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Question

NEED HELP....Just got a puppy who is not potty trained. He just soiled my white carpet....He is a chocolate lab.

He needs to get potty trained in a hurry!!!!!

Answer 1

You need to add more details. How old is the pup. You cant expect a pup to hold it any more than you could a human baby. They just aren't capable. You need to crate the pup when you are not able to keep an eye on it. Also, you must take it out several times a day and praise it for going outside. Potty training isn't going to be the only issue you will have with a chocolate lab. You better consider a different color rug. They shed like crazy all year round. Your white carpet will not be white for long. These type of issues should have been addressed prior to ever getting the dog. Good Luck.

Answer 2

House Training Rule Number One: This is The Most Important Rule – If you don't catch your puppy doing it - then don't punish him for it!

House Training Rule Number Two: Praise your puppy when things go right. Don't let this be a situation where your only action is saying "No" when they are caught in the midst of using the wrong area. If they do it right – let them know!

Crate Training: involves the use of a crate or cage. The often-stated reasoning is that the animal is placed in a cage that is just large enough to be a bed. Dogs do not like to soil their beds because they would be forced to lay in the mess. It works, and while in these confines, most pups will control their bladder and bowels for a longer time than we would expect. Young puppies, at 8 or 9 weeks of age can often last for 7 or 8 hours, however, we would never recommend leaving them unattended in a crate for that long in most circumstances.

During housebreaking, whenever the puppy is inside the home but cannot be watched, he is placed in the crate. The last thing you do before you put the puppy in the crate is take him outside to his favorite spot. The first thing you do when you take the animal out of the crate is another trip outside. No food or water goes in the crate, just a blanket and maybe a chew toy to occupy his time. Overnight is definitely crate time. As your faith in the puppy grows, leave him out for longer and longer periods of time.


Make sure you buy the right size cage. You want one that has the floor space that provides just enough for the puppy to lie down. But cages are useful throughout a dog's life and it would be nice if you did not have to keep buying more as he grows. That is not necessary. Simply purchase a cage that will be big enough for him as an adult, but choose a model that comes with or has a divider panel as an accessory. With these, you can adjust the position of the panel so that the space inside the cage available to the pet can grow as he does.

Using too large of a crate can often cause long term problems. The puppy will go to one corner of the cage and urinate or defecate. After a while, he will then run through it tracking it all over the cage. If this is allowed to continue, the instincts about not soiling his bed or lying in the mess will be forgotten and the puppy will soon be doing it every day when placed in the crate. Now a house training method has turned into a behavioral problem as the puppy’s newly-formed hygienic habits becomes his way of life.

Answer 3

First off you should have puppy proofed your place first before the puppy came home.

Next, go to Petsmart or whatever pet store you have nearby and get a dog crate. Get one that's big enough for a full grown lab. Usually the Air Taxi's are pretty good.

Your puppy will sleep there at night and will be in there while you are away from her. When you feed your puppy you take her out and tell her to "go potty" when she goes praise the heck out of her. The puppy should never be out of your sight, when you see her start to squat, pick her up and run outside or wherever you are training her to go. (peepee pad)Puppies are a lot of work but what you do now will make her a great dog. Good luck tiger.

Answer 4

I have a Yellow Lab that was potty trained in lessthan a week. The big secret? Crate Training. It works, it saves your carpet, and it's easy.
Dogs won't go where they sleep, so if they are in a crate they won't go. You have to work at it by making sure you take your puppy out a number of times a day and night to where you want him to go. Tell him go potty or poopie or pee or whatever creative words you want to use. Everytime he goes potty where he's supposed to, just go crazy with the praise. Lots of hugs, kisses and atta boys.
This is my 6th dog and the first one I've crate trained. She has never, and I mean never gone potty in the house since she's been potty trained. She's 3 years old now. I swear she'll hold it forever. We kept her in the crate for about 6 months and after the 1st week, she never went in the house. Now if she has to go, she scratches or barks quietly at the door.
Go on line and look up crate training-you'll find out all sorts of good info.
Good luck, Labs are the Best!!!

Answer 5

You sound like this shouldn't have happened. It'll happen a lot more before your pup is full grown. Even when he's potty trained - lots of puppies find things that make them sick, and they'll find whatever carpet you like best and trow up there. I would suggest not allowing your pup on the carpet at all until they can be fully trusted. Put up barriers or gates to not allow the pup off of an easily cleaned surface. It's going to take at least a couple of weeks if not a couple of months before he's fully potty trained. Definately crate train him - that's good advise.

Answer 6

Potty training takes patients and time.
I have trained all of my dogs by using a kennel.
What I do is I take away the water at about 7 or 8 pm and before I go to bed I let the pup out and tell the pup to go "potty" and I wait until the pup goes potty if he or she doesn't go potty in about 20 MN I just bring the pup back into the home and kennel him or her.
If the pup does go potty I will give the pup a treat and praise praise praise the pup.
Once in the kennel and depending on the age of pup; if the pup whines and he or she is under 12 wks I will get up and let the pup go potty, if the pup is over 12 wks I will ask the pup to be quiet, if the crying keeps up then I will get up and let the pup go potty, you will know if the pup is just wanting to "get" out of the kennel.
Sometimes it takes up to a month or more to potty train a dog. I do have a Lab and she was quick to learn not to potty in the house and yes we too had accidents but that is to be expected they are only babies.
I wish you all the best and if you don't want the pup on your white carpet invest into a baby gate to block the pup from that white carpet.

Answer 7

about the only way to housebreak a dog is consistency.every time he eats or drinks take him out.a puupy that young while he is awake he will need to go pee at least every hour and a half.most dogs will be house broke in about 2 weeks.it takes some dogs longer and some shorter.dogs don't get full control of their valves until they are 12 weeks and some a little later so you will have some accidents during this time.make sure as soon as he goes to the bathroom give him praise and bring him back in immediately so he knows what he is expected to do.hope this helps.good luck and enjoy your new pup.

Answer 8

Hello,
Check out Samsdogtraining.com There is a lot of help on this subject. Also you might want to try crate training. This works for some dog owners.

Sam

Answer 9

You can't rush potty training. It takes time, patience and consistancy. You puppy should be confined to a crate or small area when he can't be supervised.He needs to be taken out regularly...every 1 1/2 hours to start, after naps, after play time and after eating. He should never have run of the house unsupervised.

Be aware that it takes most puppies until the are 6-7 months old before they are reliable in the house and pretty much accident free. Toy breeds often take longer.

Make sure to not punish your pup or call attention to the accident..simply clean it up with a good cleaner like Nature's Miracle and say nothing.If you catch him in the act simply say "NO!" and take him out immediately. Make sure that you TAKE your puppy out to pooty, don't just put him out..when he goes make sure to praise him lavishly..he'll soon get the idea.

Answer 10

Crate training will do the trick. I used it on my 2 German Shorthair Pointers. I took them both out to take care of business at regular intervals 24 hours a day, not just during regular waking hours. In 4 days we were all real tired, but they were housebroken. Nary 1 accident in the last 10 years for the boys. I also used it on my little girl GSP 4 years ago with exactly the same results. Good luck