I'm still having trouble potty training my 12 week old pomeranian puppy. Any suggestions?

Question

I feel like when we have a good day it is only because I am learning his potty schedual.

Answer 1

Just keep it up and be consistant. You may have another 40 weeks before he learns completely. Be patient.

and don't listen to whogait up there, he's dilusional and he has it backwards. In general you should not leave your dog outside for very long because they are pack animals and want to be where the people are... they DO NOT want to be left alone... but in the event you should have to leave them alone, crate training is best. Crates are not cruel at all. For starters they are a safe place for the dog. Who knows what he could get into if allowed to roam free (at least as a puppy) besides, while dogs are pack animals, they like to have space they can call their own... their kennel is kind of like their bedroom, it's their own private space...

Answer 2

Yes, a puppy's brain cannot fully understand potty training until 12 weeks. So if you've started before now, she should catch on soon. Just keep it up. Remember 15 minutes after eating, sleeping, playing, etc; take him outside for a potty break, when he does his business reward him with a treat and LOTS of praise!!
I also suggest crate taining, after he is used to it, leave the door open and it's like his own personal little den that he will feel comfortable in.
Hang in there, you're doing good!

Answer 3

Classic example of why it's NOT a good idea to buy a puppy when you live in an apartment, especially when not on the ground floor. At this age, she should not be going out off your property to anywhere other dogs might be going. Assuming her vaccination shots are not complete. Who sold you this puppy, without asking these questions I wonder. It's not necessarily your fault, although common sense should have told you that having a puppy floors up was at best, going to be loads of extra work. Puppies need to be taken out, to a private completely fenced in area to begin with, every hour, after every sleep, feed and short periods of play. Puppies don't come programmed to walk happily on a collar and lead either. And the LAST thing you should be doing is pulling or dragging her. That's the quickest way to making her lead-shy. Pick her up!!! As for using pee pads on a balcony. Pity your adjoining neighbours, and those below. This is not the way to go, if only for hygienic reasons. Yes, you have a problem. And unless you are prepared to carry your puppy up and down the stairs and out across the street (and risk her picking up something like Parvo if she's not had all her shots yet), my best advice is to take this puppy back to where she came from. I'm sorry to be blunt, but I'm being realistic, based on years of experience. Your decision! Add It is possible to keep a dog in an apartment situation, provided it's somewhat older, trained, and maybe used to not having a garden to run around in.

Answer 4

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/05juU

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Might I recommend a few things-
1. Limit the amount of space the pup has to roam at least 1-1/2 hours after eating/drinking. A playpen or kennel crate are great to have.
2. Put the pup on a definite feed schedule and only offer water after feed and during playtime. Take the pup to the area that its supposed to use as a potty spot. I usually let my Chihuahuas out on a every 3-4 hour potty schedule. 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. Get an enzyme based pet stain removal product to clean up any areas that he has chosen as his personal choices. Be sure to limit his access to those areas during potty scheduling.
4. Be patient. This will take about a week or so to get going good and about a month to be set. As long as you can limit his area and get a good schedule going it is possible. You may have a flashback when he starts teething but revert back to limiting his area and giving plenty of chew toys for entertainment and you will be good to go.
5. I have also found it useful to find a friend who has a young adult dog that is the same sex- this works great for males- and have them to bring their dog over and let it go potty where your dog is supposed to go. This will kick the territorial instincts in and your dog will be compelled to mark his territory. I have use my males for this phase and it has worked every time.

Good luck and stick with the schedule.

Answer 7

You shouldn't even try to potty train a dog until it's 4 months old.

Answer 8

Put him outside (unless it's too cold.) Keep him ouside, all the time. Do this, just for a couple weeks, and for the rest of his life, he'll simply prefer going to the bathroom ouside. He'll be potty-trained, so you can keep him inside without fear then.
And don't kennel or crate him: that is so mean to coop up a dog.

Answer 9

I got a puppy myself a few months ago and we had SOOO many problems with her. You are not alone! haha I thought she'd never learn but thankfully we got through it :o) Kennel training works great for some, if you're okay with the fact that your little guy will be cooped up in a smaller environment than he's used to for a while. For the most part dogs will not go to the bathroom in the same place that they have to sleep. If your pomeranian's bladder hasn't fully developed though he may still have accidents regardless of how much he doesn't want to go potty in his "home". If your dog is a free-roamer like mine, meaning you let him wander around your house without being in an enclosed space, you might want to try the trick that helped me get my little girl using the bathroom outside. Tie a rope to the door handle of the door you wish to let him out of and on the end of that rope tie a bell. It can be one of those gold bells that you see around Christmas time or just one of those balls that cats play with that have bells in them. Any time you take your puppy out to relieve himself, ring that bell to let him know it's time for him to do his business. Use a common phrase everytime you're out with him like "Go potty" or "Do your business" so that he associates that word with his urinating. (I can now tell my dog to "go potty" and she'll squat on the spot because she knows the meaning of the word) When he goes to the bathroom praise him like crazy! Give treats and tell him "good boy" repeatedly. Once your dog hears the bell enough, he'll start to understand that the noise means he gets let outside. Eventually the idea is he will go to the door on his own when he needs to be let out and make the bell ring either by hitting it himself or just brushing against it as he tries to get out. You can be somewhere else in the house and once you hear that noise you'll know that it's time to get that leash and take him out. Hope this helps! Good luck and remember as hard as it may be: stay patient!

Answer 10

He's still a baby, you must be patient. However, you also have to learn to communicate with him. Dogs have their own way of communicating their needs; you just have to learn his. Some will cry, some will go to the door, some will sit and look at you, etc. This takes patience.