Puppy Training?

Question

My boyfriend and I just got a new puppy. He's an 11 week old Schnoodle named Reznor. We have started to train him and I was wanting some advice on how to stop the whining when he goes in his crate at night or when we leave, and what's the best technique for potty training when you live in an apartment. We have started click-training for obedience and the bell on the door technique for potty training. Do any of you have any other suggestions for quick, easy and effective bed time training and potty training??? THANKS!!!!

He gets A LOT of excercise... and if we let him out when he whines, he falls right asleep on our lap. So, he's definately tired! I just don't want him to have any sort of seperation anxiety. Ya know?

Thanks, bye the way, for your help. Keep the suggestions coming, I could use all the help I can get.

Answer 1

he probably whines because he doesnt get enough excerscise, if he was tired he would go straight to sleep, dogs are supposed to have a 30 min walk a day.... potty training is hard, at petsmart they sell this little yellow post that you stick in the ground and it attracts your dog to pee there... i dont know if it works but its not that expensive so its worth a try.

Answer 2

I will tell you what we tried and it worked like a charm. Friends have tried it since, and everyone has been successful at potty training within 2 weeks. We bought a bottle of spray at the pet store called Bitter Apple. It is normally bought to break puppies of the habit of chewing. We kept a bottle handy and every time he would squat to pee we would get his attention (which would prevent him from starting to pee) by saying loudly "oh-oh" and then spray a cotton ball w/ the bitter apple and throw it on his tongue. He would spit it out immediately, then we'd run outside with him and praise him lavishly when he went pee out there. At the end of 5 days (his last attempt to pee in the house) he started to squat and I said "oh oh" and he looked at me and started licking his mouth as if to say "yuck" when the cotton ball wasn't even there. He learned to associate the "yucky" taste w/ peeing in the house.

For bedtime he was crate trained. Make sure the crate is only big enough for him to turn around in. If you want to buy a bigger crate, then pack boxes in the back to make it smaller. Dogs will NOT pee in the area they need to lay in unless they absolutely cannot help it. The crate plays into their "den" instincts. Dogs turn around before laying down due to this instict to "fluff up" their den's sleeping material. Make sure the crate is in your bedroom, since he won't pee in there, but he will cry when he needs to go out. It might take a few nights for him to get the jist of the crate, so be prepared for an accident or 2 (and some loss of sleep). Ours was crate trained this way, and now it's like his private den. When he's tired, he heads to his crate to relax and lay down.
Hope this helps - and give the bitter apple a try - I would never potty train a dog a different way again since it worked so well !!
Good luck - and enjoy the new addition to your family - all they ask for is love, and they'll give it back 10 fold !

Answer 3

I have a dachshund and he or she is now a yr. I feel a few puppy breeds are extra inclined to being greater at condominium breaking, and a few are absolutely cussed (like my little woman). I did repetition along with her. It took her approximately three months to ultimately get the proposal of "good enough I ought to cross to the toilet at the dog pad", and now she not ever has an coincidence. Although a few persons say you should not enable your puppy to make use of a dog pad, and that you simply will have to take them out at the grass. Anyways, What I did with my dog is approximately each 25-30 min (the primary day) I could positioned her at the pad, with confined area for her to transport round it and wait a pair mins and allow her cross. If she had an coincidence at the carpet, I could positioned her instantly at the dog pad. Honestly, it sucks condominium breaking a dog. But I wish I helped slightly. Congrats for your new dog despite the fact that! Good good fortune! EDIT- The purpose I recomend dog pads is considering, I are living in an condominium in which I cannot get external and allow her cross always, second while I cross to paintings and I depart her within the kitchen, she demands to visit the toilet someplace. Honestly, due to the fact that she has been condominium damaged I have not begun to have her have any injuries or every other unhealthy conduct come from her utilizing the dog pad.

Answer 4

Puppy is whining in his cage for 2 reasons. 1, he is so confined, and 2, lonely. Try not putting him in a crate, instead try him in a laundry or bathroom. As for potty training in an apartment you can get deodorised training mats which encourage them to go on the mat to wet while inside.

Answer 5

Try crate training. Use his crate for potty training. When you aren't playin, or watching him closely, but him in his crate. When you take him out, take him to the same place, use the same words (potty, tee tee, etc) Feed Twice daily. They tend to have to use the bathroom after they eat and play. At night time, have a "bed buddy" that is only used at bed time, that he likes.

Answer 6

Try putting a clock that ticks beside his kennel @ bedtime as it sometimes soothes them. Also try using the kennel as a place for the puppy during meal times. It will become a safe haven for him and give him a treat everytime he goes in and comes out. We did this 11 years ago with our Dalmation and I would never do anything BUT crate train again. Keep it up and good luck.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

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