Tips on potty training please read.?

Question

I have a 8 week old all white Pitbull and she is sooo cute problem is that she is my first dog and I cant deal with the late night crying and poop peeing all over the house HELP!

Answer 1

the best way to potty-train a puppy is crate-training. you keep the puppy in the crate during the day while you are at work, etc. when you get home take the puppy out and IMMEDIATELY take her outside, on a leash, let her potty and praise her (thats important). you can keep her out of the crate, but you must watch her at all times. they always let you know when they have to potty, sometimes its just really subtle and so you have to watch closely. its usually 20 minutes to an hour after a puppy has eaten that it must potty. so take her out after she has eaten. so if she isn't in the crate you must WATCH her like a hawk. eventually she will be alright without you watching her. but until then, you watch her at all times and she spends any unsupervised time in her crate. it is the best way to potty train.

Answer 2

8 wks is a little thing and it might have trouble just learning yet, they really dont have control of their bowls right now anyways or that is what my vet said.

I have a six month old puppy and got him trained in about 2 weeks but with your little one it will take longer .

this is what I did. I took him out every 1/2 hr whatever I was doing I stopped, I took him out right after he woke up from naps, and 1/2 hr after he got done eating . When he did a good job outside I made a big deal about it and gave him a puppy biscuit for a treat. When he went in the house you will have many people tell you this is wrong but I have had lots of dogs and no problems. When he wets in the house or poops I dont rub his nose it but I do let him smell it ( he knows his smell) and I spank him with a newspaper on his butt. Not very hard just to get his attention and take him right outside so he knows better.

I dont believe in newspapers because that is teaching the dog to wet inside and I really dont like the training pads either because that is also teaching the dog to wet inside and you are allowing it.

At nights you need to get a small cage no water they will play in it and spill it and a chew toy and a blanket or coat with your smell on it. Little dogs like that will have accidents they just cant control them sevles yet so you will have a mess, but at least its not in your house. When you get up in the mornings take her out first thing no stops but straight outside.
When the dog gets a little older put him in a bigger cage but not where he can go on one side and get sleep on the other side. Dogs do not like sleeping in their own mess that is why you get a cage just big enough for him .

Yes she will cry at nights but put her in another room where she cant see if she can see you she will cry all night long and I always put a sheet or blanket over my cage so they will feel protected.

Once she gets a little older you wont have no problems getting her trained if you start now, just remember she is 8 wks old so she will have more accidents then a 6 month old.

Good Luck

Answer 3

Unfortunately a puppy at this young age doesn;t have the "feelings" yet to control their bladder and house breaking takes time and patience.

You should be taking her out once every hour or so and making a big fuss over her when she does eliminate outside to reinforce the good dog.

At night confine her to a small area and cover it wil puppy pads or papers. It makes clean-up much easier.

The crying will slow down and diminish as she gets older and more used to her surroundings.

Answer 4

First of all, a puppy this young has no more bladder control than a baby. So you need to put her in a crate when you're not home and also at night. Dogs don't like to make a mess in their "home" and she will think of the crate as home. However, she has to pee very frequently at this age so you need newspapers at one end. If you keep her crate in your bedroom, she will settle down at night sooner than if she's isolated. You need to persevere and not let her out when she cries, most puppies stop within 1 week unless you give in to them.


During the day, keep her in the room with you so you can watch her. Take her out after hard playing, after a nap, after a long drink or if she hasn't been out for a while. You need to go out with her, tell her "go pee" and give her lots and lots of praise the second she does, then go back in. This way she learns to tell the difference between play time outside and potty time.

When she makes a mistake, quietly clean it up unless you catch her in the act, then tell her no firmly, take her out, and praise if she finishes.

Puppies learn very quickly from positive reinforcement, rather than from corrections. You need to be consistent and very patient with this puppy because she is still just a baby.

Answer 5

ok dogs will not crap or piss where they sleep. get a crate and make them sleep in it. u will have to put up with the crying for a lil bit. but the first thing u have to do is let them out every morning. dogs are a responsiblity so u do have to put up with some stuff. after a while u will notice that the dog will hold it all night then u can let them sleep out of the crate. when the dog does its thing where its suppose to make sure u reward them with a good boy or girl or treat. BUT ACT EXCITED WHEN THEY DO so they now they know they are doing right

Answer 6

Get some puppy pads. Start by putting them close to the area that she likes to soil. Slowly, every day, move the pads closer to the door. Soon she will be walking up to the door and asking to be let out. Be sure to praise her when she does her business outside and scold her (do not punish) when she fouls the house. As for the crying, that is more than likely separation anxiety. She will grow out of this but it will take time.

