Anyone know how to housebreak a 6 month old puppy?

Question

I currently have a 6 month old beagle puppy. Our pug is housebroken and uses a litterbox like a cat, but the beagle pup still goes on the floor. Whenever we take both dogs out for a walk she goes on the floor once we get back in the house.

I currently live in a townhouse with NO backyard. Does anyone have any idea on how to housebreak a 6 month old puppy?

We can't use newspaper since she rips it up.

No jokes or wisecracks please.

Answer 1

Lots and lots of patience, and love my friend. Just keep working at it. The dog will figure it out eventually. When you pup does start to go outside to do his/her duties, don't forget to reward the dog after. But don't give it a treat for just going out, that sends a wrong message to the dog, then it will just want to go out for the treats, and quite possibly still go in the house after. Good luck.

Answer 2

Really no easy solution. Be sure to only give the dog food and water at regular times and when you know it must need to go take it for a walk and don't bring it inside till it goes. Be sure to praise the puppy when it does its business outside. Also at times when you cannot watch the puppy you should put it in a kennel/cage. Some people may believe that putting the animal in a kennel is cruel but dogs are den animals and usually feel more secure in their kennel. The other benefit of using the kennel is that the puppy will not usually have an accident in their kennel if they can help it. They do not want to lie down in their own mess. We have a 9 month old lab pup, and have used this method with great success. The only times she has ever had an accident in her kennel it was our fault from being away from the house for too long.

Answer 3

I have a clue. I have worked this exact dog question before.
Pugs, are housepet design, no? The beagle was the world's
greatest overall housepet about 500 years ago. The pug and
the beagle communication leaves the dog on the rough it in a
dog hunt for fox. I would actually decorate a small dog set for
the beagle with fun toy and treat for behavior well done. Maybe
a foxtail, a ball, a chewable rawhide made like a fish. The pug
is very personality comprehensive, lots of running for the beagle
is the missing activity. Pugs are walkers. The beagle is the
most fun dog, pugs, well I have 3 and I make them clean the
barn. Hope you see they will be good friends because they are
domesticated. here is some fun reading http://www.dog-breed-facts.com http://www.adairmag.com/games

Answer 4

First of all, when you get a new puppy it is never to be allowed to wander the house alone. She is to have a small area of her own with her food and water, a bed, and a pee pad. You should take her out about once every two to three hours to go potty, and when you do, take her on a leash. (This is how you train her to go in a specific place in your backyard) Choose the place that is best for her to keep going to the bathroom, this will be her place. Take her out on her leash and walk her in circles and say a phrase of your choosing that she will link to the action of going potty. You could say something like "Go potty". Say this every few seconds until she finally goes potty, then reward her when she does it. When she's gone you can allow her to roam the house for a little while knowing that she wont go anywhere in the house. This can be for about 30 minutes to an hour before you put her back in her pin. Once she is used to this pattern she will learn to hold it in until she is outside, and as she learns you can give her a little more freedom. Puppies cant hold their bladder but so long at a young age but as they get older they can hold it longer. She was most likely not abused, because if that is so then she would avoid human contact. Puppies and dogs like to depend on a schedule, so set one up and this should stop happening.

Answer 5

Put your beagle puppy in a travel crate when it is in the house. Take the puppy out often. As soon as you get up in the morning, and right before you go to bed. The puppy needs to go out after it eats, after playing, as soon as it wakes up from a nap. If it doesn't go potty when you are outside, put it back in the crate and take it out again 15 minutes later. Praise the puppy when its goes outside. It also helps to go to the same place outside because they can smell where they went. Smelling where the other dog went can also help give the pup the idea. If it goes in the house scold it and take it right back outside to the potty place. Continue doing this and after a few weeks you shouldn't have anymore problems. Just don't let it have the freedom to run all over your house until it is doing very well. As far as putting paper in the crate don't use it, instead buy a very hairy rug like fake fur, they hate getting the hair in their mouth and won't be as likely to sit in the crate and put the strings out of it. Give the pup a chew toy to keep him busy while in the crate.

Answer 6

Crate training is great! Some people see it as cruel but done properly it is very successful and your puppy will begin to see the crate as their own room or den. My dog used hers for when she just wanted some quiet time or wanted to rest. She would go in there just anytime to chill out. She loved it.
The way you housetrain with a crate is to put your dog in for nap time. After the nap bring the dog straight outside for potty time. Make sure to praise your puppy when it goes outside. Then inside for playtime and family time. Keep an eye on your puppy and if it begins the sniff for a potty spot head outside again quickly. If an accident happens you must scold but then you immediately take the puppy out again to make them a good puppy again. After exercise put the puppy back into the crate for nap time again. Repeat the process. Remember that puppies will usually go within about 15 minutes of eating/drinking so head outside for potty after meals.
Something you may need to do if you haven't already: try to get rid of all the potty smells inside the house where there may have been accidents. Nature's Miracle does this beautifully. The litter box is great for the pug but may be causing confusion for the beagle. Any chance you can get the pug to potty outside all the time? It may help by getting all the scents outside.

Answer 7

Well, one thing that could be suggested is if your puppy goes as soon as you go back home you could keep your beagle on the leash and if you trust it enough release your pug and immediately go back out side and see if it didn't "play to its senses. If you are wanting it to be trained to go in the litter box I had heard somewhere as disgusting as this sounds when your puppy goes pee to use something i.e. one of those puppy training mats, a old towel whatever and let her pee on it, then when you want her to go potty in it watch her for signs that she wants to pee and use the "pee rag" in the litter box and from then on be consistent because if you are trying to teach both at the same time it is probably confusing her as to what you want inside-outside. Also there could be other spots in your house that could have happened by accident or from house training your pug and she smells the marked spot. That and like other people have said patience,patience,patience.

Answer 8

Try using puppy pads instead of paper and let her watch you change them after she wets on them, praise her and give her a treat. Just like a child potty training. We also put a little powder on the new pads we layed down and told her 'Hum smells so pretty" After we started this it only took a week 1/2. Our beagle is now 3. We made it but I think it was harder training him then our daughter lol Good luck

Answer 9

Time and crate train. Period. Wake up in the am and you walk. He eats and a few minutes later you walk and then play a bit. Go up in the crate. Comes out and goes walk. Eats and goes walk then play time. The same at diner and then another walk before bed. The crate should be just big enough to stand turn around and lay down. Not to big! Will do it's best to not mess where it sleps so do your best to walk plenty and not leave in there to long. After a bit will let you know when to walk in its own way.

Answer 10

i know what you mean. I couldn't even use the training pads because my puppy would chew on it.

I crate trained my puppy. I started leaving him in his crate for about 2 hrs and take him outside. Then I isolate him in one spot where I want him to pee. At first he didn't want to go because he didn't want to be outside. I waited till he did his business. Sometimes I would wait for him to go for up to 40 minutes. Immediately after he does his business I gave him treats and I took him inside. I repeated until he wanted stop peeing inside. But make sure you increase the hrs that he stays in the crate. He won't pee or poop in the crate because that's where he sleeps. So he will slowly develop some tolerance to hold in. Now my puppy can hold all night. But then I have to take him outside first thing in the morning.
good luck