I need help training my puppy ASAP!!!! PLZZ!?

Question

We got a puppy two weeks ago. She is 2 months old today and she is still not potty trained. We have tried everything and its still not working. She pottys when shes alone, she crys alot if we leave her for one second. When we walk she walks with us but grabs at our pants. She gets really agressive when we walk.
I just need help in two things:
1. How do I potty train her?
2. How do I get her to stop whining when shes alone?
3. What can I do to stop her from biting the bottom of our pants?

Shes a good puppy but she is REALLY attached.

PLEASE HELP!!!

Answer 1

1. Althought it may seem like your dog will never learn to potty train, it is possible. It doesn't happen over night. The puppy needs CONSTANT supervision. When I say constant, I mean you life revolves around the puppy. If you can't keep your eye on her you need to lock her in her kennel. It also takes an immense amount of patience to potty train a puppy. They have small bladders and need to relieve themselves OFTEN. A few important points you need to know is a dog will need to relieve themselves after they wake up, after eating, and playing. After any of these actions have taken place you must take your dog out immediately (or if training with a puppy pad put them on the pad). On top of that, you will need to take her out every 30 minutes to an hour. If your puppy so happens to make a mistake you need to immediately take her to the potty area. If you don't catch them in the act or correct them within seconds of their mistake you CANNOT reprimand them. They will not know what they have done. This is why you need to CONSTANTLY monitor your puppy. Most of the time a puppy makes a mistake is because their owner did not give them sufficient supervision. When she goes potty reward her with praise "Good girl!" and with a bit of play. It's potty before play time. If you are training her to go outside she may want to just play instead of potty. You then must take her out on a leash. If she doesn't go with in 15 minutes or insists on playing, bring her back inside and them try again in about 15 to 20 mintues. If you have a small dog, the potty pad is a better option because small dogs tend to not want to potty outside when it is wet. Just remember, have patience. If your dog is trained properly she may learn within a week!

2. Puppies will whine. It's something they will need to get used to. If your puppy whines, do not let them out. This will only teach them a bad habit. Wait about 5 mitnues after she stops whining to let her out. You are teaching your puppy that whining will not get her her way. As puppies get older their seperation anxiety will go away.

3. As for biting, that is what puppies do to play. But if not trained properly, it could turn into a bad habit. When she bites something she shouldn't be say "No!" and grab a toy and put it in her mouth and say "Here!" This teaches her that the only thing she can bite are her toys. This also takes a lot of patience. You can also try time outs, or yelping like a dog. When two puppies play too rough one yelps and the one biting stops, the other dog walks away and play time is over. Find the best method that works for you. For example, my puppy hated time outs and would only get upset with me. The placing the toy in the mouth worked like a charm for me. Just stick with it!

Good Luck!

Another thing, my puppy was only 2 months old and learned in a week. I gave her constant supervision and good training. So for people to say it can't be done, it can! As long as they are 2 months, they are capable of learning. The only reason a dog can't learn something sufficiently is because their owner doesn't train them sufficiently.

Answer 2

If you got her two weeks ago, that means she was 6 weeks old. She should have been at a minimum 8 weeks old before you got her. (I personally prefer 12 weeks.) *sigh*

This makes your job harder because the pup didn't have the time to learn the things it needed to from her mother and littermates.

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Potty training doesn't happen overnight.

You need consistency, consistency, consistency.
And positive reinforcement. And a schedule.

If you are using pee-pads, forget about them. In my opinion, they just slow down and prolong the process, and also confuse the dog. You train the dog to the pee-pad, and then you need to retrain it to go outside. It's better to just have them go outside from the start.

Take the dog outside first thing in the morning. When you feed the puppy, take it outside about 20 minutes later. Take it out before bedtime. And when it uses the bathroom outside, give it a treat.

Also take the dog out every hour or two during the day, to give it an opportunity to relieve itself. (More often if it is a young or small puppy.)

If the dog uses the bathroom inside and you don't catch it in the act, do nothing. (Well, clean up the mess, but do nothing to the dog.) The dog doesn't understand why it is being punished after the fact, it has forgotten all about it's mess on the floor by then.

If you catch the dog in the act, say "no!" or "unt-uh!", and promptly take the dog outside. When it finishes using the bathroom outside, give it a treat.

You need to watch the dog constantly. Tie the leash to your belt-loop if you need to, so the dog is always by you. If you cannot be watching the dog for some reason, but it in it's crate. A dog typically won't soil it's sleeping area. (Crate training is a wonderful tool when housebreaking a dog.)

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Is the whining when you leave her in her crate? To get her to stop whining, *ignore her*. If you react to the whining, she learns it gets attention and you will end up with a hard habit to break her of. She may cry every single night for a while, but don't give in.

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When she bites either you or the bottom of your pants, yelp "ouch!" loudly, then blatantly ignore the dog for a minute or two (leave the room if you have too) before returning and petting/playing with the dog again. This tells the dog in it's "own language" that biting at you is *not* acceptable behavior. It mimics what puppies do amongst themselves when they bite too hard.
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Answer 3

You're forgetting she's only 2 mths - 6-8 weeks - old. She's barely been weaned. Potty train: put newspapers everywhere in her confined area. Reduce the amount of newspapers every third day until there is only one and she is still using it. Move it every few days closer to the door you want her to use. Leave it next to the door but start taking her outside and give her a treat when she goes outside, ignor what she does on the paper. Get really excited when she goes outside. Whining: she misses her mother and siblings. Try not to leave her alone too long or too often until she's a little older. She shouldn't be alone until she's at least 4 mths. Biting pants: use the word "no" and make a fuss of her when she lets go. If she's still doing it in a few months then it's a control issue and you will have to "take" control and become the alpha member of your "pack". Good luck.

