House Training

Question: Puppy house training tips?

(Posted by: <3 hey there <3 on 2010-09-02 03:47:34)

When house training is leashing the puppy to yourself a good method to use?When i ask about house training usually the 1st method someone will say is leash training.Have anyone use this method and was it successful?Thank you.PS:What kind of food would you say is good.I have a 9 week old Schnauzer and she is now eating nature recipe its made with all natural stuff but she seem to poop like every time she eats then i take her out to potty.Is that good she poop every time?I thought if the food was a good food the pup/ dog woudn't go poop as much.Note:She do not poop that many time maybe out of 10 she will go 4- 5 times a day.I take her out maybe 7- 10 times a day.

Posted by: Boxer Babe on 2010-09-02, 04:01:28

I have used leash training method and it does work, It gives you control over the dog, They can't run away or try and play, You take them to the spot with the leash on. You use the same word you do everytime eg toilet or business. They go,You praise them and thats how they learn. I used it to house train my boxer pup. About the food same thing used to happen to my pup. Turned out the natural food type that i was using was upsetting her tummy making her go to the toilet so much, try a new food and introduce it a little bit at a time not a complete change over this will only make her worse. Puppys will normaly poop more then full grown dogs.

Posted by: Ray Jay on 2010-09-02, 04:06:47

The easiest way to house train a dog is whenever it shits or pisses on your carpet, you smack it with a rolled up newspaper on it's head pretty hard. This way, it will wimper off outside to go do it's nasty in the future. As for food, just feed it anything humans would eat - they especially like chocolate.

Posted by: pruin1 on 2010-09-02, 05:01:30

Reusing the same answer I give to others on here... You will hear a hundred different opinions on house breaking on here so you may have to decide what works best for you. This is what works best for me (I have housetrained hundreds of dogs, my own and all the fosters that come through): Predict when the dog will have to pee...after meals/ water/ every few hours, morning and before bed...and take him out BEFORE he has a chance to pee inside. If he does have an accident, dont get mad, just put him outside even he has already peed inside. Its really as simple as that. After a week or a few (depends on the dog and your consistancy) he will start to go to the door to let you know. There are lots of complicated methods but as intimidating as it can seem, its not a hard thing to fix. It doesnt need to be a bad experience for you or the dog. Just remember be consistant! And yes puppies will go to the bathroom every time they eat as a rule, but not always. The leash thing may work if it makes you comfortable but it really doesnt have to be that hard. Good luck!

Posted by: Puppy Love ♥ on 2010-09-02, 05:04:14

A dog isn't born automatically accustomed to a leash and collar. For some, it's a real shock to find something suddenly hanging off his neck, and an even bigger shock when that thing is pulled up short, stopping him in his tracks. Give him a few days to get used the idea first. Start by attaching a string about two feet in length to his collar. For a small pup, this should be long enough to trail behind him, and for him to play with, but not heavy enough to be really noticeable. Let him play and drag it around until he ignores it completely. At this point, exchange it for a heavier rope, and repeat. Once he's ignoring the rope too, put the actual leash on, and let him get used to that too. Once he's ignoring the leash too, start to step on it once in a while, to stop him from moving forward, and then pull on it to compel him in a different direction than he wants to go. He might fight it, or he might go out of curiosity. If he starts to fight the leash, and I mean full body twisting, yanking, biting at the leash, not just resisting the pull. Once he starts fighting, don't let go of the leash, and don't continue to pull on it, yet. -Call your puppy, and make whatever goofy noises you need to bring him to your side. -Take up the slack in the leash. -As your puppy comes toward you; keep reeling in the leash, but only to bring up the slack, not to pull. -Reward him heavily for coming to you. -Repeat. And repeat often. That's the steps on how to leash train them, and the food you are giving him is fine. I gave my dog food and every time after he finishes it I would give him a walk and he would poop first thing.

