How do you keep a dog from pooping on the floor?

Answer 1

Cage or Crate training is usually the easiest. Read up on it on the internet...there are plenty of websites.

Answer 2

you limit the times you feed the puppy.... and bring it out after every meal, before bed and when you wake up....watch for how the puppy smells around the house and then when it is sniffing alot take it out side, give lots of praise and if it has an accident on the floor,say no very loudly, make sure the dog gets more praise then no's so this is where you come in.... don't think the puppy can go for a long time cause puppys have to go to the bathroom at least once every hour.

Answer 3

Depends on the dog's age and level of housebreaking, but at any stage it's important to establish that: a) the dog understand what is and is not acceptable, established by (as gross as it seems) making sure that the dog's nose makes contact both with the exact spot in which to not do the doo and, preferably, the doo-doo itself, or a good trace thereof, accompanied by negative reinforcement; b) there be positive as well as negative reinforcement, i.e. consistently reprimand if the dog even seems like he's thinking about squatting on the spot, but when the dog doesn't do it the next few times praise the heck out of him/her on the (same) spot; and c) that you either catch the dog in the act, or very, very soon thereafter—not all dogs are as smart as others, and although my dogs remember HOURS after they've done something that they shouldn't, it's said by the professionals that dogs have very short short-term memory and don't remember what you're angry about or why five minutes after they've done the deed in question, so you need to get them in flagrante.

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PS:Also important to clean the spot of traces both visible and olfactory. If he can still sniff it, he'll still want it, and that goes for nearly anything canine. I can't recommend a cleaner/deodorizer product because I'm not convinced they really work, but we used a lot of Woolite's pet-stain-and-odor spray cleaner. I have a ratty rental carpet now, though, and when we ran out of it recently I switched to Clorox Clean-up followed by Febreze...seems to do the job nicely.

NB: The foregoing is all puppy-oriented housebreaking advice. If your older familiar is suddenly leaving presents steaming around, there are other possibilities to consider, like: a) incontinence due to old age or an internal, perhaps gastrointestinal problem; b) something as banal as a passing cold (has he been sneezing, shaking or otherwise "under the weather?") to a case of worms or worse, so check out the poo before you boo your pooch—it may not be his fault; c) something your dog ate, like a bunch of wood, grass, crap (literal or figurative, like plastic bits, rubber bits, or other knawed lovelies from toys, or your shoes) that upset his stomach during a time when he'd normally be okay indoors, like overnight; or even d) good old-fashioned spite. To wit: have you done something to, in your guy's eyes, "deserve" a pile of poop? Did you skip an outing? Were you gone too long, without clearing it with him? Did you have someone over of whom he didn't approve? Have you been a "bad human?" Remember, dogs have feelings, too, and some are quite demonstrative, and creative, at expressing them. Good luck!

Answer 4

start by taking the dog out more frequently. pay attention when the body language tells you the dog needs to go out or is sniffing for a spot.
when an accident does occure, determin weather it was the dogs fault or you didnt respond quick enough.
if its your fault simply show the dog the mess and say "did you do that?" bad dog and take the dog outside, rewarding it when it poos outside.
If it was the dogs fault, rub the dogs nose in it , say did you do that ? bad dog, spank it and put the dog outside.

dogs are smart they learn rather quick when taught right.
good luck

Answer 5

I have 5 indoor dogs. Most of them are small, 1 shar-pei 60lbs. I start them off with the new training papers (get at Walmart-grocery stores) and keep moving it toward the doggy door that we installed inside the back door. When they get that far--the next thing they do, is to go thru the door to see where the pad is..Now-shut off the door.

Answer 6

If its a puppy you have to train it keep it in a kennel and allow it out of it to go outside and go to the bathroom older dogs are another story its hard to train them other then keeping them in a kennel and allowing them out to go outside eat and drink is probably the only way untill it gets use to it and that may or may not happen.

Answer 7

after they eat about 10-15 min later they will want to go potty so keep a close eye on them.when they have to go potty is when they start to walk in circles, sniffing at the door,barking,they are alot more i just cant think of them all off top of my head

Answer 8

You have to house trainit, take it outside to use the bathroom and give him a treat when he does it right, eventually he will associate the positive effect of going outside to the snack and he will do it out there more often.

Answer 9

Take them out after they eat and play, do not give them roaming priviledges. Also, if they are kennelled do not give them room to get away from the poo.

Answer 10

TAKE THE DOG OUTSIDE!!!!!! It's called house training