by November 19th, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized.
Who can resist the adorable gaze of an eight week old little puppy? They can give you such a cute stare with their little neck tilted to the side and tiny eyebrows looking at you with an excited gaze. But they also use your house as a huge permanent bathroom.
Training your puppy increases your joy of having a dog, and makes the relationship with your dog much stronger. An untrained dog is an invitation for disaster. It doesn’t matter if its a four pound Toy Poodle or a 100 pound German Shepard, a dog who doesn’t listen is always in danger.
Here is what to expect each day:
6 to 14 weeks old: 8 to 10 bathroom breaks
14 to 20 weeks old:6 to 8 bathroom breaks
20 to 30 weeks old: 4 to 6 bathroom breaks
30 weeks to a year: 3 to 4 bathroom breaks
CRATE TRAINING
Crate training works on the principle that puppies are instinctively clean animals. I recommend a crate large enough to shelter your full-size dog, and simply partition it off, moving the divider as the pup grows.At all times, the crate should be just large enough to allow the puppy to stand comfortably, turn around. and lie down. Otherwise, he just might go to the rear of the crate and do his business there.
A DAILY ROUTINE
You must make a schedule and stick to it . It doesn’t matter what your schedule is, your puppy will adapt to it as long as it is the same time EVERY day. For example: 9 to 9:30 A.M. take the puppy from the crate and immediatly outside, always to the same spot. Bring him in and feed him.Twenty to thirty minutes later, take him back outside.
Make sure to give your puppy both quality time and crate time before you rush off to work. By noon you will want to repeat this routine of food, outside time, and crate time, then again at 5 or 6 P.M.
And of course let your little friend outside before 11 P.M. and you retire for the evening. And don’t forget to get up at 3:00 A.M., thats right - three o’clock . This is important only for the first few weeks due to a tiny blatter.
A CATCHPHRASE
Each time you take your puppy out of the crate , repeat a catchphrase such as “Want go poddy?” Use the same door everytime you take your puppy outside. After just a few weeks stop carring your little dog and say “Want to go poddy?” He will make the connection, and run out the door.
SIX STEPS TO REMEMBER
1. Outside toilet time is no fun. Keep this very serious business (distiguish playing time with toilet time).
2. Don’t blame your dog. Remember they are only animals.
3. Use only one command. Then reinforce. (NO! SIT?)
4. A training collar will help you guide your dog and “check” your dog if needed.
5. Teach “STAY” ( for his protection).
6. Understanding your puppy and knowing what he needs both physically and emotionally will help a great deal.
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November 19th, 2008 at 4:22 am
I am having a hard time potty training my basset hound puppy. She so smart but hard headed.?
She is five months old. I got her for Easter from my boyfriend. She holds it all night long. In the morning she hold till he gets up and does all he has to do to get ready for work. During the day she won't go outside. Only in the morning. I am trying so hard but its not sticking with her. She learned how to sit in like 5 minutes. Stay, laydown, all the basic commands. Potty training is not working.
November 19th, 2008 at 9:24 am
It all depends on what you are doing with her during the day. Do you crate her at night?
I have been training my new puppy for about 5 weeks now. It is an every day commitment. Consistancy is the key - and being on top of things… someone needs to be bringing her out every hour if she is loose in the house.
Hope you reply with more details.
But I don't know if you will - so I will give some of my insite in this. I've had many many dogs over my life time. and as I said - I am currently in the same boat as you. Just yesterday and today were the first times in 5 weeks that she has went to the door and pawed at it to go out. So I am so excited that we are making progress. Our puppy is about 3 months old. I was told and have read in numerous articles that you should not paper train a dog that you intend to do it's business outside. The reason being is that it only serves to confuse the dog. One minute they are alowed to pee and poo in the house and the next they aren't… it will make house training take longer.
If you haven't crate trained your dog yet - you should. It is the best way to train them. My puppy will go all night for up to like 9 hours holding it. (she can go like 30 minutes in the house loose) So she knows that the crate is her bed and (personal room) she loves it in there. It makes her feel safe. If I am very busy at home making dinner or doing work - I put her in the crate and she naps happily. No problem with accidents - then after opening it I promptly bring her outside to the special place that we have designated for her "bathroom" It is working VERY Well!!!
This website I have put below has a lot of info. I found it very helpful with our little Monster
http://www.doglistener.co.uk/index.shtml
On other thing - I just lived it - When you dog pees on the floor (or poos) but you find it a little later - don't scold them for it. They have a very short attention span… somehting like 3.5 to 5 seconds… So all you will teach them is to fear you if you scold them after the fact. If you can - catch them in the act and make a loud noise or say NO! then promptly bring them out to the "bathroom" and tell them that's where they go and praise them for being there. I always use the words - "Go to the bathroom" and she knows what that means now. I say it before she goes, during and after. I used to do that with our other two dogs who have since passed away. They would run directly to their "bathroom" when we told them to go.
Good luck!!
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November 19th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Paper train her first, use newspapers. Set the papers by the door, and take her to the papers often, she'll get the message and start using the papers. Be sure to praise her, and make a big fuss when she goes on the papers. Once paper trained, it's alot easier to get her out the door to go outside.
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November 19th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Try to catch her in the middle of her peeing in the house and pick her up and put her outside. You need to take her outside more during the day to encourage her to go, make up a name for going to the toilet and say it when you catch her peeing either inside or out when you do take her out say the word and give her lots of praise when she goes outside.
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November 19th, 2008 at 9:30 am
You should take her outside and wait with her until she pees, then praise her. It takes a while at first but she will learn. Also, it helps if you only have water outside for her to drink. After she takes a long drink wait until she pees to let her back in. You can also try the puppy pads that have grass scent. Leave one by the door outsaide so she will go over to it when she needs to pee, then when she goes to the door you will know she needs to pee and let her outside.
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November 19th, 2008 at 9:32 am
I have a basset he is the best and the worst dog ever they are VERY hard headed.She will ony be able to hold it when awake for about 4 hours so try puppy pads and just keep up the good work sounds like you are all the right things you just have a strong headed dog
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November 19th, 2008 at 9:34 am
sell it
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November 19th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Buy a package of Wee Wee pads and follow the directions.
They work great, and house breaking is a painless process.
Simply place Wee-Wee Pads (plastic lining down) on the floor near where puppy is being kept. The scientifically treated Wee-Wee Pad will attract your puppy when nature calls–and the housebreaking habit has begun!
When your puppy's training is completed indoors, begin the out-of-doors training by placing the Wee-Wee Pad outside of the house (on breezy days the Wee-Wee Pad can be kept in place by weighting the corners). Your puppy will again be attracted by the Wee-Wee Pad that is outside. Within a few days, when the proper training habits have been learned by your puppy, the pad will no longer be needed.
Wee-Wee Pads are easily disposed of in the trash.
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http://www.lucy-the-dog.com/weeweepads.html
November 19th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Time!!! My Basset was a year old and finally decided to pee out side. She is so short you can tell she is peeing!! lmao
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