining the carpet and furniture. Neither of us have ever potty trained a dog.

We have one cat already, litter box trained.

Answer 1

The best thing would be to crate train a puppy. The crate acts as its bedroom & a place to go to when it's behaving badly or simply time out.

Get a crate according to the size of the dog. Don't think oh it's a puppy, and get a small crate. Puppies grow. You can put a comfy blanket in there. A toy maybe.

When you're off to work, the puppy goes in the crate.
First thing in the morning, take the puppy out to do its business. And same thing when you return from work. But if someone's home the whole day, you can let the puppy out a few more times. If you keep this routine, the puppy will soon realize that whenever it comes out of the crate, first thing is to go pee & poop. Before bedtime, take it out one last time to pee. Puppies can't control their bladder that well...it takes time.

The crate is good when you are busy & can't supervise it. Just put your four-legged friend in the crate. Or when it has done something bad, don't hit or spank...just send it to the crate.

With time, it will know that the crate is a safe haven...its bed & time out from you too.

Just to let you know, it might pee in the crate on the first night or so. That's normal. But after that, it won't happen again because it knows that this is his/her bed....so can't mess it up pretty much, you know.

If you get a crate, it will alleviate all your worries of any stains on your carpet....or having to collect a bunch of paper to train it on.

Good luck & have fun with your puppy!

Answer 2

You can train a puppy to use the paper, but it will take a while. We used a special kind of piddle pad that had a certain scent on it that puppies/dogs associate with going to the bathroom. We did this with our puppy when we got her. What we did was we did put the paper down in a little area that she seemed to like to be in and we started noticing she liked a certain spot, and that's where we put the paper. After a while she associated the paper to where she had to go. We moved the paper slowly to a different area where it wouldn't be in our way, but ended up just putting it in the bathroom. We get the piddle pads from walmart or sam's, seems to be the cheapest places. Had a neighbor who did something similar, but her dog was already trained to go outside. She put the paper where her dog usually went then started moving it closer and closer to the house and then moved it into the house. Her dog now goes on the paper. Another thing with the paper to think about is your dog may not want to reuse it once it's dirty like my dog. That can be a hassle sometimes, but don't put down two because that can get confusing.

As for the stains, you just have to make sure you clean them up as clickly as possible. As soon as you notice it, clean it up. As long as you do that, staining shouldn't be as much of a problem. Just use any kind of cleaning spray that is not harmful to carpets or furniture. Every once in a while you may want to spray something that does a deep cleaning to your carpets and furniture, and if you do notice spots showing up, just use a steam cleaner.

You may also want to try putting the paper on tile so if your dog does miss (can happen sometimes) or if it leaks off or anything like that, you don't really have to worry about it soaking into carpet or fabrics.

Good Luck!! This can take time a while so have patience!!

Answer 3

I have had puppies that were the best in the world to house break and then some that are not so easy. I have two schnauzers that think perfectly good carpet is ok to use. I tried puppy pads. The reason I decided to do this is because one of my Schnauzers had kidney stones (caused by infection), so I felt guilty making her wait when I was at work. My problem with that is the puppy pads were placed where they go, not where I want them to go. I would definitely stick to the crate training. My vet raves on crate training.

The other thing that worked well for me in the past with another Schnauzer...every time they get up from a nap, stand by the door, ask them if they want to go out, and take them out. When you get through playing with them....stand at the door, ask them if they want to out, then take them out. Do the same thing when they finish eating. They will soon learn what to do when they need to go out.

Hope this helps...

Answer 4

The easiest way is to put the paper in the bathroom(or anywhere with tile floor). No one really likes to do that because people don't like the odor in anywhere that has to do with personal hygiene and food. You can go to pet store and get a tray for the paper(sometime it comes with puppy training pad).

Answer 5

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/ZN0Vs

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.

Answer 6

purely take some baking soda, blend it with an extremely small volume of vinegar to make a paste, and then placed it on the carpet with an previous toothbrush. enable it to dry, then vacuum. If the stain is particularly bumped off or lightened up, repeat back. Or small volume of Swarfega or WD-40. worth sorting out an extremely small volume of those products to make certain what works proper. Have also heard of the brown paper and iron approach.

Answer 7

Walmart sells "potty pads" in the pet section. They are in a plastic bag type container and are not expensive compared to carpet cleaning. They are treated with a scent to attract your puppy to piddle on the pad. Great for puppies and small dogs left in a house during the day. Praise your puppy lavishly every time he piddles on the pads, and he will want to use them. When they are soiled, you just fold them up and throw them away, like a diaper. Keep your puppy in a small enclosed area until he understands what the pads are for. When you are ready for him to go potty outside, you start moving the pads closer to the door, and eventually outside where you want him to go. Have lots of patience, it takes a while for them to learn. Buy an enzyme cleaner for spot cleaning mistakes. Good luck!

Answer 8

I trained my dachshund that way. I kept her in a room with a tile floor and baby gates at the doors so if she had an accident it was on the tile. Everytime she went on the floor we picked her up and put her on the paper. It didnt take her very long to learn.

Answer 9

Put down newspaper all over the floor in the bathroom (and close the door if you're gone).

Praise him when he uses it. Pet him or give him a little treat. Scold him gently, by saying "No." and taking him to the paper when he has an accident.

Answer 10

Yes, and because you are using paper to train a puppy -- Pet abuse!!!! You've been REPORTED!!!!!