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aceman123 New Member  Posts: 5 |
posted 01-20-2003 10:44 AM
  
I have just got a puppy which is a cross between a hound/?. I take him out every couple of hours but he still manages to pee on the floor, I would like to know how to train him to go to the door when he has to go. please help [This message has been edited by aceman123 (edited 01-20-2003).] [This message has been edited by aceman123 (edited 01-20-2003).] IP: Logged |
jjami57690 Moderator Posts: 101 |
posted 01-20-2003 05:47 PM
i don't know if this will work for everyone but this is what i did and its worked fantastic. i hung a christmas bell on a long cord on the doorknob to the back door where i take Harley out. just opening & closing the door normally makes it ring but when we were going out to "potty" i would take hold of the cord and make sure it rang a little more definitely telling her lets go out and go potty harley. she now associates the bell with the back door and going out and when she wants to go out on her own she rings it. my older dog who had a tendency to just go to the door and then look at you (which doesnt work well if your reading or watching tv) every now and then will ring the bell too. it might take a few weeks for them to make the association, we've done this with harley for ever since we got her. hope this helps. how old is your dog? i've read & heard that they don't have complete control of themselves until around 6 months old. if he/she is too young you just have to stay diligent in taking them out. i took harley out every hour on the hour or as close as i could to that so two hours may be too long. and i'm sure you know to reward them when they do go potty with praise & a treat, that helps too. anyway, hang in there & good luck [This message has been edited by jjami57690 (edited 01-20-2003).] IP: Logged |
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aceman123 New Member Posts: 5 |
posted 01-20-2003 07:11 PM
Thank you for that jjami57690 my puppy is about 12 weeks old, The mother of this puppy is a hound what breed of hound i don't have a clue, The father of this puppy is unknown, I had to leave the puppy alone for 3 hours and no mess, He waited for me to take him out.I'm going to try the bell thing too thanks. [This message has been edited by aceman123 (edited 01-20-2003).] IP: Logged |
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woofdoggy Member  Posts: 97 |
posted 01-21-2003 03:30 AM
Hi,jjamis'reply sounds good. I'd just add one other thing- when I took my pup outside I'd say 'Do wooz'( you can use any word) and then as soon as he started I'd praise him, and say 'good boy, that's right, do wooz" and very soon he associated the action with the word. It really helped. IP: Logged |
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aceman123 New Member Posts: 5 |
posted 01-21-2003 10:52 AM
Thanks woofdoggy that will help. [This message has been edited by aceman123 (edited 01-21-2003).] IP: Logged |
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dittyde unregistered |
posted 04-04-2003 11:44 PM
I have an 8 week old pure bred beagle puppy. We just got him a week ago and have been trying to take him outside to go to the bathroom instead of paper training. It is getting frustrating, but today he actually ran to the door, actually almost thru my screen to go outside. He did it again tonite and I was estatic! My only problem is both my husband and I work from 7 to 4 and we have no one to take him out during the day. We're worried that by no one taking him out every 2 hours during the week, he's going to forget everything we have been teaching him. Any suggestions? IP: Logged |
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Doc Helladay unregistered |
posted 04-05-2003 01:57 AM
Try little kids underware...its worked on all my dogs for over 30 yrs.. Doc~2003 IP: Logged |
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Malteseof2003 Member Posts: 99 |
posted 04-05-2003 09:25 AM
Have you tried piddle pads? www.drsfostersmith.com IP: Logged |
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dittyde unregistered |
posted 04-06-2003 09:37 AM
No, haven't tried piddle pads. We crate him during the day and we were told not to put the pads in the crate. When we are home with him when we see him sniffing more than normal, we hurry and take him out. It's been working but seems like we are out every 10 to 15 minutes when he's awake and playing. IP: Logged |
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SusieQ unregistered |
posted 04-27-2003 05:23 AM
