House training my chiwawa?

Question

I work full time 6am till 3pm how do I house break my chihuahua? I need help..Please

Answer 1

I am on a similar schedule and my fiance works the same hours. We own 7 Chihuahuas and 3 are crate kept because they prefer it and the other 4 are housebroken to pee pads. The crated ones are 7 years old and the others are 12, 10, 1, and 10 months.

Might I recommend a few things-
1. Limit the amount of space the dog has to roam at least 1-1/2 hours while you are gone. A playpen or kennel crate are great to have it is not cruel to use it. If you get a crate or a kennel large enough for half to be a bed area and half to be a small potty area you won't have the mess around the house. I use the medium size Pet Taxi crates, use baby blankets for bedding and newspaper or potty pads for the mess.

2. Let dog go potty first thing when you get up. Then give it food and water while you get ready for work. 3. I usually have mine on a every 3-4 hour potty schedule when I am home but otherwise they adapt quite well to the longer wait as you go along. They definitely go out if they eat then drink water and I give them about 10-15 minutes of outside time to encourage a potty schedule.

3. As soon as you walk in the door let the dog go out to potty. This is important because it will assure the dog that you are on this schedule. Feed and give water while you get situated, change clothes, shower, etc. Then let you Chi back out to potty when you get finished which is probably a 1/2 hour to an 1-1/2 hours later. Then let out again right before you go to bed.

4.Only feed your Chi twice a day and offer treats as a snack, this will help maintain a Chihuahua's proper weight. I use pint-size stainless steel bowls and offer half a bowl of dry food and a full bowl of water. I use liver or chicken soft treats for variety and offer chew sticks & toys occasionally for exercise.

Good luck and stick with your schedule. I have succeeded with this myself with only a few minor accidents.

Answer 2

Being gone for 9 hours a day is going to make it tricky!! I just got a new Chihuahua two weeks ago and she is doing really well with potty training! When I am not at home she stays in the bathroom and I have an area for her to sleep, an area for her to eat and then seperately there is an area with a puppy pad to go potty on. So far she pees on the puppy pad no problem , I guess they just like the way they smell...When I am at home we take her outside at aleast once an hour. Always to the same spot and as soon as she does anything we tell her what a good dog she is. She has had a couple of accidents in the house and we just ignore it like it didnt happen clean it up and put the puppy enzymes on the area to make sure she can't smell anything there. You have to be really persistant in taking them out!! I have a 8 year old chihuahua that I didn't work with as much and I would never trust him to have run of the house, he has to be in his crate unless someone is home. My vet said that little dogs like these can't hold it in a crate for say 8 or 9 hours until they are older and if they start to go to the bathroom in their crate they may become a "dirty" dog and not care if they are sitting in thier own waste! So confining in a small room with puppy pads and going outside alot when you are home is probably best for now. Good luck!!

Answer 3

The process will take some time and you may need to enlist the hel[p of a freind who can take the dog out while you are at work as puppies can not go that long with out going to potty. first I would suggest confinment to an area or crate when you are not able to pay attention to the dog. this is the basis of all successful method of house training. then set a daily routine. take the dog out and make it walk to the area that you want it to use. then wait until it goes. and praise it saying Good dog or another phrase of your choosing. you may also use a command to tell the dog to go potty. with consistant use and time the dog will start to go potty on command. another thing to do is to ignore the accidents in the house, just clean up the mess, and ignore the dog. doing things that are punishing the dog when you come home like Rubbing it nose in the accident don't teach the dog that the act of pottying in the house is wrong as they will only associate the potty on the floor and you coming home as the reason for the punishment. and will react to try to prevent the punishment, another consideration when you puish a dog in this way is that it may lead to aggresstion problems in the future, as in a wild pack the comming together of the pack is controled by the leaders and if the leaders are aggressive( punishing the subordinates upon reuniting the pack) then the dog will learn to act aggressive upon greeting, others.

by using the natural instinct of an animal to keep its sleeping and feeding areas clean, you can speed up the house training process. if the dog has already strated using a crate as a bathroom then you will have a much harder time house training, but prevention and consistancy are the two keys to house training.

remember that it takes time to house train a dog.

You can consult with your veterinarian for referal to a trainer who will work with you on this issue.

Answer 4

I have trained both my Chihuahuas to go in a litter box. There's pros and cons to it. Some think that if you train a dog to go in a box in the house, that it lets them feel more comfortable about going in the house altogether and they have more accidents than a dog that goes outside. I really think it depends on the dog. I think it's great because if, in the event I'm going to be gone, and something happens where I can't make it back home in time, I don't have to worry about my dog having an accident because their box is right there for them. This is how I litter trained:

First off, a dog that isn't completely potty trained and reliable should never have free run of your house. I would invest in a playpen, or a crate that would be large enough for a Great Dane. If you can't do that, create a room that isn't carpeted that you can block the dog off in. This is where the dog should be if you can't keep an eye on them. Even if you're taking a shower or something. Cover the entire area with newspapers or puppy pads. Put a small crate in the corner of the room or area and put the blankets in there. This teaches the dog that the small crate (should be about as big as they are) is their 'den' and sleeping area. Whenever you come to their area, say 'go potty' and wait. If they don't go, walk away. Keep doing this until they finally go. When they go, praise like crazy and let them out to run around in the house. They will soon learn to go on command because they will associate you coming to their area, with going potty and getting to come out. Once you have that down, gradually take away the pads or newspapers until they are just in one area. If the dog goes off the papers/pads, say 'no' and put them on the pads/papers and increase the amount again. Once they have learned to JUST go on the papers, then buy a doggie litter box (or you could use a tote, cut one side off) and put the pads/papers in that and put the box in the room of the house the dog will be in the most, like the living room in the corner. Watch for signs of the dog wanting to go, like sniffing. Every 15 minutes or so, put them in the box and say 'go potty'. Once they are reliable about going in the box, you won't even have to put them in their area anymore and can just let them run around the house. But anytime they have accidents, you need to start over and put them back in their 'area'.

The big thing is that if you decide you want them to go outside, you need to just focus on that. If you want them to go on pads/paper in a box, then just focus on that. You will confuse them if you do both.

A pet is commitment like a child and you need to take the patience and time needed for both to succeed.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Confinement so your dog cannot go to the bathroom in the
wrong places.

Constant or regular access to the right place to go to the bathroom.

Confinement means that until your dog is housebroken, he is never allowed to walk freely around the house.

Confinement means every minute of every hour of every day -- unless you are sitting with your dog, playing with him, walking him, feeding him, grooming him, teaching him something, or otherwise interacting with him.

Because if he is loose and you take your eyes off him for just a few moments, he can go to the bathroom on your floor -- and the bad habit is begun.

This means you TAKE your dog outside -- or he lets himself outside through a doggy door. Or it means you provide him with newspapers or a litter box indoors. He must have SOMEWHERE to "go" -- on a regular, reliable basis.

Answer 7

It's going to be impossible if you are gone all day. If it's a puppy, he can't hold it in all day anyway. Puppies need to be taken outside often and praised when they do their business in order to learn. It's not a good idea to have a dog if you are gone for 8 hours a day.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

keep the dog locked in a cage while you are gone, then take it outside repeatedly. Cut off water and food at a certain time.

it just takes consistancy

Answer 10

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