how do you potty train a puppy?

Question

She is usually pretty good but sometimes she just goes without even trying to hold it or go to the door. I've trained several puppies but never had this problem repeatedly occur. She also chews when we are not home.

Answer 1

Chewing in this case is an anger/anxiety reaction to your absence. If you're not crate training you will need to reduce the area in which the puppy can wander freely when you're not home and make sure only acceptable chew toys are available in that space.

Even when you are home, its advisable to keep the puppy in a small watchable area. You'll notice specific behaviors right before she is ready to relase and hopefully can guide her outside. Too much space and too little supervision will dramatically increase the time it takes for training. We also have a bell on our back door and make asking to go out into a game.

Finally while outside watch and wait patiently and remember to offer praise when there's a success!

Answer 2

To potty train my colley, I made sure that I took him out for a brief walk four or five times a day for the first few weeks that I had him . Every time that he went in the appartment, I would tap his muzzle (very lightly, of course; I didn't want to hurt him) and say "No" very sternly. Except one time when he went on a persian rug...grrrr.
Anyhow, after a month or so he'd gotten the idea. Sometimes, he would even bark and walk up to the elevator when he needed to go. Eventually, he settled down and after his second month with me I would only walk him twice a day.
As for the chewing, he had a rope-like toy which we played with (a tug-of-war type of thing), and he never chewed on anything else.

Answer 3

Sounds like the equivalent of a two year old child's temper tantrum. Have her checked out by a vet to make sure it's not a physical problem. After that, check out a trainer. A lot of quality pet stores such as Petsmart have reasonable training sessions, books & advice. Also, supply rawhide, etc for her to chew & put other things like shoes out of reach.

Answer 4

I have a four month historical Pomeranian (I even have a two yr historical Chihuahua and a two.five yr historical Japanese Spitz) and that i began off utilizing the potty pads!! I set them beside my again door so he went there to visit the bathroom. When i noticed him heading over there i might open the again door and permit him out. Now he simply is going and waits on the again door until i open it for him, now not extra potty pads.

Answer 5

Dogs respond best to positive feedback as opposed to negative feedback. One thing my dog hates is when I totally ignore her. When she does something right, I give her lots of praise. When she does something wrong, I totally ignore her, talk to myself so she can hear, and do not look at her. This appears to work for me. Remember a couple of things
1. Dogs have short memories in that you cannot discipline (ignore in my situation) unless you catch them in the act. If you discipline your dog after, let's say 10 minutes, it won't know what you are referring to.
2. Violence begets violence. NEVER hit your dog.

Answer 6

Try putting her dish where she relives her-self. Dog will not use the bathroom where they eat.

Answer 7

sometimes is when she is sick or being naughty , more like human beings too

Answer 8

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