Trouble with new puppy?

Question

I don't feel like having overly excitable people preach too me, I just want advice. I bought a 4 month olf Brussells Griffon female puppy home and she has been a terror since she got home. We bought her so our daughter could have a puppy to grow up with but the puppy just pees and poos everywhere. (I tried the pads) rips up everything she can find, jumps all over the baby, eats the cats food and steals the babies toys. We are trying to crate train her while we are away at work and that also isnt working out. I realize potty training may take some time but how long?The dog bugs the hell out of me but I think she deserves a chance. My husband is at his wits end and wants to sell her because she keeps finding papertowel and tearing it up all over the floor or stealing everything off of the table. She even ate a 20.00 bill. What can I do? Will obedience training work? We take her out for walks during the day because we dont have a patio are at our apartment.

Suggestions?

And too the people blaming me and saying I dont watch her. I do watch her. and like a child you cannot watch her at every second. I have a child. My child takes precendent over a puppy. I watch her first and do my best to watch the puppy also. She will get into things when I am making dinner or just going to change clothes. Please don't come on here and judge me when you do not know my situation. My Crate training isnt working out because she just poos and pees in there too and then pees and poos once she is out even after I have taken her for a walk

And I do not know what work it takes to have a puppy. I dont think it is just this joyish thing. I am a adult, I know reality. I am on here saying I want to give her a chance, my husband wants to get rif of her

The first part was supposed to have a question mark. I DO KNOW what it takes to have a puppy

Answer 1

Hopefully you won't mind a kind of lengthy answer but I'm writing as someone who had the same problems and figured out several solutions that you may find helpful. Of course you can't watch your dog all the time, but a great way to avoid them tearing things up when you're not around is to leash them to your belt buckle. Give them abotu a 6ft walking distance around you and it forces them to stay by your side and in your site. As far as peeing and pooping in the crate goes....try starting with something a little bigger like a bathroom. We started our puppy in a small bathroom so that when she did go poo in there it wouldn't get all over her but she'd still be stuck with the smell till we got home. After while she realized she didn't like sleeping next to poop and stop. Don't forget to put anything she can eat in the bathroom into the cupboard! This would be incredibly frustrating to teach though if we forced her to stay in the small crate because we would constantly be bathing her. As an fyi, our dog housetrained pretty fast but she's a year and a half and still is not entirely trusted alone in the house because she still tends to get into things she should not(we crate when we leave). Finally, certainly put them in classes. Our dog was hyper times 100. Interesting, we learned that training her for half hour a day on sit, stay, etc. burned more of her energy than a 45 minute 4 mile jog. Trust me, testing a dogs intectually abilities will physcically wear them out. Finally, don't give up! The worse they are young, the better they are when they finally do get trained. Try and suffer through it for the next 6 months to a year and you'll have a wonderful pet for many more years after that.

Answer 2

The crate training was a good idea, it also will take a little time for her to get use to but she will. Try keeping allot of chew toys for her, puppies will chew constantly. As far as potty training what i have found to work the best is make sure to take the puppy outside as soon as it wakes up, when she relieves herself make a big deal about it, tell her how wonderful she is, if she has an accident in the house, a simple no and the words outside and immediately take her outside, praise is the most rewarding thing for a dog. Also keep a water bottle handy when she goes to touch something she is not suppose to simply tell her no and squirt her with the water. Well I hope this has helped, I had trouble with my puppy but he is a wonderful dog now.

Answer 3

First of all don't blame yourself. Your puppy would drive anyone up the wall but there are answers:

Firstly about the poops and pee's - When your at home for one month take her out to the back garden every hour. Each time she does a pee or pooh praise her and give a cheese treat. You must take her out every hour for one month. She will be doing her business outside I promise you. (You must realise that when a dog pee's and poohs in the house its a dominance thing)
Second: You must show the dog you are the alpha pack leader through obedience training. I suggest you start this around four months of age to seven months. (dogs just don't get it before then)
Thirdly: Get the dog its own toys that hold treats in them. The dog will play with them to get the treat out. I also think you should only allow your dog freedom in one room when you are out to reduce the risk of damage to property. Move things like books and toys etc.

