i am having trouble housebreaking my 8 week old beagle pup.she uses as soon as we go back in.but not out.?

Question

she just plays outside and even if i catch her in the act,,as soon as we are outside she just plays,,we can ne out for 10 minutes and nothing,,,as soon as we are back in...!!!!aaaahhhhhh!!!!help

Answer 1

Many people believe that beagles are so stubborn and hard to train, but honestly, I haven't seen that with either of my beagles. My, now 9 month old beagle, puppy was potty trained in about a week!

First of all, the success rate will depend on YOU a lot! You need to look for signs, make sure you're taking her out enough, and that you aren't reinforcing the potty-ing in the house.

You may want to look into a crate for training. And you need a schedule for pup. After eating- in the crate for 10-15 mins (whatever it takes for your pup to need to go out), then take her outside. Give the command of "go potty" and when she does lots of praise. If she doesn't go after 10 mins, back inside and in the crate for 10 mins. Then back outside for another try. Keep doing this until she finally goes outside. After that, then she can have some play time!

Inside your house, make sure you are cleaning up the potty or poo smells really well! Get something like Nature's Miracle and spray/clean really well!!

Another thing to consider is- does she have a way to communicate her need to go outside to you?
Maybe bell training would be good for you. From any craft store get some bells and leather string (for shoe laces) and hang some bells by the door you take her outside. Every time you go outside have her paw or nose ring the bell and then praise her and open the door and take her outside. If you do this EVERY time you take her out, she can learn it fast. It took my beagle puppy (at 3 months old) to learn it in 2.5 days! But that was because I'm consistent and use positive reinforcement.

Beagles are very sensitive as a breed and hitting, yelling, pushing the nose in the mess, etc. won't work- it will make your beagle fearful and difficult to train! If you work with them daily and in a positive way, beagles can learn just as fast as any other "smart" breed.

Answer 2

You can get her a larger crate, but make sure it comes with dividers so she can grow into it. You only want her to have enough room to be able to turn around. Be sure to put a divider at the top, too, so she isn't able to make that hunched squat they make when they poo. 8 weeks is the minimal age when they should be away from their mother, so above all BE PATIENT! She will make mistakes because she isn't old enough to control her bladder as well as she will be in a few more weeks. If she does potty in the house, NEVER correct her for it! She will have no idea why she's being corrected for something she has do naturally. Clean with a pet enzyme cleaner and start again. Get her on a feeding schedule. For puppies this young, 3-4 meals per day is most preferable. You should start to notice a pattern with her (10, 15, mins. after she eats/drinks, she potties). Then you will know when to take her out. Whenever she potties outside, PRAISE HER FOR IT!!!!! Next, if you cannot physically be in her presence watching her, she is to be in the crate. Make the crate something positive for her. Put a toy in it, or you can even feed her in it. Never use it as a punishment! If she's not in the crate and you are watching her as you should be, if you see her sniffing around in a certain spot, that's a tell-tale sign she's looking for a potty spot. Distract her by tossing a set of keys in her direction, saying NO loudly, etc.--anything to distract her from what she's about to do. Then take her outside ON A LEASH. When she potties, PRAISE! Don't forget--BE PATIENT!!! Good luck!

Answer 3

I have a Beagle also! He is only 10 months old...but they are the hardest ones to housebreak! Chewy would wait until he got back to carpet to do his business.EVERYTIME! So, I know crate training sounds terrible, but, it is the only thing we found that worked for us! HE will not use the bathroom where he is sleeping, so as soon as he would eat or drink, we would put him in the crate until he showed signs of having to go, then we would take him outside and spend a good 30 minutes out there. Whenever we leave, we would keep him in his crate. (we did not use a cage, we use a very small bathroom where there was no room for him to use and get away from it) now, he is on a great schedule and things are looking up for the pup! now, if we could work on his playfullness (that's what we'll call it!) we would be great!

Answer 4

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/4p1q5

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

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i am having trouble housebreaking my 8 week old beagle pup.she uses as soon as we go back in.but not out.?
she just plays outside and even if i catch her in the act,,as soon as we are outside she just plays,,we can ne out for 10 minutes and nothing,,,as soon as we are back in...!!!!aaaahhhhhh!!!!help

Answer 6

She needs to learn the difference between potty and play time.
Take her out after naps, meals, and when she has left alone. Don't play with her, stand still and ignore everything but bathrooming. Say over and over, "go potty" until she does. Praise her like crazy and go back into the house. NO PLAYING. If you want to play, wait a few minutes and go back out, but until she is trained you have to make a distinction between play and potty.
Keep her on a leash all the time until she is trained, that way you can keep her near you to watch her, keep her messes in one location, and correct her when she goes.
If you catch her, and only if you catch her, yell "NO" and take her outside. Praise her, even if nothing else comes out, and go back inside. Again, no playing.
Good Luck, and keep in mind that some Beagles can be a little harder to train. They are more interested in sniffing stuff than learning stuff.

Answer 7

Have you tried crate training? Dogs usually will not mess where
they sleep. A crate is a GREAT training tool, as long as the pup
is not crated for too long. Pups will need to do thier business after waking up, after eating, and after playing. Take the pup out
after each of these activities and PRAISE the pup when he or
she does business. Positive re-enforcement works best.
Good Luck.

Answer 8

sorry about that
beagles do that notoriously
they are the worst when it comes to housebreaking
it is a breed problem
my beagle could stay outside for hours
as soon as she came in she would run to the back bedroom and pee
drove me crazy
i tried staying out with her and praising her big-time when she would go
nope
wasnt buying it
came inside and peed
i know this doesnt help one bit other than to let you know it is not a problem exclusive to your puppy
it is or seems to be all beagles

Answer 9

I would get her an outside Doggy exersize pen.. let her Play in it awhile and walk away and act like ur not Paying Attention that May be A part of it.. some dogs dont Like their Owners Watching.. wierd I know but its true

Answer 10

she is a bit young yet,but use newspaper on the floor indoors for a few weeks and move it nearer the back door all the time so it is eventually outside ,when she performs outside give her a treat immediatly and tell her good girl,or try shuting her outside on her own for awhile and watch from a window,i had a dog who would never go when anyone was about