Answer 7

First of all, your puppy is a BABY! She will NEED to go every 2-3 hours, and that includes over the night. I would suggest you immediately get a crate and begin crate training. It's never an easy process, but you need to do it.

Answer 8

You might try some "puppy pads". These are basically a disposable newspaper sized pad that are covered with an absorbent material on one side and a plastic backing on the other side. They are coated with a pheromone that naturally tells the dog that is the place to do his business.

You should be able to find them at your local pet shop.

Answer 9

I perused some of the answers given here, and a lot of them are just plain wrong. Your puppy definately is too young for proper potty training. She won't be ready for it until at least 12 weeks of age. Pit bulls are HIGHLY active dogs, which will need an hour of brisk excercise per day anyway. but here is what you should do. get a crate from precision pet products, that comes with a divider pannel. so that you only need to buy one crate, as your 8 week old dog is going to get much, much bigger.

You will absolutely have out door train your large dog, but not until it is maybe 2 months older at least.For now buy potty training spray. Potty training spray is good because you can use it outside to encourage your dog to go outside.

for a dog that size, the most effective thing to do is a combination of leash and crate training. Take a few days off from work.
1st rule: NEVER LET YOUR DOG SOIL HIS CRATE. Dogs have a natural instinct not to soil the area in which they sleep, but they also have an instinct to soil the same places. so dogs might make themselves misserable sacrificing one instinct for another,

Second Rule: KEEP YOUR DOG ON A FEEDING SCHEDULE. Feed him 2 or three times a day according to your vet. Give him 20 minutes to eat and then take the food away. Take away the water after 7PM in order to minimize bathroom breaks at night. Always take your dog out 20 minutes after she finishes eating so that she can poop.

For the first few nights of training, your dog will cry incesentally at being left in her crate at night. A lot of times just draping your hand over the crate will be enough to sooth her. every 2 hours or so because your puppy is so young, you'll have to take her out. take her to a spot right outside your house. say "go potty", and when she goes, praise her lavishly and put her right back in the crate. if she doesn't go. say nothing, put her back in the crate and take her out an half hour later.

During the day, keep your puppy on a leash right next to you. if you see her going into her pre potty pattern. make a noise to distract her from going potty, and immediately lead her outside to her potty spot(which you should spray with potty training aid), and tell her to go potty. when she does praise her lavishly and tell her what a great dog she is.

the set up i have for my dog is a excercise pen with her crate, food and water at one end, and a pee pad at the other end, so if i can't get home in time and she has to go, she can go. But my dog is a toy poodle. much smaller bladder. your dog will have better bladder control once he understands that she can't soil inside the house. a good idea would be to get a doggy door for when you puppy is older, so that he can go in and out of your house at will.

tip: Don't let your dog confuse excercise walks with potty walks. potty walks need to be short and perfunctory. take her out her potty spot, tell her to go, as soon as she does, praise and treat her and then go right back inside.

Good luck!!!!

Answer 10

Paper training a puppy is a two stage process: 1) train puppy to relieve itself on paper only 2) train puppy to go only outdoors. There is a potential risk of only partially house breaking a puppy using this method as it is trained that relieving itself indoors is acceptable.

Paper training is when the dog eliminates on the paper when indoors, but when outside it goes in a designated area.

The owner needs to monitor the dog and anticipate when the dog needs to relieve itself.

At regular intervals your puppy should be taken to the papered area or a designated place outside to relieve itself.

As your puppy relieves itself use words like "hurry up" then praise them. Soon your dog will learn the command "hurry up" means to relieve itself. It is important to praise your dog after it eliminates on the paper or outside in the designated spot so it learns that it is doing good by going in that area.

Whenever possible train your puppy to relieve itself outside in a designated area. A puppy needs to be taken outside after they wake up, after they eat and throughout the day at least every 3 hours.

Unless your puppy is to be completely an indoors dog (like a toy dog living in an apartment) then they need to be weaned off relieving themselves on the papered area. After the puppy learns that relieving itself on the papered area is 'good' then the papered area needs to be gradually diminished. As the papered area is diminished it should be moved closer towards the door and finally outside, by which time your puppy should be house broken.


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Tips:

Generally let your puppy go outside when ever possible to relieve itself.
Set an alarm to remind you to let the puppy out to relieve itself.
Anticipation - A puppy that suddenly sniffs the ground intensely is usually signalling that it is looking for somewhere to relieve itself.
The important times to take your dog outside to a designated spot are, after they wake up and after they eat. This is a time where you can really emphasis praise when they relieve themselves and will be a very effective and fast way for them to learn.

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