Help on potty training a puppy?

Question

I just bought a Havanese puppy over the weekend and i need help training her, i bought the pads and it looks like she starts doing her bussiness in them but by the time she is done its all over the place, is that normal? I do take her out in the mornings, as soon as i come from work and at night, but it looks like she dosent get it, she will just start playing like crazy and she does not do her bussiness out side. Please help me.

Answer 1

Keep an eye on her all the time. When it looks like shes gonna go potty, bring her outside and say "potty" or something like that and when she does her business praise her and give her a treat.keep her on a schedule, that makes it a lot easier and when your not home Crate her. Just remember if she has an "accident" its your fault not hers

Good Luck!!

Answer 2

You need to basically follow them around the house for a couple of weeks. I know, it is crazy, i didn't get much done when we were in training but after a couple of weeks it is all over. We took our dog out every half hour and did not go back inside until he pottied. I had a treat i gave him (designate one kind of treat just as "potty" treats). We always took him outside on a leash so he did not play, he just would have to potty. You want them to know that the first thing you do when you go outside is potty and then playing comes 2nd. If he goes potty in the house, i know it sounds mean but put the nose in it and then take him to the door and scratch with his paw so he know that is what he needs to do when he wants to go out. Then take him outside and put his nose in the ground. It drives you crazy for a couple of weeks but the puppy will get the hang of it. Remember some puppies are quick learners and others take a while.

Answer 3

You don't say how old your puppy is, but the rule is they can hold themselves for 1 hr for every month of age, so if she is just 8 weeks old she can only hold herself for 2 hrs. Puppies will pee if they get excited and poop after they eat, so you have to set up a consistent routine of feeding and taking her outside. Feed only dry dog food and put the whole daily requirment in a bowl and put it down in the morning for 20 min. Let her eat whatever she wants in that time (she may not want anything) but pick the bowl up after 20 min. and set aside whether she has eaten or not, and take the puppy outside for 20 min to 1/2 hr. to go to bathroom. (She may not go but she will get used to this routine and will go eventually). When you come home from work put the same bowl down with the remainder of the food for 20 min. and follow the same routine as the morning. If your dog does not eat, don't worry, they will eat when they are hungry, so eventually when you put the food down she will eat everything up and then when you take her outside she will go to the bathroom. You have to have patience for a couple of days until she starts to eat her food up right away when you put it down. By doing this you are controlling 2 things, when you want her to eat and also when she poops. You may still have peeing accidents because she is a puppy and they leak when playing hard or get excited.

Answer 4

yes it is very normal and all you have to do is that when you find that she has done her buisness anywhere other than her pads you have to take her and make her smell it and lightly tap her on her nose, not so hard htat youll hurt her but hard enought that she knows that she did the wrong thing. You can also try putting her in a bathroom or a closet for 5 minutes after letting her smell it

Answer 5

Take your puppy out while you are at home about every half hour or hour and praise them when they do their business. We did this with our pup and after a week or so he told us when he had to go out. Even if you don't think she needs to go , take her out and eventually she will get the hint. It was simple for us, we were outside all the time but it was worth it in the end.

Answer 6

We crate trained both of our dogs and it worked well. They never go to the bathroom in the house even when we are gone long hours and always let us know when they do have to go out.

Answer 7

the best way i know how to train a dog..is...whenever they poop all over the place slap or kick him in his @$$, then grab the dog from the head and make him smell the poop..and throw him outside. for like 30 mins....you gotta yell at the dog...thats pretty much the only way you can perfecly train a dog...my grandmother has 8 dogs...and they are all educated...once they were crying for somebody to unlock the door so they can go out and ****..lol! because they know if they **** inside the house ...they are getting it!!

Answer 8

Create Training is preferred by many dog owners. I have copied and pasted some information that you can read. We have bring our dog in a night and create him for sleeping. We also create him when he is not supervised in the house. When you create, there are some golden rules, make sure you read up on them all.

Providing your puppy or dog with an indoor kennel crate can satisfy many dogs' need for a den-like enclosure. Besides being an effective housebreaking tool (because it takes advantage of the dog's natural reluctance to soil its sleeping place), it can also help to reduce separation anxiety, to prevent destructive behavior (such as chewing furniture), to keep a puppy away from potentially dangerous household items (i.e., poisons, electrical wires, etc.), and to serve as a mobile indoor dog house which can be moved from room to room whenever necessary

Crate Size and Manufacturers:
Dog Size:

Small: (Vari-Kennel #100 or General Cage #201)
Toy Poodles, the Maltese, etc., with average weight of 6-10 lbs.

Medium Small: (Vari-Kennel #200 or General Cage #202/212)
Mini Schnauzers, Jack Russells, etc., with average weight of 11-20 lbs.

Medium: (Vari-Kennel #300 or General Cage #203/213)
Cocker Spaniels, Field Spaniels, small Shelties, etc., with average weight of 21-40 lbs.

Large: (Vari-Kennel #400 or General Cage #204/214)
Huskies, large Samoyeds, small Golden Retrievers, etc., with average weight of 41-65 Ibs.

Very Large: (Vari-Kennel #500 or General Cage #205/215)
German Shepherds, Alaskan Malamutes, Rottweilers, etc., with average weight of 67-100 lbs.

Extra Large: (General Cage #206 or Mid-West #89-Z, 89-E or 99)
Newfoundlands, Great Danes, etc, with average weight of 110 lbs. plus.

Crates can cost between $35 and $150 depending on the size and the type of crate and the source.

A consistent diet of a high-quality premium brand dry (kibble) puppy food is recommended. Avoid feeding your puppy table scraps or changing brands unnecessarily. If you should need to change your puppy's food for any reason, do it gradually over a period of 4 to 7 days (by overlapping both the old and the new puppy food together, until the old food is phased out completely). [Note: Feeding your puppy lots of canned dog food can loosen his stool, making it harder to housebreak him.]




There are alternative methods to crating very young puppies and puppies who must be left alone in the house for lengths of time exceeding the recommended maximum duration of confinement (see Crating Duration Guidelines).

If your puppy messes in his crate while you are out, do not punish him upon your return. Simply wash out the crate using a pet odor neutralizer (such as Nature's Miracle, Nilodor, or Outright). Do not use ammonia-based products, as their odor resembles urine and may draw your dog back to urinate in the same spot again.



Use a small to medium-sized room space such as a kitchen, large bathroom or hallway with non- porous floor. Set up the crate on one end, the food and water a few feet away, and some newspaper (approx. 2'x3' to 3'x3') using a 3 to 4 layer thickness, several feet away. Confine your puppy to this room or area using a 3 ft. high, safety-approved child's gate rather than shutting off the opening by a solid door. Your pup will feel less isolated if it can see out beyond its immediate place of confinement. Puppy proof the area by removing any dangerous objects or substances.