housebreaking a puppy?

Question

whats the best way to house break a puppy?

Answer 1

Here is some information that I hope helps...What type of puppy is it?

13 Commandments of housetraining that all dog owners MUST keep in mind:

Housetraining can test your patience

You need to send the right signal to your dog so that it understands what you want it to do. We also need to tell them that we are pleased when they elminate where we want them to. If there is no reward or a treat, they get confused and will probably go to a different place the next time to see if that pleases you.

Puppies potty more

Puppies need to go potty every now and then - as soon as they wake up, after short naps, after play-time, after meals, before and after being crated and finally before retiring for the night. The age of the puppy and the time for which they can "hold" are directly proportional. A one-month old puppy can hold for an hour, a two-month old for two hours and so on. An eight-month old puppy upto an adult dog can hold for eight hours.

Walk the Dog

Instead of letting your dog out in the yard, take him out for a walk in the yard. But don't keep walking. That will take him hours to look for the right place to defecate. After that, take him to the same place everytime it needs to answer nature's call. There too, allow him to look for the right place only upto a distance his leash will allow him to go.

Eliminate-on-Command

It is not impossible to teach your doggie to eliminate on command. What you need to do is choose a term for asking him to defecate or urinate and remember to use only that and nothing else. Once your dog gets used to that term, it will know it's time to go potty the moment it hears that.


Showering praises works

Once your dog eliminates where you want him to, praise him to your heart's content. And give him a yummy treat for doing his business right. And remember to do this every time he does it right. It will relate going potty to rewards and do it right. For game-hungry dogs, reward in the form of a ball-game in the yard will be lapped up with no hesitation. In fact, there are some highly active dogs who deliberately slow down when they go out for potty. This is because they know they will be taken indoors as soon as they finish their business.

Signal-training helps

Even if a dog wants to go out to eliminate, you may miss the signal or you may not understand its signal. To know when your doggie wants to go potty, you can hang a bell at his level near the door and teach him to push it with ihs nose or pat it with its paw on its way out. This will make him do the same thing when you are busy elsewhere and it needs to go out.

Keep a close watch

A dog that has not been housetrained needs to be under strict vigilance. Positive confinement is of immense help. There are different methods of confinement in the house.

Crating

A crate-trained dog is usually very happy to get his own den. The advantage of crating is that dogs do not soil the palce where they sleep. So, it will naturally not eliminate inside the crate. It will give you an opportunity to take him out to go potty.

Tethering

If you don't want to crate-train him, you can allow him some liberty by tethering him to yourself. Tie him to a leash some feet long and attach the other end to yourself. This will give him freedom of movement as well as keep him under your vigilance. The moment he begins to sniff around, take him out immediately.

Baby gates

You can use baby gates to limit your dog's access to all rooms of your house. This is also done to keep it in your sight.You can also use these gates to confine your dog to one room when you are away from home. However, you should do this only if your dog does not have the habit of chewing things up.

If it is caught red-handed

Do not scold or hit him. Interrupt him verbally and take him outside immediately. Praise him enormously when he finishes his business outside. If you scream at him while he is doing it in the house, he will think you don't like to see him doing it. Make sure to clean the spoiled spot with an odor neutralizer.

Return to a soiled home

You will gain nothing by scolding or hitting the dog. It will not associate your punishment with the accident. In return, it will associate your return with punishment. This is why many dogs wear the sorry look even if they haven't done anything wrong. Maybe it is your fault. You have probably left it alone for too long. Or, you did not leave it on-empty stomach.

Sudden accidents

It is unusual for a trained adult dog to work against its housetraining. Medical attention is a must in such cases. If it is not a health disorder, consult an experienced trainer or start re-training form the very first steps.

Litter Pan Training

If you have a small dog and if you live in a high-rise or in a place that does not have a proper place to take a dog for walking, you can try litter pan training. What you do is create a space for your dog to eliminate in your house itself. This can also be an emergency-arrangement.

