How can I train my destructive puppy to paper train?

Question

I recently bought a 10 weeks old puppy home. Since I’m working 8am to 5pm daily, I do not have much time to train her and I’m currently putting her in her playpen attached to her crate. But she is peeing and potty all over the place. I try introducing her to puppy pad and paper by playing with her on it. When I see she shows sign that she want to pee pee, I put her on the puppy pad (already put some of her peepee on it) but she won't pee instead she'll walk away from the pad and pee. Then when I stop her and put her back on the puppy pad, she won't continue. I cover all her area with papers and a puppy pad nicely tape down to the floor and leave her for her sleeping time; then wake up finding the papers and puppy pad all torn up. What should I do?

Answer 1

Housetraining a puppy requires time, vigilance, patience and commitment. Following the procedures outlined below, you can minimize house soiling incidents, but virtually every puppy will have an accident in the house (more likely several). Expect this - it's part of raising a puppy. The more consistent you are in following the basic housetraining procedures, the faster your puppy will learn acceptable behavior. It may take several weeks to housetrain your puppy, and with some of the smaller breeds, it might take longer.

Establish A Routine
Like babies, puppies do best on a regular schedule. Take your puppy outside frequently, at least every two hours, and immediately after he wakes up from a nap, after playing and after eating.
Praise your puppy lavishly every time he eliminates outdoors. You can even give him a treat. You must praise him and give him a treat immediately after he's finished eliminating, not after he comes back inside the house. This step is vital, because rewarding your dog for eliminating outdoors is the only way he'll know that's what you want him to do.
Choose a location not too far from the door to be the bathroom spot. Always take your puppy, on a leash, directly to the bathroom spot. Take him for a walk or play with him only after he has eliminated. If you clean up an accident in the house, take the soiled rags or paper towels and leave them in the bathroom spot. The smell will help your puppy recognize the area as the place he is supposed to eliminate. While your puppy is eliminating, use a word or phrase, like "go potty," that you can eventually use before he eliminates to remind him of what he's supposed to be doing.
If possible, put your puppy on a regular feeding schedule. Depending on their age, puppies usually need to be fed three or four times a day. Feeding your puppy at the same times each day will make it more likely that he'll eliminate at consistent times as well. This makes housetraining easier for both of you.
Supervise, Supervise, Supervise
Don't give your puppy an opportunity to soil in the house. He should be watched at all times when he is indoors. You can tether him to you with a six-foot leash, or use baby gates, to keep him in the room where you are. Watch for signs that he needs to eliminate, like sniffing around or circling. When you see these signs, immediately take him outside, on a leash, to his bathroom spot. If he eliminates, praise him lavishly and reward him with a treat.

Confinement
When you're unable to watch your puppy at all times, he should be confined to an area small enough that he won't want to eliminate there. It should be just big enough for him to comfortably stand, lie down and turn around in. This area could be a portion of a bathroom or laundry room, blocked off with boxes or baby gates. Or you may want to crate train your puppy and use the crate to confine him (see our handout: "Crate Training Your Dog"). If your puppy has spent several hours in confinement, when you let him out, take him directly to his bathroom spot and praise him when he eliminates.

Oops!
Expect your puppy to have an accident in the house - it's a normal part of housetraining a puppy.

When you catch him in the act of eliminating in the house, do something to interrupt him, like make a startling noise (be careful not to scare him). Immediately take him to his bathroom spot, praise him and give him a treat if he finishes eliminating there.
Don't punish your puppy for eliminating in the house. If you find a soiled area, it's too late to administer a correction. Do nothing but clean it up. Rubbing your puppy's nose in it, taking him to the spot and scolding him, or any other punishment or discipline, will only make him afraid of you or afraid to eliminate in your presence. Animals don't understand punishment after the fact, even if it's only seconds later. Punishment will do more harm than good.
Cleaning the soiled area is very important because puppies are highly motivated to continue soiling in areas that smell like urine or feces (see our handout: Successful Cleaning to Remove Pet Odors and Stains).
It's extremely important that you use the supervision and confinement procedures outlined above to minimize the number of accidents. If you allow your puppy to eliminate frequently in the house, he'll get confused about where he's supposed to eliminate which will prolong the housetraining process.

