Housebreaking a Daschound?

Question

Hi, I ahve a 18 week old Daschound that i cannot seem to house break!! I take him outside every hour and he will pee and poop, but when I bring him in the house, sometimes he poops again on the carpeting. I adopted him at 16 weeks from a breeder who allowed the dogs to just go to the bathroom in the house, they were never taken out to try to be housebroken. I am at my wits end with this dog!! I am hoping some one out there can gie me an idea on what to do! I really love my dog. Please help! TIA! Dawn

Answer 1

Confine him to a small area. Dogs do not like to p & p where they sleep. If he does good, then enlarge the area, and if he's good, keep enlarging until he has the idea. If he slides back to going where he shouldn't , confine him to the smallest area that he was good in and start again. It is not a fast solution, but it works. Just be patience, and give lots of pats and kisses.

Answer 2

I have a two year old dachshund, and she was almost impossible to break !! If she weren't the sweetest thing in the world, it would have been easy to give up and let someone else have a try....but dachshunds are so loving !!! So we stayed with it!! She did, and sometimes does, the same thing...she'll go outside for an hour, then come in and go !!! I let her out in the morning....bring her in to our back room, feed her and then right back out.....she'll go the 2nd time and then be good for quite sometime...when we have to leave, we crate her.... as soon as we get her out of her crate we let her outside , back in, feed repeat !!!....At night we let her sleep in our bed...she won't have it any other way !!!! She'll never mess in the bed, we just put her out first thing and start the whole thing over......I know dachshunds can be a little work, but they're great loyal little dogs !!!

Answer 3

Oh, I can sypathize with your problem. We were very lucky in that our breeder had our little guy properly house trained before we even took him in. I would say not to go back to that breeder again!

Use crate training for nite time and when you can't watch your dog. This will hopefully prevent accidents. When you catch him in the act, say "No, outside" and take him directly out to finish the job. You should never need to smack your dog for any reason. Doxie's are especially sensitive to this and can become fearful biters as a result, so never hit him.

If he's partial to treats (preferably soft style), try clicker training. First you click and treat a few times so he understands the clicker gets a reward. Then, when he goes outside as he should, click and treat and lots of praise for this good behavior.

You also may just need to provide a way for him to communicate to you he needs to go. Put a bell by your door and ring it right before each time you take him out. Soon he'll understand that a ringing bell means going outside and he'll begin to do it on his own to let you know.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

Your dog is just now developing the muscle strength to control elimination. Small breeds take longer to housetrain than larger ones, as their bladders are proportionately smaller. Most dogs are not housetrained until they are about one year old. Still, the breeder did you no favors by not laying a foundation of some rules regarding elimination.

Keep the pup confined when you are not able to supervise him. Take him out after he wakes, shortly after he eats, and after (or during) play time. At his age you will probably need to take him out about 8 times a day. When he eliminates outside give him a treat and praise him. When you bring him in he can stay with you and play a bit. Any time he is not confined he needs to be in your sight.

Answer 5

I would keep him tied to you so he is never out of your sight and crate him when he cannot be watched--if you know he usually tries to go again after he comes in watch him and when it looks like he is getting ready to go say firmly-but not screaming-NO-lets go potty outside and take him to his potty spot. He should be going outside with you on a leash, out the same door everytime to the same place every time. When he goes outside make a big fuss and give him a treat. Clean up the accidents with an enzyme cleaner so he can't smell where he has been.

Answer 6

When you go out side to go to the bathroom do you reward your dog for going out side? If you don't start bringin treats outside with you and when your dog goes outside, reward him he will get the point pee outside I get treats. When he does go in the house i know it sounds kinda mean but i have a stubborn terrier, put his nose near it and tell him no bad boy very stern, ignore him for a little while, don't evan look at him. Don't talk to him just plain ignore him dogs hate that. Just keep doing that he will get the point.

Answer 7

Good luck, Sweetie. Dachsunds are notoriously stubborn, and extremely smart, but they also have "little man" complex. I have a four year old purebreed and a two year old mix. The two year old "gets it" most of the time as opposed to the four year old who seems to pee and poop inside just to spite me! Drives me nuts.

Answer 8

when he poops in the house take him over to it and put his nose down by it. [so he can see it] then give him a light smack on the nose.[to learn that it is wrong] it the take some time!! it worked with my dog.

Answer 9

it is really simple ;o) dont pay ANY interest in bad accidents. reward good. and BE more patient inside. he IS very young and is in his very-quick-learning period.