my dog is 7 months old and still not potty trained, is it too late?

Question

he only goes outside if i put him outside. he doesn't go to the door. I put him out often and he still goes inside. any suggs?

Answer 1

dogs always prefer to go out side and OFTEN cant figure out how to ask ... try putting in a doggie door and keep the flap off till he "gets" he can come in and out at will. he will prefer outside. if you cant do a dog door try tying a bell to the "right" door and when he smells it and makes it ring do a "happy dance" and rush outside to pee. EVERY time he rings the bell you MUST make happy and take him out.:)

Answer 2

its never too late for house breaking. I have been rescuing dogs for 4 yrs and it is actually easier to house break an older dog then it is a younger one, if they were back yard dogs. As for your issue, they actually just had this issue on a show on Animal Planet last night called "Its Me or The Dog." They had an English Bulldog that was over a year old, and it was peein and pooing all over the house. here is what they did:

First of all, step back. Look at your dogs life style. Does he have free rain of food and water that he can get too at any time. Well stop. First of all, the dog should be fed twice a day. Once in the morning, and once at night. Depending on the type of dog you have will determand how much they need to be fed, 1 cup for small dogs, 2 for medium, 3 for large. They do not have the previlage of eating when they want. They have 20-30 minutes from the time the bowl hits the floor till it gets picked up and thrown out. This will help with the pooing, and in the long run, it will also help with other issues that you have not come across yet. Now, as for the peeing. Limit water access also. Leave the bowl dry, if it is thristy, it will let you know, but also, give them water when they eat. Other wise, nothing in the water bowl. After say 6 or 7 pm, no water. If the dog is thirsty, give it an ice cube. No more than six ice cubes though that way you don't have to worry about accidents at night. Rermember that after the dog eats, it will need to go to the potty. Also, if you can, get use to take him out once an hour, and then moving the time out slowly to 2 hours, and so on. Hope this helps

Answer 3

Reward him. Take him outside and when he goes then give him a treat. Do this long enough and he will go to the bathroom outside every time you go outside. Also, when he starts to go to the door, reward this behavior. After a while, reduce and then eliminate the treats. As you're reducing the treats start to praise him and pet him. Dogs just want to be loved. It's never too late to teach an old dog new tricks, if you know how to do it.

Answer 4

No, it is not too late for your dog to be housebroken. Buy a dog crate with just enough room to turn around in (dogs have to turn around before they lay down - some primeval instinct) and no more. Keep her in the crate anytime you are not with her until training is done. After you feed her or she has had a big drink, take her out for 10 or 15 minutes. When you come home, take her out. When she first wakes up, take her out. Before bedtime, take her out. If she has an accident, take her out and then put her back into the crate. When you let her out of the crate, take her out (notice a trend here?). The basic fact behind all this is that a dog will not pee or mess in its sleeping area. I know it seems repetitive, but just keep it up. Some dogs learn in two weeks and for some it may take months. Don't give up and you'll have a completely housebroken dog before terribly long.

Answer 5

It's not too late! Keep taking him outside frequently and lavish him with praise for doing his stuff. You can also use a cue (like "do you need to go potty?") before you let him out and when you want him to go - like "do your stuff!" When he does so, praise him a lot. If you catch him going in the house, take him outside and praise him. He'll catch on quickly and start going to the door when he needs to go. Paper training/puppy pads teach him that it's okay to go inside.

Good luck!

Answer 6

Maybe you could teach him to bark or ring a bell to go outside? He may want to go outside but doesn't know how to tell you.

I don't know how to teach this, but I'm sure you could find it somewhere on the internet. I think you pretty much just tie up the bell, ring it whenever you're taking him out to the bathroom. And if you do this consistently, I think they start to do it themselves.

You could try being more excited when he goes to the bathroom outside too. Maybe he just doesn't think going to the bathroom outside is fun.

Whatever you do; don't use training pads. Dumb idea. You're trying to teach the dog to go outside, not inside.

Answer 7

Do the same thing every time you let the dog ourside to go potty. When we begain to train the dogs we would take their paw and ding a little bell we had tied to the door, now when they want to go outside they ding the bell by themselves & we let them out. In whatever you do to train your dog, just make sure you are consistant!

Answer 8

There are some really excellent dog obedience training courses out there that you can use. Be careful though - there are some pretty bad ones too. Here's one I recommend (a ton of people have had success with this one):
http://dogobediencetraining123.com/course

Answer 9

You cannot potty train a dog. You have to put the dog outside (always), or inside and then you clean the mess it made with a newspaper or something used to clean. They dont obey you even if you teach them. They're not humans, and they dont understand. They cant do it! You think it can sit like a human in a toilet and do it???

Answer 10

My yorkie coco is 9 months old and has the SAME EXACT problem as your dog. From what i know and heard consitancy is KEY. Stick to the same outdoor routine and don't lose hope!!!