having trouble with our pup peeing inside even though we leave both front & back doors open for him to go out?

Answer 1

MrTryitall gave a decent answer, but habit alone can be a very slow method with undependable results. Crate training speeds the process up considerably.

A dog is a den animal, and a dog will not mess its den if given any other choice. Unfortunately, your house is much bigger than a dog's natural den.

Put the dog in a small enclosure, such as a dog crate. Even a cardboard box will work. Whatever you use, make the container small enough to make it very difficult for a dog to avoid his excrement if he "breaks training." Several times a day, take the dog outside and give him a chance to do his business. Praise him each time he does his business outdoors.

When you go back in, for the first day or two it is normally best to return the dog back to his crate. What you are trying to do is make him want to go outside -- tie outside to his business in his mind.

After he has had a couple of days to start getting the idea, give him more and more time outside of his crate -- but only when you can keep a watchful eye on him. A sharp "no" followed by his immediate removal to outside will reduce accidents and further give him the idea of what is expected of him.

I never spank a dog for accidents. A good scolding seems enough -- but during training ALWAYS, and after training sometimes, praise the dog for doing his business outdoors.

When you have learned how to tell when your dog is within a minute or less of doing something, give him a go pee command, or something other command you want to use, and you can eventually train your dog to cut out the nonsense and go on command when you are short of time.

How long any of this takes depends on the breed of the dog, and on the individual dog himself. It took me two days to train my German Shepherd. It took me over two months to train my Toy Fox Terrier. (Thank goodness it wasn't the other way around.) Just remember a dog is a den animal and take advantage of that instinct and the dog's desire to please you and to be praised by you.

Good luck.

Answer 2

First you have to teach him that he should go out.... there is no instinct to pee in grass not carpet.
Couple of methods...
Crate training is very popular, and you can find info about it all over the Internet.

The best method is habit.
1) take the pup out every time he wakes up from a nap, eats, finishes play-time....
2) when you take him, take him to the same spot. Don't play, he's there to pee. If he doesn't go for a minuet, take him back in, watch him VERY closely and take him out again after about 5 min.
3) praise him when he pees outside
4) Consistency, you must do it consistently.... Some dogs learn in a few days, some in a few weeks.
5) Don't expect perfection from a pup... if he's been doing great for a week, and suddenly pees in the house.... he's a puppy, sometimes even he doesn't know he has to go until it's too late!

Remember 1yr to us is 7 to them
SO a 3 month old pup = 21 month old child.... don't expect to much

Answer 3

You have to make going outside to pee a game.. It is best to go out with the puppy and play run around the yard before it has to pee. The running will bring on the pee feeling and when to puppy pees tell it how good it is and say "take a break" like a command after the puppy pees tell it how good it is and play for a while longer. It will learn the peeing out side is also play time, and will be more likely to take it's break when you want it to. After a while you can ask the puppy if it needs to "take a break" when it runs to the door the answer is yes. It is also play time, till the puppy understands that "take a break" means pee.

Answer 4

You need to take him out right after he eats, that way he starts putting things together. Make a habit of it, when he wakes take him out. Right after eating, take him out. Before bedtime, take him out. With consistancy your pup will be the proud owner of a bladder that doesn't pee at will.

Answer 5

You have to teach the puppy.
Like taking a child to a classroom and just letting them play with stuff won't ever teach them to read.
You need to participate in the process a little more.
There are some great books that will teach you step-by-step what to do. Get one with pictures.

Answer 6

Because he haven't learned yet put him in a cage inside and let him roam outside.

Answer 7

take him out every hour and teach him a word that he will learn when he wees, praise him using the word, then you can use it to encourage him to wee when you go outside together. hope fully he will get the message

Answer 8

rub it's nose in it he/she will learn