jacob's puppy was in a kennel for the first four months,we can't get her to potty train outside.?

Question

she goes all over the house. Help!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Have you tried taking some of the poop she did in the house and place it outside where you would like her to go potty? That's a good trick I learned when trying to housebreak one of my dogs. Also, make sure you thoroughly clean all soiled areas inside so the smell is gone, she probably doesn't understand that her duties need to be outside since she can smell what she did inside. Make sure you feed at the same time every single day and walk her immediately after, remember the poop spot! Stay outside until she goes and when she does give lots of praise and doggie treats help too. You will see results, don't give up, it's very hard at first, but you have to have patience and love. Good luck and congrats on the new family member.

Answer 2

It shouldn't be too hard to housetrain this puppy because she's a little older, meaning she has bladder control. What you need to do in the beginning is confine her to the room you're in so you can keep an eye on her. After a long nap, a drink, hard playing, or if she hasn't been out for a while and is looking restless (circling, nose to the ground), take her out. You need to go out with her and the very second she pees, give her lots and lots of praise, then come right back in. This way the puppy learns to differentiate between play time outside and potty time outside.

When she has an accident, quietly clean it up unless you catch her in the act, then tell her NO, take her out and praise if she finishes outside.

Using this method, if you're vigilant, the puppy doesn't have a chance to make a mistake and dogs learn very quickly through positive reinforcement.

Until she's reliably trained, you will need to crate her at night and when no one's home. Almost forgot, before you start training her, you need to do a very thorough cleaning of everywhere she's peed in the house - so SHE can't smell it, or she'll just keep going back to those spots.

Good luck!

Answer 3

This pup cant tell the difference from your floor and the kennel floor. It is now like a bad habit it has been trained to do. You have to crate the dog when it cant be watched.It will not go in the crate. Take it out directly from the crate and praise it A LOT when it goes outside. You need to retrain the dog.

Answer 4

I highly suggest crate training - the full process. Anytime you aren't interacting with the puppy then she goes in the crate. That means if you aren't watching her every second then she goes in the crate. If she's not used to the crate she may be a little fussy, but if you can wait that out then she'll adjust to the crate. Take her outside EVERY time you remove her from the crate, even if she was only in it for 5 minutes.

Always use the same door to go outside for the potty break. Stay outside with her when she goes outside and give her a command when she does go outside, like "Hurry Up" or "Go Potty" - in a friendly voice, not a harsh one. Then, once she does go outside get REALLY excited, go play in a separate part of the yard or give her a treat. Make sure she knows you are REALLY happy with her, then after you play a little go back inside.

We did this consistently with our puppy and he trained in about a month - by the time he was 4 months old he was trained. Also, make sure that you are able to catch her in the act when she does go inside and IMMEDIATELY run her outside. I usually would make a loud noise to interrupt my dog then I'd scoop him up and he'd have to finish up outside. Sometimes it would take him a bit before he could finish. If your dog has already gone inside and you don't catch her in the act, then it's too late to scold or take her outside. This is where the crate comes in - it was really hard for me to leave my dog in his crate but it's impossible to watch them every second and in order to house train you have to be consistent.

Below is a link to just one of the MANY websites on crate training, many of them also include steps on how to move from crate trained to house trained.

Good luck!

Answer 5

crate train the pup

keep it in a crate at night or when you are not home or cannot watch it - the crate is their safe place, a den - never to be used as punishment

first thing in am - they go out to pee you MUST go out too.. have a lot of soft treats in your pocket and reward instantly
then in for breakfast.. within 20 minutes she will poop so back outside to run (which stimulates the bowls) and again you must go to... reward INSTANTLY
then in and the pup will be good for a while but watch for sniffing and circling - if so - outside agian...

the key is you MUST go out too.. and reward instantly - read up on CRATE TRAINING


** note : pee pads dont work they only confuse the pup

Answer 6

well you could try these puppy training pads and place them where it goes pee then flip it over and place it outside in the spot where you want him to go then when he needs to go again quickly take him to the spot outside and put him on the pad repeat this process until he gets the hang of it always reward him with a treat and verbally.

Hope this helps.

Answer 7

here is a link

http://www.the-dog-obedience-training.com/puppy-potty-training.php

But give it some time