Answer 4

Everything your complaining about is very normal for a 8 week old puppy. Potty training happen over months not 2 weeks. At 6 weeks of age she could not be held responsible for her lack of control not even now. She is still too young. Your being very impatient with her. she is a baby and much be trained. This doesn't happen in a few weeks it happens in a few months.
She will wine because she is lonely and she is very young. That's what young pups do. If this breeder had done the right thing before giving you a 6 week old puppy than you would not be having some of these problems.
Well pants biting is just another puppy thing. They see the pant leg material flapping in the breeze and they want it. They see it as a toy. Just correct her by saying no bite.
Of course she is attached. She is totally dependent on you for everything. Think about it!

Answer 5

WAit - stop - hold the phone. You have an 8 week old puppy and you got her TWO weeks ago - why isn't this puppy still with it's mother? Why did you get it so young?

You have a lot more to worry about than potty training??!!

Call the breeder and ream them a new one. You got this puppy too young and that is the main reason you are having the problems that you are having.

Mom tends to teach/potty train the puppies - at least to a certain extent.

When the pup is old enough, it doesn't tend to whine when its alone - you took it too young from its mother and littermates

Mom and its littermates also teach it about biting.

You have no clue what you are doing - these are normal puppy behaviours. It would take too long to tell you on YA what to do. I would do some searches on the internet. but I would call that breeder and I would be ticked if I were you.

Answer 6

Crate training is one of the best methods for potty training. Puppies don't like to go where they sleep. Keep her in the crate at night, take her out immediatly in the morning. PRAISE her for going potty and poopy, and tell her what a girl she is for "Going Potty Outside" Never spank her or stick her nose in it - she will NOT understand it anyway, and this is just CRUEL!. If you catch her in the act - grab her up and take her out! Again, PRAISE, PRAISE, PRAISE. If you keep her in the crate when you leave her alone, she will soon feel safe inside "Her Area" and the whining should also stop. When dogs get over-anxious when they see you, they sometimes act up by biting your pants or peeing everywhere. It may sound crazy, but GROWL at her - this is what her parents would do to show her that her behaviour is unacceptable. She looks at you as an authority figure (a parent) - and she will understand that YOU are telling her that this bahaviour is NOT ACCEPTABLE. I have raised many litters of puppies - and believe me, this does work. I can't emphasis enough on crate training! It is the best, safest, and most humane method to housebreak a puppy...

Answer 7

It takes time for the house training. I took our dog up until she was 6 months old to no longer have any more accidents. What we did was crate trained her. So that was basically leaving her in the crate overnight, and then during the day, we kept an eye on her, and everytime she started sniffing around, we took her straight outside. When she did go outside, we gave her lots of praise, and a treat. Eventually, she associated going outside with praise and a treat, and going inside as having no reward.

As for the crying thing, it may seem a little mean, but a spray bottle works wonders. When she starts crying and whining, giev her a quick squirt and say "No!"

And for the bottom of the pants thing, a spray bottle too. It takes time to get trained. You just have to be consistent and patient.

And one rule to remember too, that I dog can hold their pee for one hour for each month of age. So at 2 months old, you dog needs to be let out at least every 2 hours.

Answer 8

It sounds like she has separation anxiety. The fact that she still has accidents in the house when you're not around is probably because she's angry and upset.
I'm not exactly an expert, but my puppy was somewhat like yours. It took us 4 months to potty train him. I reccommend you hire a professional dog trainer to help you, but just a pointer, when you're puppy's around you, try ignoring her. Don't make a big deal out of her when she walks into the room. This might make her more independent. It worked on Harley. And when she bites the bottom of your pants, stop walking, gently push her away from you, and tell her NO in a deep, strict voice. If she does it again, correct her again. If she does it again, stop walking her and put her back in the house or away from where you are walking and then go on a walk without her. I'm not guarenteeing this will work, but you can give it a try.
Also, try allexperts.com
They have some great advice and you don't have to have an account with them or anything. Just ask your question and they should get back to you in 3 days or less.

Answer 9

At that age it is a little more difficult to potty train them but here are some tips. First of all they are mainly trained by habit. You should choose certain times to take the puppy out. At that age every 3-4 hours. Do same hours every day, wake up 8:30 then 11:30 then 2:30 etc till bed time where puppy should be crated at night when you go to bed. Second, leash your dog and walk him/her out the same door and walk puppy to the same spot each time. Third if the puppy makes a mess in the house and you catch it, clap your hands to startle it and say no, then take the mess outside to the area you walk puppy to so he will smell it next time. As your puppy gets used to the schedule and as it ages you can spread out the times more like to 5-6 hours. It may take a little while for it to become trained but you will see results. The other thing I suggest is when you leash up puppy and are about to take it outside you say a command of sorts, for example "Go outside" or whatever you choose. This will help later when the puppy may come up to you and you can ask. The reason you take them out the same door is puppy lay in front of that door to let you know it needs to go out. I hope this helps, be patient, they do learn.
As far as the alone part take a shirt or something that has your sent on it and put in crate with the puppy. Once it gets used to your schedual he will stop.
The pants part LOL. Keep teaching puppy no. Clap your hands to get its attention, it will learn. Make sure to have alot of chew toys and give the puppy one when it goes for your pants.

Answer 10

Good heavens- she's an infant and should still be with her mother.

Get a book on puppy behavior and training and have patience.

Whatever you do - do NOT listen to the trolls who recommend spanking or pushing her face in it - would you do this to a human baby? Your little pup is the equivalent of an infant, you are in it for the long hauls - takes patience and taking your pup out first thing in the morning, after every meal, every two hours at this age - to the same place.

Praise, praise, praise when she gets it right and just clean up and deodorize when she makes a mistake. She's a baby, get that thought into your head and act accordingly.