How can we stop the puppy peeing everywhere? She's 18 weeks?

Question

She get's let outside a lot, always get's praised for peeing in the garden or on a walk but wont stop doing it on the carpet. Any tips?

Answer 1

I didn't let my puppy anywhere near the carpet until he was good and potty trained. We admittedly have a good set up though. We have a three-season room that is tiled off of our tiled kitchen. I kept him confined to the tiled areas and we never had a carpet accident.

Answer 2

Keep her feeding at regular times. You will learn how long after a feed she has to go. Usually about 15 minutes. She will need to go as soon as she wakes up from a nap. Remember she's just a baby and can't fully control her bladder yet. So take her out every 2 hours. Give lots of praise and a treat when she does it outside, and if she does it inside a sharp vocal correction if you catch her in the act. No point shouting at her if she's peed the floor an hour ago, she wont know why your shouting. You can also watch for her pre toilet behaviour, and once you've learned that you can get her outside as soon as you notice it. Usually they start sniffing around the floor and circling round.

Answer 3

Don't worry it took my dog 6 months to grasp that the garden was the right place for that. Take the pup outside at regular times, first thing and last thing at night is critical, take her to the same spot every time, give her a treat every time that she does it outside eg chicken or a bit of cheese make it something that she loves but only gets it when she does it in the right place. if you catch her in doing it indoors tell her off only if you catch her in the act, rubbing their noses in it does no good and shouting at them after she has peed on the carpet will only confuse her as she wont remember doing it and could make her scared of you which wont help the fact.
Make sure you are cleaning the carpet with something that completely removes the smell from the carpet i found that Total Care spray was good for that, should be available from vets, many household cleaners only mask the smell, we may not be able to smell it but the dog can. Good Luck!!

Answer 4

Eighteen weeks is still fairly young. I see so many people who have this problem, and say they let the dog out a lot, but either: they don't understand how often it must be, or the pup goes out and messes around but doesn't pee. The third possibility is that people don't understand how to use praise correctly.

Puppies are time and work. At eighteen weeks, she needs out maybe every 45 min and perhaps can go as long as 2 hours. Depends on the dog.

When she goes out, go with her, and watch for her to eliminate. It is important to IMMEDIATELY say "Good Girl!" and "Go Peepeee" or some such thing. You must do it immediately, or even as she is peeing, so that she associates the peeing with your happiness, and with the word PeePee. Conversely, when she goes in the house, as soon as she squats, go "OH NO!!! NO peepee in the house!! OUTSIDE!" and grab her and run outside. (Never hit a dog for peeing inside - they will associate peeing with something bad, not the inside. Scolding is enough, but only good if done immediately after the act, or during.)

A dog doesn't remember what they have done after a few seconds. So...when people for instance point to a spot on the carpet and scold the dog, after he peed 5 minutes ago, he has no idea what they are talking about. For all he understands THEY peed on the carpet. So you must scold or praise immediately.

If you are letting her out often enough, and praising as soon as she goes, she will eventually catch on. I have had many puppies and every one is different. My cattle dog (heeler) took about 2 days to get it. My border collie (world's smartest breed!) took 8 months. My greyhound got it day 1.

Try catching her in the act often - whether good peepee or no in the house, and she'll get it. Be patient.

Good luck!

Answer 5

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The new puppy is certainly one of the most adorable and cuddly creatures that has ever been created. It is the most natural thing in the world to shower it with love and affection. However, at the same time it is important to realize that if you want to have a well trained adult dog, you need to begin the training process right away. The dog, like its related ancestor, the wolf, is a pack animal. One of the features of a pack is that it has a single dominant leader. Your new puppy is going to want that leader to be you, but if you do not assume that role from the very beginning, the puppy’s instincts will push him to become the leader.

The most important thing to remember about training the puppy during its first six months of life is that it must see you as the leader of the family pack. The essential thing is gaining the trust and the respect of the puppy from the beginning. You will not do this by allowing the puppy to do whatever it wants to do whenever it wants to do it. On the other hand, a certain amount of patience is required. Most people err in their early training by going to extremes one way or the other. Although you need to begin the basic training process at once, you can not expect your dog to do too much at first. Basic obedience training is fine and should include simple commands like sit, stay, and come. Remember that trying to teach the dog advanced obedience techniques when it is a puppy is much like trying to teach a five year old child algebra.