Marking Territory

Intact male and female dogs mark their territories by urinating. This can easily be avoided by neutering them. Spayed or neutered dogs tend to mark their territories but it is highly diminished. An intact male can be stopped from marking its territory by tying a belly band that covers its penis. When it urinates, the band gets wet and the dog does not like the wet feeling against its midsection at all. This automatically reduces the affinity to urinate to mark its territory.

Patience is the key to success

If you are patient and are ready to accept that perfect housetraining takes time, even months sometimes, you will end up having a good housetrained dog. Commitment, consistency and intelligent use of positive re-inforcement will make you the owner of a perfectly housetrained dog easily and smoothly. Don't expect miracles. You will only be disappointed.

How to Train Your Dog to Eliminate Outside?

Considering that your dog is properly crate trained, it is unlikely that your crate trained dog will eliminate inside his crate. Accidents generally occur the moment you take your dog out of his crate and leave him unsupervised. It may be advisable to keep note of your dog's potty breaks and let him out of the crate 15 minutes before the scheduled time. Take him out to the desired place and wait till he finishes potty. Reward him soon after followed by praise.

Note: To help your dog acclimatize to potty outside, it is important that you take him to the same place everyday. This will help him build association through smell while it also conditions him to go potty at a given time of day, at a given place.

Once conditioned, it is easier to train your dog to go on command. Continue letting your dog out of his crate before his scheduled time, however, refrain from taking him outside. Remember, association is important at every step of training. Verbal commands and physical gestures combined are helpful in most cases. So, when you teach him to go on command, accompany by pointing towards the door.

You may use commands such as "Out" or "Outside". Repetitive use of these two words teaches your dog to go out every time you give this command.

Note: It may be helpful to employ words commonly used in the household so that association is easy and your dog understands.

You can train him to bark, scratch the door or ring a bell each time he wants to exit. When you sense he wants to go, take him to the door and wait till he performs the desired behavior before praising him. Let him out once he’s through with asking.

A dog is a creature of habit. Know that...

1. Since your dog has been conditioned to go out at a certain time in day, he will let you know when he is uncomfortable.

2. By this time however, he is accustomed to eliminating in a particular place, therefore he will hold from eliminating inside or any other place other than his usual.

3. When you give him the command and let him out, he will go anyway. By repeating the same process everyday, you will help him associate between the variables......time, place and command.

Ringing the bell, to most, is a substitute for verbal commands. Instead of shouting "Out", ring a bell (tied to your door) and open the door. Once you have done this over days, your dog will know that ringing the bell means being let out. Soon he will be ringing the bell as a signal to open the door.


Note: Ringing the bell may not always mean that your dog wants to eliminate. If your dog feels like a walk, he will ring the bell to go outside. At least, you will avoid accidents and perhaps make a few extra miles

It is a rarity but a possibility nevertheless...even though the aforesaid training was imparted correctly...it is possible that your dog may not eliminate in the first instance you take him out. What do you do under such circumstances? Very simply...bring him inside, but don't let him free as yet. Instead keep him on the leash and be more careful than usual. Constant supervision will help avoid accidents. Take your dog out at regular intervals, or when he shows the first signs of discomfort.

Note: Puppies are usually hyperactive. They need to go out:

1) Every time they wake up
2) Immediately after each meal
3) When they are generally active and playful

It may be a good idea keep puppy diapers handy for young puppies (1 to 3 months old). Puppies older than 3 months can be brought under the training regime.

Training should be gradual. Do not speed the training process. It is advisable to carry on with the first employed training technique even when you are absolutely confident your dog has mastered it. Graduate to the next step with ease.



If an accident still occurs...

If you catch your dog in the act, do not surprise him or stun him by shouting in disgust. Let him know your presence as softly as possible and take him outside so that he can finish there. When you bring him inside, show him his mess and be as firm as possible and say "No" or "Bad Dog".

It is helpful to avoid your dog for some time after that. Show him your disappointment and disapproval by neglecting him. Nothing displeases your dog more than his failed attempts to please you. Do this every time he eliminates inside. Once bereft of love and attention, it will teach your dog that his behavior is unacceptable and he will gradually stop.

Continue training your dog simultaneously in the correct training techniques.

Note: Puppies are generally prone to disobey. Since they have limited attention span, verbal commands rarely work with them. It is important to make eye contact with puppies while you are training them.