Paper Training
A puppy under six months of age cannot be expected to control his bladder for more than a few hours at a time. If you have to be away from home for more than four or five hours a day, this may not be the best time for you to get a puppy. If you're already committed to having a puppy and have to be away from home for long periods of time, you'll need to train your puppy to eliminate in a specific place indoors. Be aware, however, that doing so can prolong the process of teaching him to eliminate outdoors. Teaching your puppy to eliminate on newspaper may create a life-long surface preference, meaning that he may, even in adulthood, eliminate on any newspaper he finds lying around the house.

When your puppy must be left alone for long periods of time, confine him to an area with enough room for a sleeping space, a playing space and a separate place to eliminate. In the area designated as the elimination place, you can either use newspapers or a sod box. To make a sod box, place sod in a container, like a child's small, plastic swimming pool. You can also find dog litter products at a pet supply store. If you clean up an accident in the house, take the soiled rags or paper towels, and put them in the designated elimination place. The smell will help your puppy recognize the area as the place where he is supposed to eliminate.

Other Types Of House-Soiling Problems
If you've consistently followed the housetraining procedures and your puppy continues to eliminate in the house, there may be another reason for his behavior.

Medical Problems: House soiling can often be caused by physical problems such as a urinary tract infection or a parasite infection. Check with your veterinarian to rule out any possibility of disease or illness.
Submissive/Excitement Urination: Some dogs, especially young ones, temporarily lose control of their bladders when they become excited or feel threatened. This usually occurs during greetings, intense play or when they're about to be punished (see our handout Submissive and Excitement Urination).
Territorial Urine-Marking: Dogs sometimes deposit urine or feces, usually in small amounts, to scent-mark their territory. Both male and female dogs do this, and it most often occurs when they believe their territory has been invaded (see our handout Territorial Marking Behavior in Dogs and Cats).
Separation Anxiety. Dogs that become anxious when they're left alone may house soil as a result. Usually, there are other symptoms, such as destructive behavior or vocalization (see our handout Separation Anxiety).
Fears Or Phobias. When animals become frightened, they may lose control of their bladder and/or bowels. If your puppy is afraid of loud noises, such as thunderstorms or fireworks, he may house soil when he's exposed to these sounds

Answer 2

Ok I have a 4 month old puppy and I trained her on a pee pad
and believe me it isn't easy, First of all if it is a male puppy they are so hard to train, but the only way I managed to get mine trained was to just spank her when she used the bathroom on my floor, I folded up a small sales paper and every time she refused to go on the pad I spanked her and finally she started going to the pad, I really think she hated the sound of the paper more than she did when I spanked her.
With you working as you do you will have a hard time training your pup, they need constant care just like a baby and your pup is only getting trained a few hours a day,so you might want to just keep her in her crate with her pads and you can not play with her on the pads because she thinks that they are for playing and not for peepee, so don't play with her on the pads or paper you have to be firm and let her know she has done wrong and scold her for it every time she pee's on the floor, you are the boss so take control and scold her. Make sure you let her know what she has done wrong when she pee's on the floor and remember do not play with the puppy on her pee pads you have confused her.

Answer 3

I hate to say it but at this time you are not ready for a pup. they need to go out often. giving her a large area like that is just telling her to go wherever. Is there any way you or someone can take her out every 4 hours or so tehn jsut keep her in the crate and she shouldn't want to potty in a small area, but this wont work if you're gone that long as tehy don't get full bladder control until 6-8months. if not I hate to say but for the pups sake you need to find it another home. and wait until you have time to put into training a pup or get something older that has bladder control
this may sound harsh but it's the truth the puppy is a little defensive living "thing" and please consider her and not oh she's my pup and I just can't let her go.
i hope you make the right decision and can work whatever out
Good luck

Answer 4

Hmm. Combination of difficulty learning and too little training time. Also, the dog seems to be ignoring you a lot. You have not established yourself as pack leader, to be respected and obeyed.

The dog should not spend time where it relieves itself. It naturally wants to go elsewhere.

Get a good dog book for a start. "How To Be Your Dog's Best Friend" might be a good title for you. I have had that for 20 years. I've read dogs will want to relieve themselves after they exercise and after they eat. So you can anticipate and control when the dog needs to go.

Get some doggy treats. Break into little pieces and use to reward frequently when the dog does the right thing. Also use praise and affection.

Feed 30 minutes before you go to work, then confine to crate. Dog should get anxious before you leave. Take her to the clean paper. Confine back to crate while at work. Take her to paper when you get home. Feed later, and do the same thing. Praise for good behavior, scold mildly for bad behavior. You want to teach, not break his spirit totally.

You should have read up on this before getting the dog.