Help me please?

Question

I know I'm asking a lot of questions on here about my puppy, but I'm just trying to adapt to him and learn his ways and all, I've never had an inside dog before so. But what I noticed is, he always pees on either carpet or some sort of fabric. I've been training him to the blue pads, and whenever he is let out of his room(laundry room, which is tiled), he's fine, but when he uses the potty it's always on the carpet or a blanket or something simliar, so I was thinking maybe he thinks because he can go on the pad, that means anything "padded''?

Answer 1

As I told you before those pads teach him to "use it" indoors. Why not teach pup to go outside. Then you will not have the added expense of the pads and you will not have to worry about him peeing on padded things or shredding the pad up. Perhaps you could try reading up on crate training when done correctly it works. Common sense should tell you the puppy should have no unsupervised freedom in the house until he is completely house broken.

Answer 2

I heard a similar question posed and answered the other day on television. The dog trainer suggested a couple things:

1. Consider crate training.

2. While potty training, take them outside every 15 minutes (no less than every 30 minutes) to go do their business. Praise them AS THEY ARE GOING, not only after.

If you take the dog out very frequently, he/she won't have a chance to have any accidents and will learn even faster!

Good luck!

Also, sounds like you want to keep clothes, blankets, etc. off the floors.

Answer 3

Try to write down the times he goes to the "bathroom" and go from there. I learned long ago that house dogs tend to have certain times for both poo and pee. (sorry!) but it is true. at the times you have written down, or close to them, put him/her on a leash and take them to the door you want them to use. in the first few days of this let them go on the pads. then after 4 days start taking them out side to the porch. Put the pads on the porch at the top of the steps. wait a few days. on day 8. take them to the part of the yard you want them to use. Use the pads again. Do this for 4 more days. Then start eliminating the pads. ALWAYS ALWAYS reward your puppy when they go to the bathroom where you want them to go. There are sprays out there for training as well they work well. Try to be positive at all times when the puppy does as you want him/her to do, cuddle and praise always. Punishment should be scolding in a very stern tone and call them bad "puppies name here". Eventually they will learn to go to the door, off the porch and on the yard this way. It just takes time and patience.

Answer 4

It is going to be very hard to train your dog if he is "confined" to a room, such as your laundry room, for any amount of time at all. I am not trying to be mean or judge you AT ALL, it's just a fact. No it's not abusive and you're not doing anything wrong or mean but you're not going to get the best or quickest results with this method. You are expecting him to just "know" to go on the pad. You have to "train" him, show him, this requires a lot of time together one-on-one with the dog.

Whenever you are home that dog should not be locked up. It should be out with you and your family but be closely monitored to have his behavior corrected and be taught right from wrong. The only time your dog should be confined is when nobody is home and when everybody has gone to bed for the night - and only until he's fully trained - he should within a couple of months be able to be completely free. And he should only be confined to a cage (crate) that gives him enough room to sleep and turn around in - this discourages him from pottying in his crate. It is just unreasonable to expect that he should just "know" to go on the pads - you have GOT to spend a lot of time WITH him - you have to practically be right on top of a puppy from the minute you bring it home for at least the first few months.

From your other posts I'm gathering your dog is a Chihuahua / Shitzu mix - a lot of a dog's personality and needs are ingrained in their bloodline, their breed. These types of breeds expect to be lap dogs, loved and spoiled and babied and paid a lot of attention - not shut up in a room. He is just a puppy and has not learned any structure yet so he is just pottying wherever, whenever he needs to go. Do you have a pad in each room?

Please understand I am NOT meaning to be harsh, and I am NOT coming from the viewpoint of "oh that's mean, you shouldn't lock a dog in the laundry room, that's cruel" what I am saying is that this is not the way to go - it's not mean, it's not wrong, it's not abusive, but it's also not going to be successful. Personally I consider my dogs my "children" BUT I hate it when people make an actual comparison between dogs and children like "Oh would you just put your newborn baby in a room by itself" - let's be honest, it's NOT the same thing, BUT trying to get a puppy trained IS much like caring for a child in that they need your instruction, your guidance, your discipline, YOUR TIME, ATTENTION AND PATIENCE.

The first couple of months are the most important. Even I was surprised when I got my 2 puppies how much time and effort has to go into successful training, I even noted in one of my other posts that I hate when people post replies such as "If you didn't have time for a dog you shouldn't have gotten one in the first place, blah, blah..." BUT now I find myself saying it... too often people want the cute little carry-it-in-my-purse dog - or any dog for that matter, and bring it home and expect it to just be a good little dog. Even the tiny toy cute puppies need the same intense training any other breed does. My neighbor wanted a dog forever, so bad she could cry, just had to have a dog, once she got it she thought it was a total pain in the butt, couldn't get it housebroken, it always wanted to go outside and go for walks and so on and so on.. (imagine that...) She eventually realized she could not meet the dog's needs and gave her to some people that could.

Honestly, I'm not being mean or sarcastic or judging you, and I respect you for asking for advice - it's just that the answer really is simple: Time, Attention, Patience, Consistency

Answer 5

Dogs are color blind so when Rover steps on the carpet he can feel through his paws that it is similar to the pads you've been traing him with. My advice, train him to go outside only. Talk to him ask him if he needs to go to the bathroom. Go out with him point to a spot that is accecptabl and say go potty or whatever works for you. Reward him and go back into the house.

Answer 6

If you lived in a castle of all stone and had ONE small throw rug in one of the 100 rooms.... your puppy would pee on that rug! It's just the way it is. Pups are always attracted to something absorbent. Wee-wee pads are made for folks would want tiny toys to be indoors always. Personally, I prefer my dogs to be trained to potty outdoors. It's a matter of personal preference.

Answer 7

You need to take him out to do his chores every half-hour in the day, and keep him in a crate at night and let him out once or twice during the night. Also let him out after he is done playing, eating, and when he gets up from a nap. Yes, puppies do chores A LOT.
P.S. Take away the pads, he needs to learn to go outside. If you keep letting him outside to do his chores then he will soon learn that, that is where he needs to do them.
The reason you need to let him out so much, is because the maximum amount of time he can hold it in, is one hour for every month he is old. (so if he is 3 months old, he can only hold it in for only 3 hour or less)
Remember puppies are like babies, you need to be patient.

Answer 8

My dog did the same thing when she was a puppy, she always went on the carpet, I took her to a training school, and continued to work witrh her at home. She is now 3 months and rarely has accidents.

Answer 9

one thing i've found with my dog was that when she was a puppy, she peed on the carpet because it feels the most like grass to a dog. any way, it's normal for puppies to do that. why can't you let your dog pee outside? my dog's an inside dog, but she goes to the bathroom outside.

Answer 10

take him outside and not have him go on the blue pad, cuz he is thinking that is the blue pad. so u r best off taking him outside and take away the blue pad.