Hi, can anyone help me with how to get a 3month old pup to be toilet trained we only gor her recently.serious.

Question

yeah, hi, my puppy is an staffordshire bull terrierx red healer.I live in Ausstralia.she seems to think the indoors is the toilet. We just lost our very much love Ridgeback, who was a very big part of our family to cancer, Lucy (the puppy) is great, but we can spend upto 20mins with her outside, but she will come in & do it indoors. But we do praise her when she does the right thing, she is otherwisea beautifull pup. I would really appreciate a serous answer as i have a bad spinal injury & it is hard on me to keep going in & out. Serious answers only please. Thanks heaps.

Answer 1

So sorry about your loss, I have 3 RR's myself.
The key to housetraining is to not give your puppy the opportunity to go inside. Unfortunately, you will have to reinforce this a bit more due to the past few accidents, but it can be done!
1. crate train your puppy. If she is kept in a crate, she will naturally want to 'hold it' until let out, as dogs do not want to soil their personal space.
2. put her on a schedule. outside first thing in the morning, 15 min after eating/drinking, immediately upon coming home, every 2 hours minimum while you are home.
3. pick a phrase to tell her to go potty. we use 'go now', it is simple & direct.
4. before going outside, ask her 'do you need to go -outside-?' so that she understands that you are going to give her an opportunity to go (you do not need to do this when you let her out first thing in the morning & upon arriving home). this eventually will help enforce her 'telling you' she has to go on her own.
5. when you take her outside, have some pocket treats. place her on the ground & tell her 'go now', as often as necessary. this is not play-time, if she doesnt do anything w/in 5 min, bring her back inside without punishment.
6. as soon as she goes, PRAISE her! happy voice, treats, pick her up & kiss her on her cute little nose, anything to let her know what a GOOD GIRL she is.
7. continue to repeat these steps, & you will see a change in her behavior. when she begins to whine, or look towards the door, or pace/sniff intently to look for a spot indoors, say 'do you need to go -outside-?' & take her out right away.
8. until she becomes trustworthy, keep her in sight & reach when out of her crate. preparing dinner? put her in the crate with a favorite toy. it is not a punishment (put the crate in the living area so she is part of the action).
9. if she has an accident that you didnt catch, do not punish, just clean thoroughly & think about what you or she didnt do that allowed the accident to happen.
10. if she begins to have an accident in front of you, make a high pitched noise & scoop her up right away, tell her 'outside!' & take her out right away. she may not go, but praise her just for being outside, & if she does go, LOTS of praise.

It takes time & patience, but consistency will be your biggest ally, & she should turn around in about a week. Best of luck to you!

Answer 2

Sorry about your ridgeback. Lucy's only 3 months old. If you can't go out frequently because of your health, you're going to have accidents for a while to come because she's not fully in control of herself yet. Nor is her bladder very big. I would try feeding her and giving her plenty of water and then STAYING outside until she goes. This is important. When she goes outside praise her rediculously and give her a little treat. Use your treats sparingly. A 3 month old terrier is smart enough to get the idea. Soon she will pee outside and then look right up to you for her treat.

I wouldn't scold her too badly for peeing in the house for another month or two. Definately act displeased when it happens though.

Answer 3

This is the method I have used for years and it works quite well. 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

You can buy this mat that resembles green grass as a potty training tool for your doggy. It totally works. Just keep making the puppy to use to go on it then bring it outside eventually & the puppy will go on the grass soon after.

Never ever beat the dog. Do treat the dog whenever it is good & complies to you.

Answer 5

It's all in conditioning. When your home-every 25-30 minutes take the puppy outside. When the pup finally does relieve itself-reward it, with treat or praise (verbal and reassuring petting)...after a while they will get the hang of it.

Answer 6

Probably the most important way to stop it is to keep her within your eye sight at all times. If she get's fully rein of the house, you either have to follow her, or restrict her to the area where you are at. Watch her closely and when she begins to releive herself, tell her NO!, pick her up (if you can) and take her quickly outside to finish her business. Then she can return. Yes continue to praise her when she goes outside too, but you have to catch her in the act inside and tell her no. If you cannot be with her for some reason, you need to go to the store, or are taking a shower or at night, either crate her or put her in the backyard. We put our pup out when we leave and we crated him at night. He stopped pottying in the floor and was really good so we moved his crate to the bedroom for a couple weeks, then got rid of it and he sleeps in the floor. One night last week he chewed something up, and started going in the floor again, so it was back to step one. Watch him closely or he goes outside. He went back in the crate at night, and if cried all night, he slept outside. That lasted about three nights, and we havent had any more problems.

Answer 7

buy a large enough cage for your dog...when the dog is in the home and you are not playing with her or keeping a constant eye on her you should put her in the cage. i know some people think this is cruel but most show dogs are cage trained it works in a week. after each feeding and every nap take your dog out. do not let the dog roam the house freely and you will not catch them in the act of peeing. if you are watching your pet and she begins to squat to pee immediately say "NO" firmly..do not yell. pick her and take her outside. pets are a big responsibility you need to take time with them to train the properly

Answer 8

i tried box training my dog... he dug up all the litter
get a bunch of potty pads from petsmart (news papers don't soak right away and they tear too esaily) and lay them all over the kitchen your dog will most likely "go" furthest away from her bed so keep her in the kitchen this might cost you a few more bucks, but you only have to do it for about a week... when your dog starts to establish one area that she uses start takeing one or two away at a time (this depends on how big or small her area is i kept my dog in a smal part of the kitchen took up about six pads) when your dog learns to "go" on the pad start moving the pad towards the door and soon out side another thing i did was i rubbed grass on the pad so he got used to the smell

Answer 9

The key is a strictly scheduled feeding..At her age she needs to be fed 3 times per day..Leave the food down for 20 minutes, and then pick it up...Take her outside 10-15 minutes after she quits eating, and stay with her until she goes..this will tell you how soon after eating, she has to 'go'... Be consistant with this, and she will soon be doing it as routine...

Answer 10

Keep her in the kitchen -- place down newspapers ALL over. She will associate going with the newspapers. As she gets older, place the newspapers by the door ONLY. She will associate the newspapers with the door, and the door with going. Gradually remove the papers, and she'll scratch the door to let you know when she needs to go outside.