It is also important to restrain from cruel or abusive treatment of the puppy. You can not beat obedience into your dog, and it certainly is not going to engender feeling of respect and trust. House breaking is an area where this usually becomes a problem because of the anger that is triggered when the puppy fails and creates a mess inside the home. Although this issue must be addressed without anger, it most be addressed. If you allow the puppy to eliminate inside the house, it will continue to do so as an adult dog. The same thing is true of other destructive or dangerous behavior such as chewing and biting. Do not expect the puppy to grow out of it. You are going to need to train the puppy out of it, but you should do so firmly but with a sense of play and fun using positive reinforcement and lots of love and praise for good behavior.

Answer 6

A major part of this falls moreso on the owner than the dog. Potty training your dog has four key elements: confinement, training, timing, and praise.

Many times, owners want to have their new puppies out and about. This gives the puppy free use of the house to do as he/she sees fit. This is where the confinement comes in. If he/she is not under your direct supervision, he/she needs to be kenneled or in his/her play area.

Training seems common sense, but this is all about having a routine and sticking to it. Consistency is the key.

Timing is knowing when your dog will need to urinate: upon waking, after playing, after eating, etc. He/she should be taken outside at those times. You have to watch for these things.

Verbal cues often work. For all three of our dogs, we praised them immediately when they urinated. We only said, "No potty," when we caught them in the act. Doing it afterwards doesn't help the dog because they don't recall what they did.

We also used the phrase, "Go potty," while they were peeing. Now, they know what we want them to do when they hear the phrase.

It sounds like you have the praise part down. :)

Also, a good enzymatic cleaner helps to eliminate the odor in the carpet, which should cut down on the odor that can lead your puppy to want to urinate in the same place.

On a side note, rubbing your dog's nose in the urine is NOT the way to train them. When you rub the dog's nose in the urine, the urine adheres to the dog's nose and then he/she smells it everywhere (since it is on him/her). This then signals to him/her that the entire house smells like urine thus he or she should urinate anywhere.

Answer 7

Take her outside frequently and get her familiar with the words "outside" and "pee" and soon she will start to associate them with each other. When she does pee inside, stick her nose in it and sternly tell her "NO." then immediately take her outside and tell her to "pee outside" and praise her if she pees. Then go inside, keep her out of the pee, and clean it up with something like Tough Stuff or another carpet cleaner. If the cleaner doesn't have a strong smell, spray the area with a harmless, disinfecting spray with a scent, or even a mild perfume. If the puppy goes back to the spot and can still smell her own pee, she will think she's supposed to pee there, and, well, you get the picture. Back to where you started.
Also change up on the scented things you spray with fairly frequently.
Hope I've helped you somewhat. Good Luck with the puppy training!
Cait

Answer 8

Puppies are difficult, my boyfriend and I have two different methods. They both worked. He put hot sauce in the pee and rubbed his dogs nose in it. Well, my dog is an English Mastiff so that was not going to work even though at that time he was only a puppy - he was to strong. So what I did was as soon as it happened I cleaned it and scrubbed and made sure the smell was completely gone(if you notice your puppy may be returning to the same area everytime). Then when I took him out alot as a puppy because their bladders are growing and you have to train the bladders too, and let me tell you when he did his business outside - he got praised - trick is you dont do it after he does it. You make a big deal while he is in the middle of doing it so that he knows exactly what he is doing right. Then you give a treat immediately after he is done. Not when you get back inside because he will associate the inside with the treat. Thats what we did ; just a suggestion.

Answer 9

When I was training my pup I would feed him then after he was done I would take the bowls away. I'd wait about 15 minutes and I had pee pads in front of the door and I would sit with him until he went on the pad then I would praise him. Eventually he learned that every time he had to go he would sit in front of the door. It took a little patience but it was worth it. There was a few accidents in the process but that was expected.

Answer 10

We inherited a Jack Russell female at 8mos old. We potty trained her by walking her on a leash. When she went, we praised her with "good girl go potty". Now we can let her out and she does her business. Some say to take up the water after 7 or 8:00, depending on your/her schedule. If you just take her out to do the deed, praise even if she couldn't go and bring in. Then, in alittle while, go to the door with leash and ask " go potty"? She can go play after she has done her job as a reward. Just keep on the leash until she knows what you mean. We are her 3rd family and she is a keeper. Good luck and God bless LMK