How do I housebreak a puppy?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I'm going to guess that your puppy is maybe 6 to 9 wks of age? Crate training is the most effective, as a dog does not like to foul it's nest. Do not leave food &/or water in the crate.After feeding the pup you should take it to the spot where you would like it to do it's duty - everytime, shortly after feeding. Be patient. If you are with the pup throughout the day, take it out every 2 hrs each day & before long it will more than likely start giving you some signal that it wants out. Be consistent.

Answer 3

Your best bet is to crate train the puppy. If the pup is in the house with you watch it at all times and take it out every half hour or so. If the pup goes the bathroom outside praise them, make a big deal of it. If you catch the dog going in the house make a loud noise or say no. Take the dog out immediately. Do not hit the dog or anything. If you are unable to watch the dog because you are going out or doing something in the house that you just can't keep your eye on the dog constantly, put it in a crate.

Answer 4

Limit it's food and water intake.

Take it outside first thing in the morning and about 20 minutes after it's eaten or drank anything. Take it out again before you go to bed. Stay out until the puppy does it's business. When it goes, praise it. If it has any accidents, tell it no, then bring it outside.

If you crate train, make sure the crate is only big enough for the puppy to sit, turn around and lay down. If the crate is too big, the puppy will designate an area for sleeping and other area for potty.

Answer 5

A combination of kennel (crate) training, frequent trips outside (for relief only - no playing), and trips outside immediately after eating/drinking has helped me to housebreak my now 9-month old English bulldog. As the puppy ages, he can "hold it" longer: the estimate is 1 hour for every moth of age.

Answer 6

get a crate. the crate should be no bigger than enough room for the pup to stand up turn around and lay back down. most dogs won't potty where they lay, so if your dog can't get away from the potty they tend to not go in the crate. depending on the age of the pup, you should expect to have to take the pup out every few hours or so, since they are young and cannot hold their urine for very long. put your dog down on the ground in front of the crate and guide them in saying kennel or crate. once their in praise them and give them a small treat. after they start going in on their own, start weaning them off the treats. if your puppy is crying when in the crate just ignore it, i know easier said than done, but you're going to have to. as long as the pup is fed, watered, and has recently gone out they are fine. and will eventually come to find this as their safe place, if you do not use it for punishment. take the dog potty everytime you let them out and right before you put them in. if you can't directly watch your pup then they need to be in the crate.

Answer 7

The first thing to remember about house training a puppy is there ability to hold themselves is limited. a rule of thumb is they can hold "it" usually 1 hour for each month of age. 2 months old = 2 hours, 3 months old = 3 hours, etc. when your puppy wakes up (morning, nap, whatever) the pup has to go, right then! take the pup out. when the pup eats or drinks, it has to go, take the pup out. after exercise (play), take the pup out. when the pup does it's thing outside praise it. a lot. tell the pup how good, how smart it is. you have to pay attention to the pups "looking for it's spot" behavior. when you see that behavior indoors, whisk the pup out. if you catch the pup in the act, simply tell it "NO!" and whisk it outside. if you find a puddle or pile after the fact, clean it up with an enzyme cleaner (pet food store) get a newspaper and hit.... yourself in the head and say "i should have been paying more attention" daytime training they get pretty fast. night time training is easier if you crate train the pup. also remember the one hour/one month rule. you will have to get up through the night to take the pup out. good luck

Answer 8

If it is a girl puppy you can litter box train them. But for boys you got a problem.
My friend trained her girl puppy to go in a cat litter box she uses everything that a cat pan would have and the dog is about 5 now and she knows where her pan is and she has no problems out of her.
Good Luck

Answer 9

kennel train it..... keep it in there and take it out throughout the day, leave it in there when you go out..... dogs generally dont like to crap where the sleep and eat, so they'll hold it in a confined area. we've done that with all our dogs and don't ever have accidents!

Answer 10

You have to realize that house training takes anywhere from 6 to 7 months for a dog to fully be house trained. Even after that a dog is house trained after no accidents 8 weeks to be considered fully house trained.

To house train your dog you need to take your dog out daily, since your dog is smaller (Toy Dog) your dog will need to go out perhaps more than 3 times a day. If your dog is a puppy then your dog does not know how to hold it in that long and will need to relieve himself more than 3 times a day.

You should be taking your dog out in the morning after he eats, at night after he eats, before he goes to bed, and numerous times throughout the day. Everytime your dog goes out and pee/poop you should reward your dog with a treat so that he gets the idea that it's good to go outside.

You also need to establish a routine that your dog can get use to. My puppy when I got her stayed @ my boyfriend's house and then when I took her back to my apartment I had to train her again. Then we establish the one week here and the weekend there.

You should also try crate training. I heard it's very sucessful with some dogs (my dog isn't that sucessful with it). Purchase a crate and make it comfortable for your dog and put him in the crate @ night. Naturally your dog will start to hold in his pee/poop until the morning because he probably doesn't want to spend hours having poop/pee in his crate. In the morning after you take him out of the crate you need to immediately take him outside to
pee.

When you have your dog out you need to be aware of possible signs that your dog needs to go outside. My dog will become increasingly needed and cling to me, she will bark @ me, or she will run around in front of the door. If I don't take her out when she does one of these signs then she will simply pee on the floor or poop and it's my fault because she told me and I didn't take her out.

House taining as I said earlier is a long drawn out process and you have to be patient, understanding, and have time to do this with your dog. I had my dog for 3 months Jan 21 and she will be semi-house trianed with more time to go. I'm expecting her to be fully house trained by the time she's 1 year old.

Good Luck. Hope these tips helped.