Moving house with dog - potty training Question?

Question

I am sorry if I sound totally ignorant, but this is my first time moving with any animal, and I was wondering if I have to train my dachshund all over again when we move. He is fully trained at this house (for a doxie!), but when we went over there today he has already peed in the kitchen. I know he will be stressed but we are being as gentle as possible about it.

Anyway, my question is that will I need to retrain my dachshund to potty, and do you have any good tips on how to do this as easy as possible?

Thank you so much. :)

Answer 1

Sometimes you do, and sometimes you don't.

When I moved in with my boyfriend Penny caught on right away. Noah...not so much. I had to completly re-potty train him.

What I did was I got a baby gate and limited him to one room that people came in often. He seemed to hold it longer when he couldn't wander off and go in a cornor or something since all eyes were on him. If we caught him going we'd say "Bad Noah!" and he eventually caught on.(It didn't take as long as it did the first time as a puppy) As he stopped using it in the kitchen, I let him go into the bedrooms, and so on. It probably won't take as long as it did when he was a puppy, but I would start from the begining.

Poor Alfie :(

I'm sure he hasn't "forgotten" but it will take some adjusting.

Answer 2

You pup will pee in the house from any new smells to mark its territory, especially if there were any animals living there before you. It wont take long for you pup to learn its not ok. in a new place you can reinforce any new rules and your pup will take to them very quickly.

Answer 3

He will still know to go outside, but he may have a few accidents at first while he gets used to the place. Just make sure you clean up any messes really well so it doesn't make him want to go again.

Answer 4

You're going to have to "re-train" him as far as a new routine.  (Where to potty, the route TO that potty place) but I'm sure he's just nervous and hasn't forgotten to go out side.  Start with the routine NOW.  Makes life a whole lot easier.

Answer 5

Well I would start at the beginning until he can behave in this house.  We unpacked the dogs things first, and tried to put the furniture and things like the old house so not to stress them.  Here are some tips, use what helps.

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 p**p until 10 minutes later, so wait for the p**p.  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 p**p, 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 c

Answer 6

No, you shouldn't have to retrain him.

We moved house 3 years ago, and Amy was fine, never did anything in the house.

Just make sure you take him out of the door a few times that he needs to go to, when he needs to "go" and he'll soon get his bearings.

Amy settled in straight away, no problem.

Just remember to check for spiders!!!, but don't squish the little buggers, or you'll be off to a bad start straight away.

Answer 7

Go back to the basics as if he were a new pup when you get to your new house.

It won't take him long to "remember" his house manners.  

Answer 8

No, you shouldn't have to re-train him.  All you'll need to do is keep him in the room with you for the first little while to watch him for signs that he needs to go out because he's not going to know where the door is to go out.  All he should need is a couple of days to figure out the new house and where the door is that he goes out of, so until then just keep him close to you, take him out often and praise him just like you did when he was a puppy.  He'll catch on really quickly.