by what age are puppies normally housebroken?

Answer 1

most puppies are usually housebroken by the age of 6 months but some can take up to a year

Answer 2

A puppy will often learn through consistency that it should only eliminate outside when it's fairly young, even 2 or 3 months old. But you cannot consider a dog fully housebroken until it's at least 6 months old, because this is when they gain better control of their bladder and bowels. Before then, you can't consider them housetrained, because they will eliminate in the house if they're not given a chance to go outside right away.

Certain dogs sometimes are never fully housetrained -- though this is rare. Breeds that are known for this include tiny breeds, like Yorkshire terriers and maltese, and also hounds, like beagles. Be sure to get your dog neutered before they reach sexual maturity at 6-9 months of age, too -- some intact dogs will urine mark in the house even after being housebroken.

Answer 3

usually about 4 months. My German Shepherd was housebroken by 4 months...my Yellow lab by almost 6 months. Sometimes it just depends on the dog. If you are there to work with them a lot it will happen faster. If you are gone most of the day and they are crated, they may have accidents. We took our dogs out every 2 hours, except at night, then about every 5, until they were housebroken. When my Shepherd had accidents I just took him to the spot and said "no no" in a stern voice and then took him outside. We took a different approach to our lab. She got scolded and got her butt spanked (that's how my husband thought she should be trained, his dog). She has accidents sometimes still in the house, my Shepherd has not had one since he's been housebroken. So I would definately take the "no no" approach.

I've heard of people taking an empty pop can and putting a few pennies in the bottom of it and when their dog goes potty in the house they shake the can by the dog and next to the spot where she had the accident. It seems to work. I've never tried it but I seen it work before.

Good Luck with housebreaking and don't get too frustrated...It takes time. Alot of time. Be patient and don't yell at your dog or hit her when she has accidents otherwise she'll get scared and try to hide it behind couches and chairs and stuff.

Answer 4

Depends on the dog. Mine, peed once in the house on the first day, and i told him NO. I brought him outside to play, and he peed out there. I imediatly praised him, and the potty training was done. He got the hint right off the bat, and whined when he had to potty. Although, some dogs potty when they get scared or nervous, so this might not be the easiest thing to break. Puppys generally lack the proper control of their nervous system to prevent them from accidents. Use positive training methods, no cruality, or they will be worse at such a young age. IF THE DOG HAS AN ACCIDENT, AND KNOWS IT DID SOMETHING WRONG, YOU WIN, AT THIS POINT IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, NO NEED TO CORRECT.

Answer 5

About 6 months. My dog still has a few accidents if we are letting her out enough on some days and she is 10 months old.
Try to get a routine of letting the puppy out 1/2 hour after eating and playing. You can pretty much get them on a routine easily, but you have to keep it up. Don't scold when you find it...only when you catch them doing it. Take the paper towel with the pee or poo outside to where you want them to go. When they go outside, praise them like crazy.

Answer 6

2-6 months

But, that depends on you. Are you consistant in your training. Are you using a positive training method?

Are you crate training?

How are you training the dog.

If you are doing it right, once you start to feel like this isn't working, thats when all the sudden it seems like the puppy quits going in the house.

You have to have time and patience.

Answer 7

You can start training as early as 6 weeks, but they will still be prone to accidents until they are about 1 year as they still don't have complete control over their ballder/bowels until that age.

Answer 8

Depends on the Breed. Some are never totally house broken. 6 Months in the average, but 1yr. for sure.

Answer 9

i think depending on the dog and how much time you spend training. our beagle took a little longer than the dobie.. our doberman is 4 months and for the past 2 weeks has had 2 accidents.... good luck!!!

Answer 10

Age usually varies as some dogs learn quicker than others, but with proper training this should be achieved in about 2 weeks to about 6 weeks. But to help with this, don't punish your dog for accidents, and when it does do its business outside, praise it. all pups and dogs love praise and once they understand what they get praise for, they'll continue to do the right thing.