My Brittany is 3 months, and so far he's been able to make it to the door, but as soon as he gets there, he'll squat. Recently I've been carrying him from his kennel directly outside so that he can go... but he obviously has to learn something someway, I'm just not sure how to do it.
2006-11-02 09:21:03 · 5 answers · asked by kellieOMFG 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
My family fosters younger puppies (4 - 8 weeks) year-round and we've had pretty good success training them. We keep them in a kennel when we're not home, and as soon as we do get home, they go straight outside. We also watch them closely for the "potty dance," which involves them prancing around skittishly and sniffing the ground. As soon as we see that behavior, they go straight outside. In the off-chance that we don't get to them quite in time, we still scoop them up and hurry them out. It's also important to give verbal praise after they finish outside, and reward with a treat if you have any.
2006-11-02 09:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crate training!
http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/crate-train.pdf
That handout has pretty much everything covered. Most young pups have a hard time holding it all the way to the door, especially first thing in the morning. Give her a few more weeks, maybe by then she can make it all the way out the door.
Give treats to your pup as soon as they're done going outside too. Giving a treat as soon as the behavior is done closely associates "good" with doing bathroom outside. If you wait until you're inside the dog won't remember what its getting a treat for.
2006-11-02 09:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by Monet_Star 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy some really good treats and every time he goes to the bathroom outside tell her (sorry) She's a good girl and give her a treat. Be consistent with this for about a month, when she goes inside don't (SORRY) DON"T spank her, but find a way to let her know that she is doing something wrong. Changing your tone of Voice really does the trick.
Make it a habit to take her out every two hours. Even if she doesn't have to go just take her out side and when she squats give her a treat.
Thats what we did for my dog Pacman and we had him trained within a lil over a month. Puppies are aFull Time JOB, Momma
2006-11-02 09:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes time but consistency is the key. The trick is to catch him in the act and when you do strictly just say "NO" and then directly carry him outside to do his thing. Maybe throw him a small treat when he goes outside to positively reinforce the habit. NEVER put his nose into a mess he's made inside...that is not the right way.
Good Luck with your new pup!
2006-11-02 09:25:12 · answer #4 · answered by Heather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
crate train
2006-11-02 09:28:42 · answer #5 · answered by Cheryl E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