How can I potty train may daschunds when I'm at work all day?

Question

My two mini daschunds that I inherited at 8 months old have been with me two months and I still can't get them to stop going potty in the house. They know what to do outside but they also want to do it inside IN FRONT OF ME. I didn't have this problem with my other dogs because someone was always home to take them out. Now that I'm working all day, I don't know what to do. They are confined to the kitchen and have wee-wee pads although they don't always use them.

Answer 1

You should cage train them. They will not "go" in their cage, but will wait till you let them out. And, they will not mind being caged. My dog now goes to his cage as a place of refuge.

Get a pet book at the pet store when you get your cage for more direction.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You should be using a crate. The fastest way to housebreaking puppies is to start by confining the puppy to a small area. The crate serves this purpose because it brings out your puppy's "den instinct" and provides for a sense of security and well-being. It also acts similar to the way a crib or playpen would for a human baby-- it keeps the pup out of trouble when you are not around to supervise

Answer 4

You should do what I did because im at school most of the day and when I get home I have homework and I dont have time to take my dog out. All you have to do is put newspaper around your house in every room. Like dont put it EVERYWHERE like every spec of the house. Just put a little pile in every room and they probably will go on it. but if they dont try spreading the newspaper out. If this continues try calling a sitter over to watch them and take them out. Also if you dont want it all over your house you should buy a little crib/crate and put newspaper inside it so you wont have to wash anything and all you have to do is roll the newspaper up.Good luck

Answer 5

Yep, crate training is the solution. Get a cage about 3' x 4' and hang water and food dispensers on the side. They will not defecate in the cage, trust me. If they do, it's probably a sign of a serious health problem.

Answer 6

We bought the "puppy pads", then I rub them in front of the house where he usually "pottys" to get the scent on the pad....it worked like a charm...now no more steam-cleaning the carpets every few days! Good luck!

Answer 7

Cage them. I put my 2 pups in the kitchen and thought that was the way to go. THey peed and pooped everywhere, and chewed everything up. I then decided my only option was to crate them. After crating them, they NEVER (OK, 1 time) peed or pooped in their crate. Problem solved.

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

POOR DOGS!! IF YOU DON"T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR PETS YOU SHOULDN"T HAVE ANY. CAN YOU GO FOR 10 HOURS AND NOT GO TO THE BATHROOM??