My 23 week old labrador puppy is nearly got the hang of toilet training but still has accidents any advice??

Question

Jack will do the toilet outside but sometimes even when he has just been out he will come in and do the toilet in the house. He is crate trained so i know he can hold the toilet in all night. Any advice????

Answer 1

Do you go out with him, tell him "go pee", praise him the second he does, then bring him in? If not, how in the world is he supposed to know when he's doing the right thing. You have to teach the dog, that means going out with him so you can praise him. Crate training and house training are not the same thing. He may be crate trained, but you haven't yet house trained him.

Answer 2

Here are the steps I followed to housetrain my puppy:

1) Go to Petsmart, or a similar store, and buy "puppy pads." These are thin, waterproof pads that puppies can use inside until they fully learn to go outside. We all know puppies are still going to have accidents inside, but having these will lessen your frustration, make for easy cleanup, and will ease the training process.
2) At Petsmart, also buy a spray that replicates doggy scent so it tells a dog where he CAN use the potty. Put the spray on the puppy pad
3) Place the puppy pad close to the door with some newspaper underneath. Spray the pad and let your puppy smell around it. He might even go immediately on it. It might take him a few tries to get his aim right, so be patient.
4) Use a CONSISTENT phrase that means "go potty." Don't vary it. Say it when you take him out and say it if he's already going on the puppy pad. In our house, we say "time to go make the doughnuts." ha ha!!!
5) PRAISE the dog when he either goes on the puppy pad or goes outside. You may want to buy puppy treats and give him one right after he goes potty outside too.
6) One of the most important things is to get the dog on a REGULAR schedule. He will start to anticipate and this will lessen the accidents also. Take him out first thing in the morning when you wake up, then again right when you get home (if you work all day like most people). Then again at night about 1 hour after you've fed him. Most dogs should be fed 2 times per day (morning & night).
7) Use the pupppy pad for about 2-3 weeks. As each week goes by, put the puppy pad closer and closer to the front door. This will get the puppy to start associating "going potty" w/ the front door. Then, there will come a point where you don't need them at all.

I hope this helps! Goodluck and remember to just be patient. This is a critical time when the dog needs to know he can trust you so yelling all the time won't be good.

Answer 3

You may want to get some Urinegone (pet stores have it or you can order it on line) - it takes the scent out of the carpet and they don't think it's an inside toilet. It really helped our puppy. Praise and repetition also help a lot, even a piece of dry food as a "treat" when he does it outside will reinforce what's right..

Answer 4

Make sure you take him out to the garden regularly (say every hour) and tell him to "pee" "poo" or whatever your command is. Lots of praise for being a good boy etc. Dont tell him off for accidents that will just confuse him. My dog was exactly the same - he knew the right thing to do but sometimes, I guess they forget or, hold in too long which as they are so young is not very long at all!. He is still a baby so just keep reinforcing rhe training. I bet he is adorable!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

hmm...well we have a 14wk old, so far so good with her (FINALLY) but my only advice would be to stay out longer with little jack.

Throw the ball around and get him running and moving that should get everything moving and get him to potty.

My only other thought was a UTI, our lab pup had one and she kept going frequently in the house, it is more common in females than males.

Is he drinking excessivly? peeing excessivly? peeing out only small amounts at a time?

How does he tell you he has to go potty? does he go to the same door everytime? I would look for any hint that he has to go and then call him to the back door and take him outside, even if you just came in.

I've noticed with ours recently that she will go out...potty...come back in, and go right back to the door.

I think it is because she doesnt need to go when she's out there, but then we come inside and shes like 'ok I am back inside now, so I should probably do all my business now in case the'y're leaving" (im sure they don't think that rationally, lol but hey I can think what I want!) and as soon as we take her back out she will go more!

So try staying out longer and look for any UTI symptoms, I know its frustrating but keep on it and you're hard work will pay off! Good luck! Love the name Jack by the way!

EDIT:: I agree with the first answer, I assumed you already did this. but yes when he goes potty make a fuss over him! The neighbors think I am INSANE from crouching down clapping my hands and saying "YEAAA you went potty!!! good girl!!!" lol, hey whatever works!

Answer 7

Praise when he does it right, disapproval if you catch him doing it wrong, but only if you see him doing it. Male dogs do tend to mark their boundaries so he may just be establishing his patch. When you clean up make sure you do a complete job to remove scent traces. If he is ok in a crate you could try allowing him gradually larger areas until he's used to the whole house as his area. At 23 weeks he's still learning.

Answer 8

Don't worry he will soon get the hang of it..But if he goes to the toilet outside make sure you make a big fuss of him when he comes in and maybe a little treat. He will remember that he has done good and will repeat going to the toilet outside if there is a treat in it for him.!!!!

Answer 9

This sounds harsh, but every time you catch him peeing shout "no" really loudly, only once and then ignore him totally for at least 30 seconds. Only when you catch him in the act. Then, when he is outside, as soon as he starts to pee say, really nicely "pee pee" or similar, keep repeating it gently as he pees, and when he finishes give him lots of good boys and even a tiny little treat (labs love treats).

Very soon he will associate going pee pee outside with good things and inside with bad.

Never tell him off after the event - he won't associate the telling off with the pee - he'll just be confused.

We used the term "hurry up" with ours. Now if we're out for a walk and I say "hurry up" he pees! It's really rather cute. Word of caution - when we're in the house we mustn't tell anyone to hurry up, the consequences could be messy!

Answer 10

The first few weeks that we had our lab, every hour on the hour we told her to go outside even if she didnt have to go. Now she will let us know when she has to go--either by barking by the back door or something like that. But dont forget too they are puppies and accidents WILL happen!!