What's the best way to keep a puppy from pooping all over the house without spending money on training?

Answer 1

Training your dog to go outside shouldn't cost you anything, accept you do need to invest in a properly sized crate for your dog. The crate will be a one time investment and will last for the life of your dog and make you and him happier. The crate should be large enough for your dog to stand up in and to turn around in, but small enough that it is a cozy place for him. I would either go online or borrow a book from the library about crate training...as it can be frustrating at first. Also, keeping your dog in a more confined space in the house will help as well. When the dog has free roam of the whole house, it will be more likely to have an accident. Scold your dog firmly if you catch it in the act of having an accident inside, but ONLY if you catch in the act....rubbing its face in it or yelling at it afterwards will just scare it more, and it doesnt understand why you are yelling at it. Make a schedule for your dog as well...take it outside everytime after it eats, and a few other times during the day. When your dog does its business outside praise it as much as possible, make it feel like the smartest dog in the world. I wouldn't reccomend leaving your dog in its crate for an 8 hour work day, but putting it in a back hall, or small room will help keep the accidents to a minimum as well. (dogs don't like to be near their waste) Good luck!

Answer 2

Please don't whack the dog or put her in her kennel. They just don't get it and it frustrates them even more. Getting her more frustrated won't help her control her bladder. Plus a kennel should be a comfortable place for them, not a way to punish them. She should be there when you can't supervise, as you mentioned, when you're doing the laundry, sleeping, on the phone, etc. Also keep in mind that it takes puppies awhile to physically control their bladder. Most puppies have good physical control around 6 months, but I would not be surprised to see it take 7 months. That's not that far off. Also occasionally a medical condition will cause issues, such as a urinary tract infection. Most of the time urinary tract infections will pass on their own but can be quite painful for a week or more and might explain why you'll have periods where she's reluctant to go outside. One good habit to get into is asking your dog if she needs to go outside before you take her. In the beginning she won't know what it means, but eventually they learn. Then get in the habit of asking on a regular basis if she wants out. She'll learn to tell you. Also associate another command with doing the act outside, such as "go potty." Then when you get out there, tell her to go. Even if she thinks she doesn't have to go, she'll learn to empty when she has the opportunity. If you still have trouble, please enlist the help of professionals.. a vet check to make sure no medical issues are causing trouble.. and a trainer that can see how you work with your dog. Telling us only gives us part of the story. Even a one time session at your house can get you a lot of good pointers.

Answer 3

Crate train and consistent trips outside to potty. Use key words - dogs are actually very smart. If she/he poops inside, keep her with you, pick up the poop and go outside. Put the poop in the grass (or wherever you want her to poop) - make sure she's paying attention and call it what it is - poop. Key words learned will be 'outside' and 'poop'.

With a smaller breed, I once was successful using paper - then taking the paper with the poop outside and staking it there. After a while it was his preferred spot to poop.

With my larger breed now - using poop as a key word - she poops on command.

Answer 4

Spend alot of time with your dog outside, and whenever it goes to the bathroom in the house, scold it. Try to keep the dog on a routine, take the dog out about every 3 hours, until it gets used to the routine.

Answer 5

the best way would be to get rid of the puppy I suppose..

its going to cost money and take time...
crate training is the best
newspaper training is the worst (dogs cant figure out why sometimes its ok to poop inside but not always)
you need to go out everytime and offer INSTANT soft treat rewards

ALSO the better foods mean less poop becuase they have less filler you feed less and there is less waste

Answer 6

There must be a specific time when the puppt poos..like 5 mins after melas....so very frequently take the puppy to the toilet at that time, so that it gets familiar to the place and understands that the toilet is the place for pooing .....as the puppy grows it will poo only at fixed time when u take it for a walk . Try it out

Answer 7

There are lots of things that you can do to help train your puppy. First take him out alot and reward him when he does go potty.Make sure you take him out about 20 mins. after he eats. don't give him food or water after 8pm.and take him out right before you go to bed.put him in a room like the bathroom and put up a baby gate when you can not be with him.It takes time and lots of patients.but he will learn. LOL

Answer 8

There is no way to do it without training.Duh!Did you learn to use the toilet without training?If your that lazy you don't deserve to have a puppy.Puppies need to be let out every hour in the beginning.It will eventually get it.

Answer 9

Kennel train your dog. Only feed it at certain times also, three times a day is optimal - two times a day is good also. DO not leave feed out all of the time - that will make more feces.

Answer 10

Put the puppy outside I mean after all the poor thing has to go somewhere !