ANy house breaking tips for a 8 week old female puppy??

Answer 1

Keep the pup in a crate at night and when left alone during the day which is big enough for turning around only. Dogs are denning animals and prefer not to foul their den. First thing in the morning, take her out and praise her for "doing her business". It won't be long and she will be trained. Remember to be consistent with toilet training and feeding times.

Answer 2

Keep the puppy on a leash and keep her circling around and around and use a potty command I use "quick quick" if after 10-15 minutes she hasn't gone, bring back inside and try again 20 minutes later. When she does eliminate praise lavishly and give a reward (treat). Do this EVERY TIME you take her outside. Keep her circling, don't let her sniff around and wander. It's understandable that they sniff the ground as they circle but don't let her drag you all over the yard searching all the wonderful smells. Be the pack leader. Crate training helps as long as you know that the puppy needs to go 20-30 times a day, first thing in the morning, 20 mins after eating, after napping, and right after playing. They will also need to go at least once during the night. Be consistent and put her on a schedule. Look for signs, sniffing and circling. Don't give the puppy the run of the house, confine to a crate or a room (where everyone congregates, like a kitchen) where the floor isn't carpet. Also a tip to remember is that sometimes when they wake themselves up in the middle of the night they wake up too late so you'll have to rush outside or you'll have a puddle on the floor. The trick to housebreaking is NEVER punish if she has an accident in the house, you'll negate all your training and make her afraid to go, praise good behavior, IGNORE unwanted behavior or accidents, a dog won't know why it's being punished even 2 minutes after it's had an accident and NEVER rub it's nose in it. If you catch the puppy in mid piddle, clap your hands and say NO, and immediately take them outside to the spot you designate as their spot, when she goes, praise and reward. Be patient, some dogs aren't considered trustworthy until at least a year old. But if you are consistent and patient you should have the puppy housebroken in about 2-3 weeks.

Good Luck, be persistent and be consistent in your training, you can find a ton of housebreaking tips on the internet using Google.

Answer 3

My God, whatever you do, don't go get those Puppy Pads. Take the puppy outside constantly before it has a chance to go inside When the puppy does good and goes outside, treat it like they just won the gold medal at the olympics. If it goes inside, show it to the puppy with a stern reminder, and take it outside for awhile. Put some newspaper by the door where it goes out. Get a crate for it while your gone, and make sure it's not too big. Try not to leave the puppy crated for too long when it's so young. My puppy was housebroken in several days. Piece of cake. Enjoy your new puppy, spoil the heck out of it !

Answer 4

First, be sure to feed the dog at the same time every day, and don't leave food out for it all day. Eating at specific times of the day, helps the pups' bowels and bladder to get on an "elinimation schedule".

Do not use puppy pads; these train the dog to go potty in the house. You want the dog to eliminate outside.

Take your dog out to potty about 15-20 minutes after she eats, and stay with her until she pottys. As soon as she goes potty outside, give her lots of praise.

Puppies will also give you visual cues when they need to eliminate. Most will walk in a tight circle with their nose to the ground. Whenever you see this behavior immediately say something like, "Potty outside?" and take the dog outside. Again, stay with her until she pottys. As soon as she goes potty outside, give her lots of praise.

Keep in mind that puppies don't have conscious control of their bowels or bladder until they're about 4 months old. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't start training now; it just means that the puppy may have accidents for a while until she gets better control of her body.

Answer 5

Well for one, you should ALWAYS go outside with your puppy. Even if you have a fenced yard, always go out with her to make sure she does her business. When she does, reward her with a "Good Girl" and lots of hugs and kisses. Crate training is an effective method to make sure she does not have the run of the house while you are unable to supervise her. Take her out often and encourage her to eliminate on cue. Try to make it so she associates going outside with going to the bathroom. Constantly reinforce her good behavior with positive feedback. If you catch her getting ready to go in the house, don't yell at her, simply scoop her up and take her to the place you want her to go. The most effective tool though, is consistency It's easy to get lazy and just let the puppy out in the backyard unsupervised. It's easy for a puppy to get distracted and if you aren't there to guide her, she may forget why she was out there in the first place and go to the bathroom on the floor as soon as she comes back inside. Puppies need to go to the bathroom often, so as long as you take her out enough, she should be able to hold it in her crate while you are not there. Also, if you are crate training, make sure the crate is small enough so that if she were to go to the bathroom, she would not have enough room in the crate to get away from it. If you use a smaller crate, she will be much less likely to mess in it. There are so many tips, but those are just a few...

Answer 6

1st remember to always be consistent when training.
One word commands work best. (eg. come, stay, NO, etc.)

Lots of Praise and a pocket full little treats used only for training work wonders.

House breaking tip.. Walk dog often!! After puppy drinks water, take her outside about 15 min. afterward, and Waite until business is done,, then offer lots of praise. After puppy eats be sure and take her outside about 15 minutes after and wait until business is done, then offer praises and a small treat.

If puppy makes a mistake in house, immediately rush her outside and let her sniff around, about 5 minutes. Then take her in. ((( if pup make a poop in house, take it outside and put it where you would expect her to do his business.)) After just a few days, of this routine, she should have it down. they are very smart.

If you must use a newspaper in house to help train. Keep the area big, at first so pup is sure to only mess on paper, then rush her outside as soon as business was done. Repeat as above. Also, try to get large newspaper area down gradually to one small rectangular sheet. Once pup is doing business outside more regularly remove newspaper all together.

Good luck. Remember to be consistent and congratulations on your new family member, may she bring you lots of years of joy.

Answer 7

There is a LOT you need to know about training, but I think the absolute most important thing to remember when training her is to be CONSISTENT with everything you do. Try to start some sort of routine, which usually makes it easier for dogs to learn what it is that you want them to do at a certain time.

Remember also to overexaggerate praise when your dog does something right : ) All she wants to do is make you happy, so make it easy for her to be able to tell when you're happy.

I remember training my dog to do things like sit and stay, and sometimes I had to physically make his body do the action, and then right after I would praise him as if he did it all on his own. lol but it worked. he's very well behaved now, and one of my best friends.

Finally, be patient. She's just a baby and needs some time to get it right. Good Luck!

Answer 8

I AM A DOG FREAK!! Here;s what you do... Well if you have a gate let her out if you don't buy puppy pads. If she pees on the floor scold her. If she goes on the pad praise her. Oh if she doesn't go it all after awhile, take away the pad. If she does good without the pad great! Just let her out as SOON as you get home. I have a dog too. 8 to be specific and this worked for ALL of them. Good luck and be PATIENT!!

Answer 9

8 weeks ig just too early. You will likely need to wait until about 12-15 weeks. Then do a web search and there are tons of little tips and some full-blown scheduling methods. The biggext thing is to control water intake and plan on spending a lot of time watching the pup for signs she is about to go.

Answer 10

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