Tips on housebreaking a dog?

Question

I have a dachsund and would like to bring her indoors, because it is too hot outside. Does anyone have any tips on how to housebreak a dog?

she is not a puppy she is going to be about a yr. so in dog years I am not old that is...

Answer 1

Many, or even most dogs that are used to being outside, will be naturally house trained, as they have their own favorite spot out of doors. Hang a small bell from your door knob, and jingle it each time you take her out..She will soon learn to jingle it herself to be taken out..

Answer 2

Depending on the age of your dog will depend on how long she can hold it.

1 hour for each month old. However, I wouldn't push more than 8 or 9 hrs. (Can you go that long before relieving yourself?) If you can run home for lunch it would be a great time for her to relieve herself.

Doggie doors are great, there are even some that will fit into sliding glass door jam (full length of door) and it's a great convenience.

If you don't have the doggie door option...I would crate train her.

Intro:

Have the crate accessible so she can get use to it.

Then put her into it (without shutting the door) putting her on a "stay."

Begin closing the door for a few minutes at a time (lengthening the stay in the crate).

She will be fine in the crate and if she's not use to being indoors and apart of your pack, she might get into things or chew.

There's also the option of putting her in the laundry room with potty pads on the floor (covering entire floor). However if there's carpet or wood flooring, I would strongly recommend the crate to the potty pads.

Best wishes!

Answer 3

Good idea, dogs being pack animals do better indoors anyway. If she is over six months ols, use the 3 month ruke here till she gets the idea. The first thing to remember about house training a puppy is there ability to hold themselves is limited. a rule of thumb is they can hold "it" usually 1 hour for each month of age. 2 months old = 2 hours, 3 months old = 3 hours, etc. when your puppy wakes up (morning, nap, whatever) the pup has to go, right then! take the pup out. when the pup eats or drinks, it has to go, take the pup out. after exercise (play), take the pup out. when the pup does it's thing outside praise it. a lot. tell the pup how good, how smart it is. you have to pay attention to the pups "looking for it's spot" behavior. when you see that behavior indoors, whisk the pup out. if you catch the pup in the act, simply tell it "NO!" and whisk it outside. if you find a puddle or pile after the fact, clean it up with an enzyme cleaner (pet food store) get a newspaper and hit.... yourself in the head and say "i should have been paying more attention" daytime training they get pretty fast. night time training is easier if you crate train the pup. also remember the one hour/one month rule. you will have to get up through the night to take the pup out. good luck.
three websites on how to crate train a puppy

http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~rc207100/info-pub.htm

http://www.inch.com/~dogs/cratetraining.html

http://www.planeturine.com/pettips/dsp_crateTrainPuppy.cfm

Answer 4

nicely i've got had a dogs for 6 years now, and generic whilst we've been given it and had to housebreak it, it replaced into perplexing. I advise which you unfolded some newspapers and different old papers on the floor and attempt to make it pee on that (to dodge a huge mess) yet after it had peed or pooped, take the dogs and stick its face into it a sprint and gently smack its bum and tell it that this is undesirable. Then open the door and positioned it outdoors for a minute. in case you consistently try this it somewhat is going to comprehend that that's meant to pee outdoors and it will start to circulate close to the door or bark to ask you to enable it out.

Answer 5

put your dog in a crate while indoors. And take her out regularly for potty-breaks. Always if you can't take her out, put a gate up in the kitchen where she can't get out. Place some plastic sheeting on the floor, and then put down some newspapers. Is she a puppy? They make puppy pee-pee pads that the dog can go on.
i love dachsund, good luck, have patience.

Answer 6

If your dog is very old, it might take a while for her to be housebroken. Crate train her. Put her in a crate when you are gone so she won't go in the house. When you are home take her outside every two hours so she can do her business. When she goes outside praise her,. Good luck. Dachshunds can be very hard to housebreak.

Answer 7

Spread the newspaper the entire room floor first. Let her do the business. Start removing one piece of paper at a time so that one corner is defined for her as the place to do her thing. Praise her everytime.

Keep that news paper in the same place everytime so that she understands that paper is the place, and that corner is where the paper stays and that's her corner to do the thing.

She will never do her thing anywhere else but the paper in that one corner. Now you have trained your dog....!

Answer 8

I wanted to be a vet, so I know quite a bit about dogs, take it or leave it with my advice tho...from what I have learned, crate training is probably the easiest way to train a dog, put the dog in a crate big enough for her to stand up and turn around, take her out to play and eat and leave her in all other times, every time you take her out, take her outdoors to do her business first. she should be trained in about two weeks if you do this religiously.

Answer 9

put the pup out several times an hour. when they have an accident scold them, but never rub there nose in it. that is the worst thing you can do. when the pup does his business outside praise him and get all exited. make sure you put the pup out the same door every time, consistency helps stop the pup from being confused.