Please help me with my puppy?

Question

She is 7 weeks old and a Min Pin. Any suggestions on how to paper train would be great or a web site? And she's crying constantly? :( Any help would be great, Thank you.

Answer 1

well for paper training when she goes to the bathroom first correct her by saying no and then pick her up and put her on the paper or outside. Should work after a couple of days or weeks.  

Answer 2

keep her in a confined area or use a leash to control her actions. she will cry as long as you pay attention to her. as hard as it is to ignore her you must let her cry. she will learn to keep quiet when she sees that it gets her rewarded with love and attention

Answer 3

When I was paper training my Sibe puppy I put her in a long term enclosure (large but safe space). Some people use the kitchen for this. I put bedding, water bowl, and puppy pads in the enclosure. Put the pads in the corner because that is where they usually like to go. Put the bedding as far away from the pads as possible. When you are home and she goes on the pads, praise her a lot and treat her. If she goes anywhere else, non-mark her (ack, ack), and move her to her pad with as little fuss as possible. I have a drag-lead on my Sibe so I can do this more easily.

As for the crying, it can be difficult to do this, but you need to ignore it. You adsolutely do not want to give in to it, because then she is getting rewarded for crying and will continue to do this. My Shiba puppy used to whine up a storm in his crate, and initially I gave in to him and let him out, and things just got worse.

You may want to teach her the quiet command. This is easier to do if you have a trigger that will start her whining or barking (e.g. doorbell). It would go something like this: ring the doorbell, let her whine for a bit, then say quiet, with an associated hand gesture. As soon as she stops, mark her ("yes/good") and treat her. Keep repeating until she understands the command.

Hope this helps.  

Answer 4

Part of the problem is that 7 weeks is a little young to be separated from his litter and his mom.  She's lonely.   Normally, breeders won't release a pup before 8 weeks.  That one week doesn't seem very long but in the development of a puppy it's huge!  

So, what do you do?

First of all, I highly recommend crate training.  It is not cruel in any way, and actually provides the pup a safe haven of her own.  There is lots of information on how to introduce crate training, etc.   My pup was already partially crate trained when I brought him home, so I was fortunate.  Now, he goes in on his own, when he's tired.

Make sure the crate is not too big (you can buy a bigger one now for her to grow into, but block off a part of it until she grows).  It should be big enough for her to stand up and stretch out.  Put some "chew-proof" toys in with her so that she has something to do.  

Some people will put an old sweater or T-shirt with their smell on it to comfort the dog when you can't be around.

Do bring the crate up into your bedroom at night.   You can comfort her verbally without taking her out (make sure, of course, that she is completely peed/pood - the crying may also be needing to go (7 weeks is very young - the longest that age can go daytime is only about every 1.5 to 2 hours - nightime should be longer, but you may still need to get up in the middle of night for the first few weeks, hopefully less).  

Hope this helps

Good luck!

Answer 5

I just got a min pin a few months ago. The first few nights I had her she would cry when I put her in her pen for hours, but I just left her in there. By night number 7 or 8 she understood that crying wasn't going to get her out of the crate and she would just go to sleep. I would put a towel over her crate though so she couldn't see me. If she could see me, then she would cry non-stop no matter what. I don't paper train my dogs, I have them potty outside.