If you discover an accident after it occurred, apply techniques as (2). Unless you make your dog aware of his mistakes, he will never learn to improve.

Keep in mind:

Never correct your dog too harshly or punish him severely. Your dog is prone to 'disobey' out of frightfulness.

Your dog spends quality time with his owner during walks. Avoid giving him the impression that the walk ends as soon as he finishes potty. Continuing walking until you or your dog grows tired

Puppies are often in the habit of sneaking into places inaccessible to his owner and eliminating there. You may discover an accident long after it occurs or when you see that stain on the carpet or behind the sofa. The only way to deal with puppy training is to keep them under constant supervision. Negligence to show disapproval is never too successful with puppies. They keep busy with more interesting things in the house than pry for your attention all the time.

Note:

1. Commercial food takes longer to digest and can make your dog poop more.

2. Follow a routine with your dog. Decide a time to feed and a time when you let him out. Knowledge combined you can successfully condition your dog.

3. Always maintain a diary of your dog's routine, till he is properly trained. This will help you bring training activities into a pattern. Following a method is always beneficial.

To sum up, excellent management, careful supervision, loads of patience and knowledge of correct training methods combined, is your key to successful housetraining.

So gear up and start over! Cheers to a successful training session.

Answer 2

The best way to house break a puppy is to buy a kennel with a door Its like a transport cage make sure its big enough for the size of your dog at night put your little one in the Kennel inside your house leave until morning take potty outside immediately i promise you your pup will not mess in bed they don't mess if confined to stay in the same area there pretty smart this is fool proof and the first night they may wine if so give it a stuffed toy to curl up with

Answer 3

Several eBooks are available on housebreaking puppies. I started a non-commercial website to rate these books. In my research, I found that a good book is Puppy Housetraining: The Ultimate Guide, by Nathalie Lafleur.

You might want to take a look at that. It seemed to be the most complete one that I found.

Answer 4

For when you're not home and at night, you need to crate train your puppy.

For when he's with you, this method has worked for me with dozens of puppies, but it's more work for you. First of all, while you're training keep the puppy in the same room you're in so you can watch him. When he shows signs of being restless, after a nap, after hard playing, after a long drink, you need to get him to follow you (or carry him - I don't know age or size of your puppy) to the door. You need to go out with him and the split second he pees you have to give him lots and lots of praise. If you do this consistently, your puppy will be trained in a very short time (but if he's very young, there will be occasional accidents).

The whole point to this method is you don't give the puppy to make a mistake, and they get lots of praise for correct behaviour. They learn very quickly this way and you're also building a trusting basis for all future training. If your puppy does make a mistake, don't make a fuss, just clean it up. If you catch him while he's peeing in the house, firmly tell him no, take him out and then praise when he finished outside.

One more thing, when he's peed, go right back inside so he learns to differentiate between outside play time and when he's supposed to be going to the bathroom. You can use whatever words you want (like go pee) which you can use when he's older and you want him to go. Good luck and have fun with your new puppy!

Answer 5

keep the puppy confined to a certain area with a lot of newspaper on the floor(a dog gate helps) usually untill he is done eating and before you go out and when ever you come home from somewhere and again before you go to bed at night. If you keep this type of routine up he will train pretty easily. Also a small squirt bottle of water will help if have other training problems.

Answer 6

You should start off with the paper training, and then move on to the wee-wee pad, but keep on taking your puppy out, that way it will get used to going out side instead of in the house.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

take it outside every hour, or at least every two hours and let it walk around, then when it goes in the floor in your house put his nose close to it and immediately take him outside, eventually he will catch on. also take it outside everytime it gets through eating. they have little bitty tummys and bladders so what they eat and drink goes through pretty quick. it should only take a few days, maybe a week until it gets the idea of pottying outside

Answer 9

I don't understand why people treat their homes like a barn. Animals belong outside.

Answer 10

first thing first...........u're cute if d person in pic is really you!!!

secondly............as for u're question........its gonna be tuff.......better seek a trainers help.........as they always got some gud tips n' tricks n' cn understand the animal!!!