I don't know about everyone else, but I have had several pets and I did the same thing with all and it works. When I had to be gone, you paper train, in a bathroom or utility room that doesn't have carpet, but when you are there, you take him to the same door, the same spot, EVERY TIME! The first few weeks you will have to take the puppies out very often, even when they don't act as though they need to, eithe call the puppy to the door, or pick them up and carry them, the whole time repeating over and over and over... go potty, potty. When they are out using the bathroom or trotting around, keep repeating potty. When they use it, immediately pet them and tell them good girl, or good boy. Good boy, potty, good boy! This has worked for every pet, all different breeds, from Peek-a-poo, Poodle, Sheltie, which I have now, and also a Rotty, for my sister. You have to be regular, very consistent and do it the same way, same door, same words, all the time. It does work. For me, it worked very quickly too. Within a few weeks they were showing me they needed to go by whining and walking to the door. But, if they had accidents on the carpet, I did rub their little nose in it and say NO NO, bad boy/girl, NO POTTY! I didn't spank, just rubbed the nose. Some don't agree with that, but it didn't hurt any pup at all and it did work! IP: Logged |
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JP unregistered |
posted 04-27-2003 12:33 PM
dittyde writes: "...My only problem is both my husband and I work from 7 to 4 and we have no one to take him out during the day. We're worried that by no one taking him out every 2 hours during the week, he's going to forget everything we have been teaching him. Any suggestions?" Leaving an 8 week old puppy alone for nine hours a day is a really long time. You can NOT leave a baby in a crate for 9 hours a day!!!!! That's just cruel. At this age they can rarely hold it for more than a few hours. Can't either of you arrange to come home at lunch to let this pup out to relieve himself and to give it some human contact? If not you then what about a friend? Neighbor? Dogsitter? House Training will likely digress and he will mess his crate and have to lie in a urine and feces soaked crate all day waiting for you to come home. The urine might burn his soft little pads on his feet. IP: Logged |
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katalbas New Member Posts: 1 |
posted 06-03-2003 09:23 AM
We just got a puppy, dachshund, shes 9 weeks old now and this is what her owner told us. Make a pen in the Kitchen or room with a linolium or tile floor put a pad in there and her food and a bed. While you are gone she will naturally go on the pad. When you are home just do what you have been doing and take her out as often as possible. especially after eating or playing. Use a word to tell her its time to go each time and praise her when she does. I always use "Lets Go, Lets Go" cause it doesn't sound so corny. My puppy already seems to be catching on and seems to come to me for praise as soon as she's done going. Eventually when you know she is old enough to control herself you can take out the wee wee pad, she will associate going on the wee wee pad only, when you take it away she should prefer to go outside. I was using the wee wee pad all last week and took it away from my puppy a couple of days ago. She had been peeing on the pad like 10 or 12 times a day but when I take it out of her pen she has only had 2 accidents in her pen for the last 3 days. I took it out cause I have been home for a few days but when I have to go to work and will be out more than couple of hours I will have to put the pad back in. Also you will probably have to change it everyday. Also I was told that if she does have an accident in the other parts of the house, strongly tell her "No" and put her back in her pen. If you want to use the crate just use it when she's sleeping at night. We don't let our puppy sleep in our rooms since my daughter is slightly allergic and we didn't want to aggravate her allergies any more. If you have any questions you can email me at lauriekatalbas@earthlink.net IP: Logged |
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Noel19 Member Posts: 10 |
posted 06-04-2003 12:48 PM
I have 2 Shih Tzu's and let me tell you house breaking is not easy. Infact I am training one of them right know she is 13 weeks old. Having a older house broke dog does make it easier. What I do is take her out about every hour and when I go to take her out I'll say come on Belle outside, and when it's time to go in I will tell her inside. This worked very well with my five year old dog. I just make sure that I tell her outside at least 2 to 3 times while I'm letting her out and inside when I'm letting her in. My five year old is a very smart dog. All you have to do is ask her outside and if she has to go she will run to the door. I think that just taking them out every hour when their young and letting them know that there going out helps them to eventually associated with what they are doing. I did the same thing with my five year old and her food. When she is out of water she goes to the kitchen sink and scraches on the cabinet until you take her water. Training a pet just takes a lot of patients believe me. I'm starting to run out of them with my pup right know. But having my older one around is really helping train her. Hang in there it will work out. IP: Logged |
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