My pug puppy just isn't getting it.....?

Question

Any idea's.... my pug is now a little over 5 months old and she is just not getting the whole toilet training thing, like she sleeps in the laundry over night and i put paper in there but she will always go on the paper and if i take the paper out she will just go on the tiles and i literaly have to keep her on a leash inside cause if she needs to go she will just go... I take her out all the time, she goes outside then when she comes inside she goes again, she as a routine time that she eats and a time that she sleeps but the toilet thing is like all the time.

Answer 1

My puppy, now 7 months, was not perfectly potty trained at 5 months old. Fortunately, now she is, but it takes time to potty train a puppy. Some get it fast and others are a year or more before they get it down.

Personally, I would not do any newspaper training at all, especially if you want the dog to eventually go outside. Your dog is almost big enuf to make it thru the nite without needing to go, so I would be using a crate, a place she likely will not use as a potty. Then first thing in the morning, take her straight outside to do business and praise and reward a lot when she does in the correct place. IMO, using newspapers in the home tells the dog it's "okay" to go inside.

If your puppy likes a good treat, then you can also use clicker training to get the right message across. Teach the puppy that the click means a yummy treat (not the everyday treats, but something like a cooked, cut up small hot dog--not for the everyday treat, but great for training). Click, then give treat and repeat up to 10 times. Then, when puppy does the business properly, outside as you want, click just about when she is done, praise and reward with treat. When puppy goes inside the house, make a loud noise like "Ahhhh" to interupt the behavior, then take puppy outside to where she should go to finish. Click and treat when she does it in the right spot. I added the cue "go potty" for my puppy, and now she will go on command. This is very beneficial if you need the dog to go quickly, like if you are needing to leave the house and need to get in a quick potty run for the pup.

Just remember, potty training takes time and patience. Don't bother disciplining puppy for an accident you don't catch her in the act of doing and positive reward for going where you want her to.

Answer 2

No reputable breeder releases these small breeds of dogs until they are at least 10-12 weeks old. Why would you even consider letting a pup, that isn't house trained, sleep on your bed? Pups need to sleep in crates. Also, I see that you were applying for financial aid, from a previous question of yous, 3 days ago, so how are you going to afford a dog? The initial exam, as required in the breeder's contract, requires you to have the pup vet checked within 48-72 hours after taking it home. This checkup will run you around $200.00. Your pup will need routine vaccinations, and will need to be neutered. Emergencies arise. My last three were $800.00, $3000.00 and $5000.00. How is a college student going to afford something like that?

Answer 3

I've never used paper in toilet training my puppy, because I've heard that it makes things more confused for the pup then what it actually helps.

Start by taking pup outside after her meals, sleep time and play sessions. You will start to pick up when your pup will need to be taken outside - her sniffing the ground is always a good sign as well!

Crate training is a good idea, it teaches them to control their bladder until they get to the appropriate area to go to the toilet (i.e. outside) as they will not go in a place where they sleep. When I got my puppy, I was taking her out every two hours, then cut it back to every four hours after two weeks. If she needed to go out, she would let me know by whimpering.

Answer 4

Lucy's Says: Put it outside For at least half an hour a day.

Answer 5

When your dog starts peeing you have to grab her and take her to the paper. Then give her a treat. Try to familiarize her to the paper so that she know's where it's at. Give her a treat each time. You should also praise her every time. Dogs associate your tone of voice with their behavior.
I taught my dog this way. He's almost two and every time he goes, he sprints out and stares at me so I can give him a treat.

Answer 6

I never liked the paper thing for the reason you are seeing now.

I trained with the crate method. The idea of the crate is that it is his home, his bedding, his "safe" place. He will endeavor to hold his functions as much as possible to avoid messing his "nest".

When I was not able to be observing the pup, I put him in his crate. As soon as he came out of the crate we went outside and I waited until he got the idea, and gave him lots of praise.

Any time he missed and went inside I made a point of immediately cleaning it up with enzyme cleaner.

I had excellent results in about 3 weeks, but at one point I was taking him out as much as 8 times a day.

*I tried putting the crate in the kitchen but by night 2 I moved it to my room because he cried so much. But as long as he knew I was in the room, he was fine in the crate. Later I would close the doors to my room and not even close the door of the crate, and he treated my room with the respect he did his bedding. (Although at this point it was not so much potty training as it was to keep him from chewing things when I wasn't looking.)

Answer 7

the paper inside was the bad idea, and the reason she's still going indoors....

so, she's confused now. she's thinking "i go inside", put she's not putting it together, that your allowing it on paper and not on your floor, she doesnt see it that way.

Take the paper out of the picture all together, and do it all outside if thats where you want her to go.....
this is why potty pads, paper, ect is such a bad idea. It's teaching them to go indoors period.....

Answer 8

You need to make it a schedule with going outside, and make it plain and clear of when she does something good ('good girl"), and when she does something bad ( a pop on the nose, "bad girl). It will take a little time, but you need to get HER on YOUR schedule, not the other way around.

Answer 9

Try putting the paper outside ;O)
When she goes in the house,,immediately take her out while saying,,"got to go outside?" She will eventually get it.It takes time.

Answer 10

It takes time - seek help from a vet or trainer if you need to.