puppy 18 months old lived in a breeders kennel we now have her we are struggling to house train her?

Question

we let her out she has newspaper in the kitchen but if you let her anywhere else in the house she does her business there

Answer 1

I had the same sorta problem when I brought my puppy home. We put out little potty pads for her and I bought some spray from Petsmart that show's the dog where to go potty. However, the pooping was still a problem because she would go on the carpet. Crating made her yelp and bark and with me being at work I didn't want to leave her in a crate all day. However its not a good idea for her to wander around the house when you cannot monitor her.

What I did was baby gated off a section of the apt where she could run around, put her toys and bed in that area. AND put her on a strict feeding schedule. I feed her in the morning around 7:15am while I am getting ready for work. As soon as she is done eating I take her out and she does her business. Whatever food that is left over in her bowl I put it back in the bag. I come home during my lunch break and take her out again so she can do what she needs to. Finally I need her again in the evenings around 6pm and immediately take her out afterwards. During the day if she is good and behaves I give her a treat. I also give her a treat everytime she poops outside. She's becoming use to the routine so now she runs out and will poop and run back in the house and sit next to the pantry where the treats are *lol*

Just be repetitive and put your dog on a feeding schedule. That way you can kinda predict when she will have to go. Also if you ever catch her sniffing around, looking nervous, wandering in circles - it means she has to go so take her outside (we learned that the hard way).

also with the newspapers. I would recommend the potty pads (they sell then everywhere - Walmart, Target etc) put a few down and then as she learns to go on them leave less potty pads out for her. Eventually she will learn to go on the potty pad itself. Make sure you reward her everytime she goes on the pad.

Good luck!!

Answer 2

The best way to do it, if you have the time. Remove all of the newspapers from the house, as the dog is getting mixed messages. It doesn't know where it's meant to go. Take the dog outside every half an hour into the garden. (or before if it has drank lots of water) it may not need to go, but at some point it will. When going into the garden say something like "in the garden to do wee wee" in an exciting voice. Take some treats out, when the dog does a wee in the garden, praise it a lot and give it a treat.
I did this with my dog when he was a 10 week old puppy. He had it mastered within a week. It just takes time and patience.

Answer 3

When my lad was a pup a woman from the Staffie rescue organisation I got him told me that she used the 'busy, busy' command, ie when they were going to use the paper you said the above and praised them for getting it right. After a while of doing this and then regularly taking him outside and using the 'busy busy' command my boy got it and make the connection between going outside and going to the toilet. If he had an accident in the house he would be told firmly no, bad boy and then outside and repeated 'busy, busy'. You're dog shouldn't be too old to learn this at 18 months but it does take time, patience and consistency in order for them to learn it. If the dog is messing elsewhere in the house it might be symptomatic of other problems as its a means of marking territory and might show a degree of insecurity. I would advise you to speak to your vet or alternatively to try and contact a local branch of your dogs breed group, failing that you'll probably have to pay out and have a trainer come around and look at the environment and your relationship with the dog to get to the root of the problem. Good luck

Answer 4

Simple: don't let her anywhere else without supervision. If she's small enough, if she goes take her outside. With my dog we didn't even need paper - skip it if you can. Also make sure that during house training that she doesn't have water when you can't watch to see if she will go inside unless you are gone for more than one hour without her. If you have a back yard, train her to bark when she has to go outside and if she's smart she'll start using it for the toilet. Remember that dogs are smart and if she's not learning it's probably something that you're doing, so change your technique.
Good luck!

Answer 5

You have to crate and as soon as you let her out of the crate take her outside till she goes. If she doesn't go she goes back in the crate. You have to stand by this. Most breeders don't care what the dog does as long as its having babies and they are making money. The only reason to breed is to improve the quality However most don't care. 18 months I can't believe they didn't keep her what else is wrong with her?

We have had breeder dogs that won't go in the house but would go in the crate?? That was the only place they ever knew so thats where she went to potty. I had one that I kept putting her in smaller crates so she wouldn't have room to potty but she still managed to go in it. These were akc registered labs that were nothing but cr*p. They barely came up to your knee in height. But they were akc registered and she was making a fortune until the dogs didn't grow and people didn't want them. SHe did take them back from the buyers without a refund and we halped her find homes for them through the rescue when animal control made her have to get rid of them. It was the best thing for the dogs to find real homes.

I have found dogs that have never been in the house are the easiest to housebreak. They never went inside so they want outside to potty.

Answer 6

Hi Sharon..there are many variables,what breed of dog is it...big or small.
Where do you live, can you take the dog for long walks morning,noon and night and will it run off the lead and come back to you when you call it.
Most dogs do their business at regular times, so its working out when it does the task, is a key to help...dogs cant run with a bum full of poo.
Also when do you feed the dog, first thing in the morning or last thing at night or twice a day and is the food dried or tinned and is the deposit hard or soft and runny...how much do you feed it.
Getting into a routine is very important,but with patience and perseverence it will fall into place..or outdoors anyway... the hard work will be worth it in the long run.

Answer 7

Hi there.
You need to train her as you would a puppy, take her out when she wakes up and after she has had a meal, use a couple words such as 'be quick' each time and she will soon catch on, remember to give her plenty of praise after she has performed, do feed her a regular times, don't leave food down all the time as a dogs tend to go to the toilet after eating, so if it is feeding ad-lib it's bowel gets totally confused.
Good luck

Answer 8

My dog was 2 years old when I had her and had never been indoors. She now lives in the house without there being any accidents. All I did was to keep letting out about every 20 minutes or so and when she went to the toilet gave her lots of praise. If you watch them in the house sometimes you can tell when they are about to go to the loo so shout at them and put them straight outside. Dont forget the praise when she does it outside though.

Answer 9

Sounds like your on the right track. Just need a little patience. I would keep her in the room with no carpet where she can play still and take her outside alot. Everytime she goes to the bathroom in the house, say "no" and take her outside right away (important when it is right after she goes, so she can associate that she should not be going to the bathroom in the house). Also when she does go to the bathroom outside reward her with a small treat so she loves going outside to do her business. Never stick her nose in it or make her eat it-that is Abuse!

Answer 10

A good way is to have access only to outside door. Start by puttin newspaper in this area and slowly reducing it towards the door. Thats how I trained mine and it works. It shouldn't make a difference how old the dog is. Try to respond positively when dog does business on paper with treats and petting instead of getting cross when they get it wrong. They are intelligent animals and desperately want to please you.