How long does it take to house train an older (2 yr) dog?

Question

Beagle/blue heeler mix

Answer 1

Consistency is the key. Crate training is a great way to house train. Keep your dog in a crate. When she/he is let out in the mornings or when you get home from work, no play time-straight outside. When the business is done, praise praise praise. You cannot praise them too much. Then play with them and give them all the attention he wants.
The crate becomes their den, and by taking them straight outside everytime you let them out of the crate teaches them that the entire house is their den. Dogs do not like to soil their dens. I recommend getting some behavior or training books. There is way more information that can be helpful that can be posted here.

Answer 2

there isnt really a time frame for this even with puppies let alone an adult dog it cant take a month or sometimes more.. Tt of course will be harder with an adult but the same stratagy cam be implimented-

1- Put down news paper and encourage the dog to do its business there, you can buy sprays and stuff that smell like urine. and praise the dog when it uses this and nowhere else.

2- once you have trained the dog to only go in a particular area, really start encouraging the dog to do its business outside on walks and stuff, praise it for pooping in the park rather than at home, with treats etc and after a while of doing this you can remove the paper from the house and you should be sorted. the important bit is the praise, make a fuss of the dog for going outside, make it want to.

Answer 3

Baby diapers. It was the only thing that worked for my little min-pin. 8 months old and she just couldn't get it. We tried everything, and we were going to take her to a behavioral specialist when the owner of her canine parents told me about this.

Weigh your dog, then get baby diapers one size bigger than his/her weight. Cut a hole in the back for the tail, then diaper the dog like you would a baby. Keep an eye on the dog, and as soon as they bite at the diaper they need to go, so take the diaper off and put them where you want them to go. The important thing is to take the diaper off inside, then take them out immediately. If you take the diaper off after you take them out, it doesn't work because there is no definition between inside and outside with the diaper.

My pup got it on the first diaper. It was like you could see the light bulb come on over her head, "oh, you go OUTside."

I've told plenty of people about it and as long as you do it right, it always works. There was one person who took the diaper off outside and didn't always take it off before the dog took it off and peed on the floor, so it didn't work because she didn't do it right.

Answer 4

Depends on the breed. We had a 4 month old puppy that learned in a couple of days. Try crate training.

Answer 5

Depends how persistent you are. Varies between dogs. Mine took 2 wks.

Answer 6

It should only take a couple weeks. You can get the idea across pretty fast but he also has to get used to controlling his bladder..

Answer 7

i have a 4yr dashund and i'm still trying to train her she's just too lazy to go outside its worse in winter its too cold for her and she refuses to go out. so my answer to you would be is to stay patient with your dog

Answer 8

Every day.