Puppy toilet training?

Question

We have a 14 week puppy and he is pretty much trained to go toilet on paper in the laundry, how do we go from here to the next stage of getting him to go outside?? Whats worked for people and what kind of discipline would you recommend?

Answer 1

Just for some background, I am a former AKC kennel owner (until I got a divorce :P), professional obedience, tracking, and area/personal protection trainer. I have also been a show handler with multiple AKC obedience titles to my dogs' credit. I am a founding member, former Chairman of the National Association of Professional Canine Trainers and Handlers (NAPCaTH) and certified Canine Behaviorist. I have also trained Search and Rescue dogs which have worked around the world. I'm not just spouting something I heard from Uncle Jake, saw posted in a forum on the internet, or saw on "The Dog Whisperer". (shudder)

A puppy can be successfully housebroken starting at the age of 6 weeks, but it is a serious responsibility and requires constant attention. The time it takes to housebreak a puppy in my home is 2-5 days. If it's taking longer than that then YOU are doing something wrong.

I'm going to use the term "poo" to cover both urine and feces.

Here is the recipe for successful housebreaking:

#1 Get on a schedule. – Bring him outside often (about every 2-4 hours) for the first week or so. Stay outside until he does his business. If you can't dedicate yourself to going outside with your puppy for 15 minutes every 4 hours for a few days then please take the puppy to a shelter and get a cat. Also, he should make a potty run every time he wakes up from a nap and about 5-15 minutes after he eats. NEVER withhold water from any animal without specific directions to do so from a veterinarian. Dehydration can happen _very_ quickly in a puppy and it’s known in most states as “animal abuse”, “cruelty to animals”, or “criminal neglect” (usually a FELONY) if an animal suffers because its owner is too lazy to get off their butt and take them outside.

#2 Praise early, praise often. - Make a BIG pleasant deal about what a wonderful thing it is that he has done his business outside **as soon** as he has done so. If you wait until a puppy wanders up to you to praise him, then he thinks you are praising him for coming to you and has forgotten all about the big stinky load he dropped a few minutes before. Your praise to correction ratio should be about 20:1. That means that you should be telling him that he is good for doing all kinds of little things about 20 times more often than you are scolding him for doing something wrong. This will teach him very quickly the boundaries of what acceptable behavior is and what is not.

#3 DO NOT RUB THE DOG'S NOSE IN POO! A dog has no way of getting the poo off of his nose except by licking it off. If he does this then before you know it, you have a poo eating dog on your hands b/c he has developed a taste for it! Instead, remember that a dog's nose is at least 150 times more powerful than your own (depending upon the breed) and use that to your advantage. Make the dog down-stay (lay down and stay there) in position for 1 minute per month of age very near but not in the poo. If your dog is 3 months old, then he stays with his nose next to the poo for 3 minutes while you clean it up. He will very soon associate pooing in the house with having to lay still for (what seems like to a puppy) a VERY long time and will instead wait for his next regularly scheduled potty break.

#4 Be consistent. The pup needs to know that if he poos in the house that there are consequences and, more importantly, that if he does it outside that there will be praise.

#5 NEVER call a dog to you for punishment. When you find the dog has dropped a load, go get him, pull him carefully but firmly to the site of the poo, and then scold him. If you call a dog to you for punishment then you are, in the dog's mind, punishing him for coming to you when you call him b/c that's the last thing he did before you lit into him with your loud, scolding mommy (or daddy) voice. If the dog's nose is filled with the aroma of his own poo, then it's pretty clear to him what you are bent out of shape about. If I had a dollar for every time someone has called me up and can't figure out why their dog doesn't come when he's called but yet they call the dog before they punish him, I'd be a VERY rich man. :D

The most important thing to remember with canine behavior:
Dogs LOVE praise. They LIVE for praise. If your pup knows that he will be praised for good behavior then he will do absolutely ANYTHING that will earn him "good luvins".

Good luck and please feel free to email me if you have any further questions.

Torin

Answer 2

Does your kid tell you via phrases, facial expressions or posture when he or she wants to go?
When you observe indications that your child may require to use the toilet — such as squirming, squatting or holding the genital area — reply swiftly and assist him/she grow to be acquainted with these signals, quit what he or she is doing, and head to the toilet. Praise your little one for telling you when he or she has to go and to find out more about potty Training you have a excellent assist with this guidebook https://tr.im/roujr .

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Answer 3

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Start Potty Training is a system that quickly acquired popularity. The gist of this system is that you take away all diapers, place on underwear, and don’t ever revert back to diapers.
Start Potty Training is a quite straightforward program, straight forward and straightforward to comply with.

Answer 4

Training your puppy to use the toilet is a very slow and frustrating task, but it's really worth the effort. It took Fluffy almost 6 months to learn to wipe correctly. Don't use scented toilet paper and make sure it's nice and soft-- dogs like the quilted kinds best.

Answer 5

There is no need for a long and rambling answer to this question. I trained my labrador by using very large toilet training pads on the floor. I would keep my eye on him, if he went to pee on the floor i would grab him and put him on the pad, so that he would associate weeing and the pad, i would also praise him at the same time. Eventually i would move the pad to the back door, so that this would encourage him to go to the door if he needed to go to the loo. It took no time at all for him to learn to do his "jobs" outside and i always made sure i praised him, in fact i still do and he is now 4 yrs old! in no circumstance hit him for making a mess in the house!

Answer 6

Hi...well most of all you would have been better off starting him outside from word go as now you have to reprogram him to go outside & not always the easy part seeming now he thinks that paper is the place to go...so...as soon as he is fed or as soon as he wakes from a sleep you should take him out to the place you want him to go...It may take awhile but sometimes you can get lucky...He should really want to go at these points of feeding & waking...The papers should be restricted to just over night & no water should be given after 6 PM at this stage to help him get thru the night without the need to go...
Never slap your puppy for a mistake but use your voice to disapprove his actions showing him at the same time(But not hours later as you have to be on the ball watching him) not point getting on his case after the fact as this will just confuse him...
So be alert,sensative & lots of praise when he gets it right...Regards Jake http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PetsSecondChance

Answer 7

First, i might carry a bell on the door which you quite want the doggy to flow out of. Secondly everytime which you're taking the doggy out of that door you're taking its paw and faucet the bell. The bell could be placed low adequate for the doggy to faucet it by itself. I also have a small fenced in section (which you may purchase or make) outdoors of the door the place I positioned the doggy in. I woudl take a chew of his droppings and place it in the section. Take the doggy out quarter-hour to a nil.5 hour after it eats. After he does his responsibilities, supply the doggy a handle, if he does no longer, do no longer supply him a handle. The doggy gets used to hitting the bell and you will adore it.

Answer 8

start taking him for walks, every hour if possible, as he gets older then every 2 hours and so on, be sure to go out FIRST thing in the morning and walk him real good just before bedtime, also
walk him about 15-20 minutes after he eats, just remember it's all a matter of timing, yours not his!

Answer 9

I cannot say enough about crate training! Some people anthropomophise and think it is mean, but it is much meaner to have your pet misbehave and turn neurotic because they cannot reconcile their instincts and your requirements.

Answer 10

keep putting him outside at regular intervals and also as soon as hes eaten, with regular walks in between. You could also play with him/her in the garedn as well then they get used to being outside.