How do you house break a puppy? Im running out of ideas.?

Answer 1

Routine is the key..Feed at the same time daily, (3 times per day, unless the pup is under 10 weeks, then it should be 4 times per day) allow the pup to eat for 10 minutes, put the bowl up, and take the puppy outside a few minutes after feeding...A puppy can only hold its urine for about 1 hour per month of age, so, as you need to keep water down at all times, the pup needs to go out to pee frequently..
You can't force a young pup to your schedule, but need to conform to his, until he has developed enough maturity to hold bowls and bladder longer...Be sure to take him out just before bedtime..
Praise him when he goes outside, but don;t scold for going indoors..
When your patience is wearing thin, try to remember how many diapers and beddings your mom changed while trying to potty train you! lol

Answer 2

Kennel training works the best.
Keep the dog in a kennel for a couple of hours at a time. A dog will not "go" where it sleeps if it can possibly avoid it. As soon as you let the puppy out of the kennel, take it immediately outside and give the instruction to "go." When the puppy finally does, praise it enthusiastically. After doing this for a couple of days, the puppy will understand. Also, try to take the puppy to the same spot each time. If it smells pee, it will automatically think that it has found the right place to do it again. That is why it is very important to clean up indoor accidents very, very well.

Answer 3

This may sound odd but it has worked. Find an old ratty towel that you don't care for. Cut it in half. Leave one half in the house and if he starts to have an accident in the house clean it up with that half of the towel. Do not throw it out!! Leave it in the house. Then take the other half and place it outside and have him go potty on that. The towel in the house with his bathroom scent makes him realize that he can go potty there. This will decrease the amount of accidents he has in the house if you get busy and can't take him out right away. Then with the other half of the towel outside he will then realize the same thing. Keep the towel in the house for about a week and then slowly start to take it away. Like when you are walking around and have the time to take him out don't leave the towel laying around. He will let you know that he needs to use the restroom because his towel isn't there and he knows that the other half is outside and that is where he needs to go potty. And then eventualy you won't need to use the towel outside because he will start using the lawn as usual puppies do. I had a pomeranian whom was a very hard study when it came to potty training. I tried this with him and within three weeks the dog never had another accident in the house.

Answer 4

I've only ever had to housetrain one, but here's what we did...

Any time the dog even approached an outside door, we took him out for a bit. If he peed or pooped, he got tons of praise and then we went back in. And if he approached the door even just a few minutes later, out we went. Didn't matter that he didn't always go when outside... the important thing was that we established the pattern and he adapted to it. After a while, he associated going to the door with going potty. He caught on pretty quickly, though nights were still difficult. But I think by the end of a week he was pretty well where we needed him to be for the most part.

Congrats on your new puppy!!

Answer 5

Housebreaking Your New Puppy
Housebreaking your new puppy is going to take patience. You should begin to housebreak as soon as you bring your new puppy home. Puppies need to relieve themselves approximately six times a day. A puppy should be taken out immediately after each meal since a full stomach puts pressure on the colon and bladder.
A puppy is not physically able to control the muscle that allows him to "hold it" until he is about 12 weeks of age. Before this time, good housebreaking routines should be practiced to avoid having your puppy urinate and defecate all over your house. Watch for signs of urination or defecation, such as turning in circles. Take your puppy out often. Using a crate or confining your puppy to a small part of the house that has easy clean up floors are some ways to ensure your puppy does not urinate all over your house. It is much harder to housebreak a puppy if he smells is urine in places you do not wish him to relief himself.
Understanding your puppy or dog:
There are many different methods in which you can housebreak your pet. Whichever way you choose, it is important to understand your puppy. Dogs want to please; the trick is to make them understand what it is you want from them.
Dogs do not think the way humans do. When you are unhappy with your dog, it assumes that whatever it is doing at the exact moment you show disapproval - is the thing that is upsetting you. For example:
If your puppy relieves himself on your floor and you show your disapproval five minutes after he has committed the act, the puppy will think that the mess on the floor is bad. He will not relate to the fact that it was the act of relieving himself on your floor that you disapprove of. The dog will eliminate, see the mess and get worried; you are now going to be unhappy. This is the reason so many dogs will relieve themselves in inappropriate places and look really guilty about it, yet they continue to do it. Dogs want to please, right?
Some owners start to think that their dog is being sneaky when really it does not fully understand what it is doing wrong. It knows the mess upsets you but does not understand that it should stop making the mess. To your dog, these two things:
•the mess,
•and the act,
are unrelated. The trick is to catch your dog in the act and make him understand. You do not need to hit your dog. The tone of your voice is enough to make the dog see you are unhappy. A firm "No! You are not allowed to go in the house. No! No!" is all that is needed. Immediately take your dog outside to the appropriate place. Wait for your dog to go again and when and if he does, praise him. I
mportant: Always praise your dog after he eliminates in the appropriate place.

Answer 6

House training my New Puppy
Often asked question, the one thing every new pup owner dreads

Things you need to know first, before you start.
Pups normally arrive to their new home when they are between 8-10 weeks of age. Unfortunately they do not have full bladder control at this age, it is physically impossible for your pup to hold onto it. When he has to go, he will go. How long do I wait then you ask? Well you don't, you start to teach as soon as pup arrives, but you don't expect too much, or the impossible.

By 12 weeks his body has matured and bladder control finally kicks in. Even so, the max amount of time he can hold it for will be between 2-4 hours.

1. Pick a spot outside where you intend for pup to go.

2. Every time you take pup out use the same spot.

3. Take pup out as often as every hour for the first week.

4. Take pup out after every feed, drink, exercise, play time.

Even if pup doesn't go, that's fine, just wait with pup for a few minutes, if you get a result then give heaps and heaps of praise.
Be consistant, don't give up and never rub pups nose in his excrements if he does do it inside, all you will do is confuse the pup and possibly turn him against you.

Answer 7

what have you tried so far? Usually, a puppy poops about the same time after eating each day so its safe to say if you just let your puppy outside for a bit just after they finish eating...theyll get the idea.
Good Luck and hang in there!

Answer 8

The crate approach & potty practise is going hand in hand. in case you do not prefer to apply the crate, be prepared to visual reveal unit the puppy 24/7. you'll not in any respect get a wreck & you've gotten to take the puppy everywhere you pass. The crate isn't a nasty ingredient if used properly, they could cry in it in the beginning, yet this passes & it is going to develop right into a good quiet den for them, doggies choose a wreck too. also without a crate what's going to you do once you go away & the puppy won't be able to pass with you? Leaving a puppy unsupervised in the homestead is amazingly risky.

Answer 9

You have to have alot of time and patience. Our 3 dogs have been with us since they were puppies. I took them out every 30mins. to potty whether they had to go or not. Repitition is the key in my opinion. And after a few weeks, they would let me know when they had to go by going to the door. Good Luck!

Answer 10

one of the best ways is use a cat litter box untill it gets the Idea were it go's then find a spot outside dump some of the litter out it will know its own sent that may help you and give your pet a treat every time it does good