How to get puppy to not poo on cement and wooden patio...?

Question

Hi there,

any good advice would be much appreciated here...

we just adopted a female german sheperd/lab puppy (9 wks old now)

She is doing pretty good with housetraining (still accidents inside sometimes).

Anyway..she goes to the door to be let out,...and usually goes to the grass part of our backyard to do her 'business'. But she also will go on the cement part of our patio and the wood deck to poo sometimes.

I have been giving lots of praise and treats when she goes on the grass.

Anyone have some advice to help with teaching or deterring her from using the cement/and wood deck that we are wanting to keep clean for our kids and to just not have p**p on those areas.

please help?

thanks a bunch!

Answer 1

Hi,

We have a Labrador Retriever and at first in the house when he would try to "do things" on the floor we would drag him to a piece of newspaper and then reward him when he did. Eventually he got the idea. So i figure if u watch him and can tell when hes going to say "No" and pick him up and take I'm to the grass. Then when hes done pat his head and say " Good boy !!" and he should get the idea.  

Answer 2

I have an 8 year old dog who does that too! She doesn't like putting her feet on the grass. she only walks on side walks. I don't know what to tell you than to do what you are already doing.

Answer 3

Well instead of just letting her out, you could take her on a leash to the exact spot where you want her to do her thing... Puppies don't care where they go they just need to go...

My pups are now 19 weeks old and go out in the same general grassy area... but when I first got them they were only 5 weeks old and would pee and poo on the patio... my husband hated it... I just cleaned it off everyday w/ soap and hot water and started taking them to the grass... when they hadn't went on the patio a couple of days, I scrubbed it down with bleach and then with some *puppy odor* remover and they have never went on the cement again...

Keep taking them where you want them to go and lots of praise... when they go else where just clean it up as if nothing happened, they will get the idea.. grass good!  

Answer 4

one of my dogs used to do that. she would go on our front porch though. i had to take her out to a specific place in our yard and stay there with her until she went, then give her a treat right afterwards. after a few times of me taking her to her spot in the yard, she would go there automatically even if i wasnt right there with her.