Need help potty training my puppy?

Question

My lab is now 4 months. We have had him since he was 8 weeks,and he is still peeing in the house. We've tried to teach him to ring a bell to go outside, which he does sometimes. When we take him outside, he knows to go. If he pees inside, we try to stop her as she is going and make her go outside. Is it good or bad if you catch them right after they peed to rub their nose in it? I've heard both...What else can we do? We have been crate training him since we got him...never goes potty in the crate.

Answer 1

Well he's now crate trained which helps lots so all you need to do is everytime you let her out of her crate put her straight outside. If she does have an accident inside its not her fault.. she obviously doesn't understand fully where to go . I don't recommend putting her nose in it but thats just my opinion.

Some pups find it very hard to hold it in but as they get older they will be able to control where they go better  

hope this helps.... and don't worry your pup will be potty trained some just take longer than others !!!

Answer 2

He is only 4-months-old and the bladder isn't grown yet.  The bladder isn't grown until 6-months-old.  He should have limited space in your house, and he shouldn't be unsupervised in the house at this age, so you should notice if he has to go potty and take him out right away.  He  has to behave in one room at a time, and then graduate to more space.  If you use extreme methods, it confuses the puppy and the thing you think you are training, becomes to a puppy the thing they will not do.  If you rub a puppy's nose in the potty and then take the puppy outside, the puppy learns that it got it's nose rubbed and taken outside, so outside to the puppy becomes punishment, and the puppy never wants to go outside again.  You still need to keep crate training at this age, you puppy is only 4-months-old.  I am wondering if you realize that your puppy is still a puppy.  Sometimes people with larger breeds of dogs forget that the puppy is still a puppy because their puppy is pretty large.  Your puppy is way to young to be potty trained.  Shake it off and get back in the game, it is too soon to let your guard down.