how do i train my 7 week old dachshund puppy?

Question

how do i train my 7 week old dachshund puppy how is stubern.

Answer 1

I assume you just have the pup without the mom. I also assume you have started the shots and deworm that are due now!! Yes, it is a baby. It can not hold for very long. Mainly eating and sleeping quite a bit. I encourage free feeding, food bowl full all the time for pups as they need that. Also, a good brand of puppy food.

A healthy pup is easier to potty
train. Puppy worms can cause a lot of problems and accidents!
I have trained 100s of litters starting as soon as eyes open. Helps to have the mom around to help. Dogs do not want to go potty near where they eat/sleep. A lot of people make the mistake of putting pads in same area as food/bed! Pad needs to be at door you want pup to go out.

If yu take your pup outside and spend some time letting it do its thing and make a big deal when it goes potty it will learn real quick. Dogs naturally want to please owner and get praise. And use the same words for what you want it to do. Had 3 pups learn what "go potty" meant in about 3 days. And the pup is not too young to go outside if not bad weather. Don't let it be around any dogs that haven't been vetted. If you want it to learn to go outside then start early. Do not think you can simply put it outside by itself and that's that. You have to encourage the behaviour you want as it does it. A treat is fine for training purposes- at first.

There will be accidents. Keep some cleaner and old towels on hand. Do not swat, hit , etc. If it potties on floor then use a old towel or pee pad to blot up and place at the door area. It will go to the scent and learn to use the pad. Remember dogs only see light/dark. Pads are white for that reason. If not using pads then use some old white folded towels that can be washed and reused.

Crating works great only if you keep clean linens inside to lay on. Change and wash often. I start the 3-8 wk. puppies with colored blankie inside crate and white pad right outside the crate. They all quickly learned to wake up and go outside crate to pad to do pee if they couldn't wait till I got them out the door.
You have to be consistant, use the same words or phrases for what you want them to do or not. And be watchful so yu can get the pup to pad or grass when looks like it needs to go.

Be patient. Lots of verbal praise.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A pup has to be between the ages of 8-16 weeks old before he can start in any lessons. You can pay $100 (depending on where you live) for 4-6 basic obedience classes when he is 8 weeks (if he is really stubborn) and he should be good from then on.

Answer 4

as far as potty training start immediatley, when your puppy has to go (he will start sniffing around alot) take him/her to where you want the bathroom to be and when the little booger goes praise him, do this each time. Remember a puppy's bladder is small and considering you have a really small dog he will have to go out about every 30 mins. and after playing, eating and when he wakes up from a nap. It is a little harder to house train a small dog compared to a big dog because their bladder is so much smaller. Now as far as other commands that training should start at about 4months of age and should only last about 15 mins. that is about the lenght of their attention span.

Answer 5

A puppy is never too young to start learning. I would definitely look into some training classes, like a puppy kindergarten that will help you and him learn many basics as well socialization with other dogs and people.

Answer 6

Your pups too young to be outside because it hasn't had all its shots yet. I would start by paper training it. It is NEVER to early to start. In the house keep him/her in a crate unless you can be with it. When you have it out of the crate put it on a leash and attach the leash to your belt. When the pup starts to go to the bathroom take it to the paper or wee wee pad and say something like "go potty" and give it a few minutes to go. It is important for the pup to learn to go while on the leash. If you catch the pup having an accident take it to the paper and show it where it should go. I got a 12 week old Bichonpoo and used this method with her and in 2 weeks she is perfectly paper trained.

Answer 7

7 weeks!! that;s like making a 3 day old baby learn to use the toilet. wait until the doggy is around 3-5 months old. would be good to start crating it now so it gets used to being crated and not barking or whining whenever you leave the doggy in there. BUT, it's too early for now. let it poop somewhere safe then you can begin to properly train it eventually.

Answer 8

It is never too early to train a dog. Start immediately. I know it seems cruel, but when it pees in the house, or where it shouldn't, pick it up, take it to the pee, make sure it sniffs it, and give it a little smack. Not too hard, but not too gentle either. To get it to sit, take it somewhere it is least likely to be distracted, and take it's favourite treat. Hold the treat just out of reach, and push down on it's backside. When it sits, give it the treat. Only do this, like, seven times, then try doing it but not feeding it the treat. every time you push on it's backside, say "sit" or whatever. Other tricks are done in the same way, except different actions.

Answer 9

Doxie's are by nature stubborn, you sure got that right! I have a two year old Doxie named Scarlett Rose, who was very easily trained, and by trained I guess you mean potty trained. I think the key for these dogs is they have to love and respect you, they dont do anything they dont wanna do! After that, we kept ours in a travel crate (she is a minature doxie) when she slept or when we couldnt watch her every minute. Right after meals, playtime and naps take her/him out and use the same word everytime (it can be any word, for some reason the only one I could come up with was pee, which goes for either). We told her to go pee...and then praised her like you wouldnt believe when she did, which she did cause she had to go anyway! Didnt take her long to figure out her people got all excited when she did what she had to do anyway, and because she loved us she soon wanted to please us. Best advice is to not let her go in the house to begin with! If she/he starts sniffing or circling, pick her/him out right away and use your word, cause its time. Never ever ever hit, or put the nose in it like some say do---it is like saying now if you gotta go...go here!

Yeah, doxies are stubborn for sure, but they like other animals done wanna mess up thier bed area (hence the small crate). Let have freedom a bit at a time as she gets used to the idea of going outside, and remember to take frequent breaks to let her go outside. Playing a sudden scare eating, drinking all these things will cause them to have to go....and praise praise praise!

Hope this helps!

Answer 10

Hello i have a 8 month male mini dachshund and a 4 yrs female mini and 3yrs male and they are very stubern but when they get it they learn quick.but you can start right now training him/her to go potty.my little guy follow my other too outside.