Potty training???

Question

My family just got a 4 month old Australian Labradoodle puppy, and I need some help with potty training. He is already crate trained, so please don't simply say "crate train him". We take him out as often as possible, but most of the time he just sits there and stares at us. When he pees in the house, he does it while he is running or walking, so you don't realize he is peeing until you see a trail of pee. Be specific in your answers and only serious answers please! Thanks alot!

Answer 1

He may be excited, rather than relieving himself, but here are some house-training instructions that I wrote for someone else...

Don't use ammonia to clean up any messes, because it smells like urine to the dog. Use vinegar or the special pet stain cleaners, instead.

1. Watch her very carefully when you are home and take her outside after she drinks, eats, or sniffs around. Keep her outside for 5 minutes, then come back in.... but keep careful watch. Always take her to the exact same spot outside for her toilet, and clean up solid waste every few days.

2. When you can't watch her, put her in a crate. It is only cruel, if you keep her in the crate all the time. You want to try to let her out about every four hours, but she is old enough that she can handle 8 hours, if you are diligent in walking her before and after meals, and before and after leaving for work/school.

3. If you don't use a crate, then confine her in a room, like the bathroom or kitchen that you can cover with newspaper.

4. Put food, water, toys, and bedding in one corner. When you come back after a few hours, take her outside for a walk. Then clean up soiled newspaper, clean the floor underneath with vinegar, and save a small piece for the smell. Place some clean newspaper in another corner of the room, away from her food, and place the smelly piece of newspaper in the corner. Keep newspaper on the rest of the floor.

5. The next day she should have tried to go to the bathroom close to the smelly corner. Repeat the process from above, clean the floor, use new paper, place a new smelly piece of paper in the corner opposite her food.

You are trying to teach her where her toilet is by placing a large blinking sign that says bathroom. Since your dog can't read, you are using a small piece of paper for the same purpose. Your dog has a good sense of smell, so the smelly paper doesn't have to be very large or disgusting. Just a few inches.

6. Keep doing this for a few days, until your dog goes to the bathroom consistently in the same 5' x 5' area. If you are patient and loving, then she may learn to go in an area less than 2' x 2' in less than 4 days, but don't push it.

7. If things are on track after 5 or 6 days, then remove all of the paper, except a 5' x 5' area in the corner, with a small smelly piece of paper.

8. Advanced: If she is a small dog, then you might slowly reduce the area to about 1' x 1', then you can train her to use a kitty litter box inside... but that may be pushing things.

9. When she is consistent, then remove all the paper, and move the smelly piece of paper to the outside to show her where her bathroom is. She may have a few accidents, so try to understand what happened and why she had the accident.
But this method should work for most puppies and dogs.

10. Things to remember:
A. You can remove the paper when you are home and watching her. You only need the paper during the training period of about two weeks, and only when no one is home to watch her, while she is confined in the kitchen/bathroom.
B. Always clean up the floor under any mess or mistake with lots of vinegar to remove the smell.
C. Remember that the smell to a dog is like a large, red, blinking sign to people.
D. Always get rid of soiled newspaper, except for a tiny piece with smell. Replace the soiled newspaper with clean newspaper for the first few days.

Also, walk her, pet her, and talk to her softly... so that she will learn that she has a loving home.

Answer 2

You say he already crate trained? I'm sorry..but if he pees in the house he isn't crate or house trained. Start from scratch. Follow instrunctions below.

Keep a crate and don't pen her in the kitchen or any other room. Only use the crate when you are unable to watch her but make sure the crate is of the proper size. Crates should just be big enough to allow the dog to stand up, stretch and turn around in. Dogs will not relieve themselves in the area they are sleeping unless they absolutely cannot hold it. Also there should not be anything left in the crate that the puppy can chew such as stuffed animals or blankets. If she does happen to have an accident in the crate these will retain moisture and the mess will be harder for you to clean.

When she is inside and out of the crate you can tether her to you, so that you can watch her closely. This also teaches her to be on a lead and at the same time she can be with you. If you don't want to tether her then when she's not crated you have to watch her like a hawk, not only in case she relieves herself, but for her own safety. She will chew things she shouldn't that can be very dangerous. Many dogs have been electrocuted because of chewing through power cords.

To house train her. Take her outside every 20 minutes by carrying her, she hopefully won't pee on you while in your arms. Tell her "Outside" in an exuberant and happy voice. Take her to where you want her to go, put the lead on her a tell her "Go Pee" watch her and when she goes praise her profusely. Something like " Good Girl, Go Pee" and make sure you pet her at the same time. Take her back inside, into the crate, tethered or just watching her. She will have accidents and (You have to catch her in the act) when she does, show her what she did and say in a stern low voice "No potty". It's not what you are saying that gets her attention it's how you say it. Take her outside as above and say " Go Pee". She likely won't because she just went in the house. Stay outside for a few minutes and bring her back in. If train is consistent it should take no longer than 10-14 days. After she starts getting the idea you need to teach her how to get your attention when she needs to go out.

Answer 3

You can buy a potty seat he can use on the adult potty, or you can make him use the little one. Either way you'll probably have to stay in the bathroom with him until he goes for the first few months of potty training. Don't expect him to be able to go in there and take care of it himself. Grab a book and plant yourself until he goes. Don't make it stressful. You can offer a reward of some kind if he uses either potty (like two m&m's). Be patient even if he's not and don't worry. Training takes time.

Answer 4

I have never heard of a dog peeing while it is walking or running, usually they stop and pee then run off. Maybe it is some type of a medical thing where he can't tell that he is doing it. I would consult a vet. It could be that the pup is so excited and running around that he can't hold it any longer. Just keep praising him when he goes potty where he is supposed to and take him outside every 2 hours during the day or when possible.

Answer 5

There are a couple of reasons a dog will pee in the house when they are walking or running.

They will do this when they are excited or scared. SO pay attention to when it happens and try to notice what caused them to get excited, Was it when you came into the house or spoke to them. This is a sign of being submissive to you. Then try to change the way you great them.

Your dog may have an infection in the urinary tract and can't help it. If this is the case, go see your vet to get things fixed up.

Bottom line, you will learn what makes your pet tick if you pay close attention and then you will be trained on how to react to your pet's needs.

Answer 6

The first thing to remember about house training a puppy is there ability to hold themselves is limited. a rule of thumb is they can hold "it" usually 1 hour for each month of age. 2 months old = 2 hours, 3 months old = 3 hours, etc. The second thing to remember is don't just take the pup out, walk him and when he goes praise, praise, praise him When your puppy wakes up (morning, nap, whatever) the pup has to go, right then! Take the pup out. when the pup eats or drinks, it has to go, take the pup out. After exercise (play), take the pup out. When the pup does it's thing outside praise it. A lot. Tell the pup how good, how smart it is. you have to pay attention to the pups "looking for it's spot" behavior. when you see that behavior indoors, whisk the pup out. if you catch the pup in the act, simply tell it "NO!" and whisk it outside. if you find a puddle or pile after the fact, clean it up with an enzyme cleaner (pet food store) get a newspaper and hit.... yourself in the head and say "i should have been paying more attention" daytime training they get pretty fast. night time training is easier if you crate train the pup. also remember the one hour/one month rule. you will have to get up through the night to take the pup out. good luck

Answer 7

I would suggest to keep him away from carpet and then buy some potty papers/ training papers at Wal-Mart train him to that in your house first. After you fully trained him to that you can take them away he might get confused and pee there a little bit after you take them away but if you set them out side before you take him to go he might notice and pee on them then take them away and he should keep going if you encourage him

Answer 8

take him to the vet never heard of such a mixture where do they come up with these namse?????????