Posted by: wishnuwelltoo on 2010-09-02, 05:05:01

I am not sure what you mean by leash training. I don't know if you mean to teach the puppy to go potty on a leash, or if you mean tether the puppy with a long rope to your pants, some people do that. I find limited space, supervised, bell method, take them to the potty spot, use your commands and sit in a chair and wait, praise when they do good works for me. I find crate training is the fasted method I have used, but I only use the crate until the puppy is potty trained, and then I break it down and store it. I use a crate* to potty train with, but only for potty training and then I break it down and store it. I put blankets and a small food and water dish in the crate. Dogs don't potty where they eat and sleep. When they are first little, I only expect them to hold their potty for 4 hours, and then 6 hours, then 8 hours and so on. So when they are first little, I set a timer or alarm clock to wake myself up at night to take them *out. I only allow my puppy in the bedroom* or the living room, only one room at a time. They have to graduate to more space. If I allow them to have full run of the house, it will overwhelm them. I take them out the same door each time. I tie a dinner bell to the door handle. Do not use a jingle bell as they could get their toe caught in it. So when they are little, I ring the bell for them, and then open the door to go *outside to potty. When they get bigger, I take their paw and whack the bell and open the door to go potty. Eventually getting to the place where the puppy will ring the bell and let me know when they need to go potty. Dogs want to please you, so it is your job to let them know what behaviors please you and what doesn't. So when my puppy goes potty, I give her a treat*, and clap, and make a fuss and praise her. So she learns that going potty outside makes me happy. If she has an accident, make a disgust sound like “tsst� and take her out right away. I never yell* or spank* my puppies. Take them out when they first wake up, after they eat or drink, before nap, finish romping, when their activities change, or when they are sniffing around. Some puppies go pee right away, but may not go poop until 10 minutes later, so wait for the poop.. I have a little play time here, because sometimes I think they are done, and they are not. Puppies train at their own pace. While I may have a puppy that hasn't had an accident in several weeks, I don't let my guard down. I don't expect my puppies to be "fully potty trained " until one-year-old. If they have a setback, shake it off, and start over. I only have my puppies in the crate when I am not watching them. When I am sleeping, cooking, ironing, doing chores, basically when I am not watching her. All other times, she is out of the crate practicing being a "big girl. " This is the time I train her how to behave in the house. So we are practicing "no barking ", 'no biting ", "no jumping ", and "don't eat the furniture. " I also have to practice "playing inside " so she doesn't knock over things. You must keep the puppy in sight when they are little because they don’t know the difference between newspaper and carpet, and you don’t want them sneaking off and getting into trouble. Some puppies can sleep through the night around 3-months-old, but their bladder is grown around 6-months-old. REVISIONS: *I use a CRATE to train with. It is the method I prefer, compared to other methods I have tried. I noticed that if they are in the crate, while I am doing chores, they are o.k., because the crate allows them to see me and be re-assured. The crate can also be a comfort when stored in the basement for dogs who live in areas where thunderstorms and tornados are an issue. . However, use the method that works best for you.....a laundry basket, a cardboard box, a woof-woof house, x-pen, child gates, whatever works for you. *OUTSIDE, pee pad, litter box, whichever method you are using. When the puppy is first little, keep the pee pad, litter box near the food and water dish, so the puppy can eat and drink, and then go potty. You can move it away as they get older. The pee pad has a scent that smells and initiates potty. Sometimes a pee pad makes a sound that scares some puppies, so you might want to use a litter box if that happens. The pee pad allows a puppy to walk around, but a litter box keeps the puppy in one place. *BEDROOMS, I use the bedroom and living room for training, because it works for me. Choose rooms that work for you, but watch for rooms that are damp, or drafty. While my puppies sleep in the bedroom during training, once they are trained, I let them sleep where they want to. They don't have to sleep in the bedroom forever. *TREATS. While I use treats for training, you don't have to. I like Charlee Bears for training (a little cracker for a little mouth,) I use them for training, but once they are trained, I cut back on them. *SOME PUPPIES will go potty in the same spot each time. Some puppies have to be told to go potty. A command like "go out " for pee, or "go finish " for poop, might work for you, keep saying “go finish� until the puppy poops. This is a good thing to train if you travel with your dogs. By using commands, the puppy won't get confused when you are visiting someone, on vacation with you, or when you get to a new home. The command will tell them what you want them to do in an unfamiliar place. You might also want to use a leash method, so the puppy doesn’t sneak off, or for strange places. *YELLING. It is not a good idea to "yell " or "spank " your puppy and then take them outside when they have an accident. They may get confused and think that going outside is punishment. While you want to correct them, if you are extreme, they may not want to go outside again. Shake it off, and resume your schedule. You have to keep it real. Puppies train at their own pace, but a puppy can only hold their potty for a few hours. A guide would be 1 hour for each month of age, plus 1 hour, so a three-month-old puppy should only be expected to hold their potty for 4 hours at most. SOURCE: These tips, tricks, and ideas were contributed from many brilliant minds. Thanks for your help!

Posted by: Voelven on 2010-09-02, 05:15:15

I always use the "watch the puppy like a hawk " method, which is similar to leash training, except the puppy roams freely. It's really hard work the first weeks, because you are allowing your puppy to interact with its environment and thus need to intervene every time it does something unwanted, but for me it has always paid off big time at the end, since my dogs then learn from a very young age how to behave in the house, what to touch, what not to touch etc. Also take out your puppy every time she's eaten, played (and in the middle of play if it goes on for long), slept etc. A good idea is also to time how long she goes between pees and poops and between eating and pooping - that way you can take her out right before she has to go. As a rule of thumb, puppies and dogs usually poop approximately the same amount of times that they are fed daily. So if you are feeding your puppy 3 times a day then 4-5 poops is still within normal range. Eating stimulates bowel movements, which is why many puppies will have to go shortly after they've eaten.