******BUT THE BEST ADVICE IS THIS*********
When you walk into a room ignore your dog completly for twenty minutes. Do not talk to it or make eye contact with it. This is whenever you walk into the room. Ensure all the family does this. This shows your dog you are Alpha and that you control interaction and not the dog. Do this for a month and see the differnce your dog will become very calm. I promise you.

Answer 4

I have been a breeder and an international dog judge for over 10 years, so listen to ME if anyone.
Most of these people even have a dog, never mind had behavioural problems with one. I am a down-to-earth person who wont take any **** from anyone, so listen up. The dog needs firm training, and when you tell it do do something TELL him, don't ask him/her.
Housetraining a puppy will take 3-7 weeks, depending on the patients your dog has. I would, hearing what you've just said, expect to wait quite a while for this to be successful, but a dog is always worth it. Have drive woman!
Obedience Classes work wonders, i am curently training to become one. Make sure that you see/hear reveiws from people who have used the dog school before considering to join. That choice is very important...
If you wish to know more info, visit my site, www.dogs-are-our-friends.piczo.com or e-mail me at [e-mail]
Hope this helps

Answer 5

I quite understand the problem. We had a pup that was a biter from day 1. My mom picked him up to kiss him and he bit her cheek! Nothing changed his behavior. He remained a biter till he died of ripe old age at sixteen. As we were all adults about the house we put up with it and didnt mind it. Our other dogs were the exact opposite in nature. Having had many dogs I can only say that each dog has a definite personality and some are just plain trouble from the get go. Its nothing you did or the breeder did or whatever. Perhaps you could try obedience school but dont expect too much. It might be better to find a more suitable home for the dog. A home with a complete outdoor environment for you dog might suit its temperament.

Answer 6

Potty training will take some time. Some dogs do pick it up faster than others. Crate training also takes time. I know it seems mean but no matter how much the dog whines you just have to ignore it. It'll eventually learn. As for it stealing things, keep them up high where she can't reach them. Also obedience classes wont hurt. The earlier you train them the easier they are to work with and its better in the long run.

Answer 7

I had a boxer once. He was the same way. He tore up my house. He tore a huge hole in the bathroom door. It seems crate training helps the bowels but not the behavior. My dog ate a charcoal bricquet and a 1/2 a jar of vaseline once. I took him to the vet for IV fluids because he had the sqirts from eating the charcoal. By all means try the obedience classes. What have you got to lose except a dog with behavioral issues. I hope this helped.

Answer 8

at 4 months old she should have been on her way to being house trained, my 8 week old puppy is basically house trained. Just every 45 min. take the dog outside to go to the bathroom and get her a treat when she goes. When you catch her chewing on something she isn't supposed to be chewing on, tell her no and give her a toy instead.
Move the cat food to a counter or table so the dog can't reach it.
As for the crate training, don't give up give your dog lots of attention before you put her in and when you take her out, shes just scared of being alone.

Good Luck!

Answer 9

You need to get a clean sample for the vet so that the Specific Gravity of the urine can be tested, this tells how concentrated the urine is. There are also other tests that can be done to try and pinpoint a condition. It can be caused by kidney problems, cystic kidneys, a liver shunt, MVA, a bacterial infection, etc, etc... there are really so many different things it can be from very minor issues to more serious problems. If this is going on all the time you really need to take the dog to the vet, just in case. If your puppy is only peeing clear every once and awhile it is probably caused by drinking too much.

Answer 10

This is just a guess, but it sounds like this is a very dominant puppy. If you can afford it, obedience classes are great. The first thing we learned at my puppy's class was to break the dominance habits. They sounded mean when I first heard these ideas in class, but they worked on my puppy. For one week, we had to do an exercise called "long downs" which is where we had to put her on her leash and step on the leash until the dog was forced to submit. My dog fought is so much, but after about a minute or so, she would be laying at our feet. Like I said, it sounds cruel, but it worked!! She's 8 or 9 months old now, and she rarely acts dominant. Only thing she destroys is her own toys.