Puppy peeing problem HELP!!!?

Question

hi

well we have had a puppy and it doesn't get the idea of doing its dirty business outside

we have another dog and even when the puppy watches the older one pee and poo out side it still doesn't get the message that that's what we want it to be doing as well

it goes inside on the paper we put down for it most of the time, with the occasional time on the carpet, even when we take it for long walks round the park it the puppy seems to hold on all the way round then let lose with peeing and pooing once back at home

there is no way we can praise the puppy for going outside at all as it has never once gone outside

it is at the age of about 6 months now and i need help to solve this problem as my house is beginning to smell slightly with the constant peeing and pooing my the puppy

please HELP!!

Answer 1

Susan has basically summed it up very nicely for you.  Follow what she has wrote here to a tee and you shouldn't have any troubles.  The only thing I can foresee being a problem here is the REASON behind the messing in the house.  If your pup is already 6 months old, its probably not an issue of it not being able to hold it, but a confusion of where its supposed to do her business.  JUST REMEMBER though.....your puppy is not trying to misbehave or be bad....it just hasn't learned the ropes entirely.  

I went through a terrible time trying to potty train my Shepherd dog.  She was so timid and scared when we brought her from the pound at 12 weeks old that she wouldn't do anything.  We had to carry her outside, carry her to her kennel, carry her to her food and water.  She stayed huddled up in a corner of the house for a week until we finally coaxed her out.  

So in training her, we made it fun!!!  My neighbors must have thought I'd lost it because whenever Amy would go pee or poo outside, I made the BIGGEST deal about it.  I would give her so much love and say very loudly and with a fun voice "Amy went pee!!! Good girl....Yay....Amy went Pee"!!!  I tell ya, I am sure I was the laughing stock of the neighborhood.  But it worked!!!!  And you know what.....to this day, it has become something I still do and she's over a year old.  It just makes her happy to hear that she's done something to please me and so I kept it up.  She loves it and so do my nieghbors!  

The other thing is make outside time simple......she doesn't get to play unless she pees or poops.  She must correlate outside with pooping and peeing BEFORE she gets to play.  If she is allowed to play before she does her thing, she is less likely to do it and will think outside it just for playing.  There are going to be lots of times when she doesn't get to play at all and it may be days before she gets to play outside.  No toys, no happy voices, nothing until she pees or poos outside.  Do all the happy things inside and play in the basement or somewhere not associated with pooping and peeing.  Make outside only for one thing right now and once she's got it, then you can play!  This is what worked for us and now it's just second nature....we go out, she pees, then we play.

The other thing we did, and not all dogs will get this because it's a hard one to teach and learn.  But we taught Amy to ring a bell to go outside.  She loves it because she gets a treat when she rings the bell and then we go out.  We didn't bring this into the picture until she was trained though......it was more of a way for her to tell us she had to go because she wasn't the type to whine at the door or come get us to go out. She'd just **** in the basement and hope we didn't find it.  Once she learned the bell we haven't had a problem since.  Good luck!!!!

Answer 2

House Training

House training your dog is simple if you follow a few basic rules. Remember that puppies younger than 10 to 12 weeks have little control. Accidents will always happen when teaching puppies to be clean in the house. Be kind and patient, and reward handsomely all outdoor elimination. Always remember that dogs do what works for them. Make outdoor pottying work really well for your puppy.

1) The puppy must have NO time unsupervised in your home. NONE. If you are not directly watching the puppy, it should be in the crate, or outside in a safe area. You MUST watch the puppy at ALL times when loose in the house. Use baby gates, crates, or tie the leash to your belt.

2) The puppy should sleep inside the crate by your bedside. This way you can hear if the puppy should happen to need to go out during the night.

3)  You must go WITH the puppy outside for ALL trips for elimination. You must have treats with you. When the puppy is urinating, say "GO PEE PEE" in a nice praise tone of voice the entire time. When she is finished, pop the treat into her mouth at once, and praise praise praise. This should be something she gets at no other time, like tiny pieces of string cheese or boiled chicken. Same for defecation. Say "GO p**p" while she is going, and food reward and praise afterwards. You must observe and reward ALL outdoor potty time.

4) Keep a schedule. Feed at the same time, and walk outside at the same times. Your pup needs at least 4 trips outdoors each day, and 5 is probably better. Pup needs to go out at wake up time, lunch time, 4-5 PM, after dinner or any other meals, and before bed. Younger puppies may need to go out much more often.

5) Use a key word each time you go out. I say "Let's go out!!" in a happy tone of voice each time I'm opening the door to go out with the dog.

6) If you catch the puppy IN THE ACT of eliminating in your house, CLAP YOUR HANDS, say AH AH, OUTSIDE!! And immediately rush her outside. If she finishes there, do your usual food reward and praise.

The keys to getting your dog reliably housetrained are:

SUPERVISION: NO loose time in the house if you are not watching

REWARDS: ALL outdoor elimination MUST be observed and rewarded. If you only do this ONE thing, your puppy will get housetrained.

PATIENCE: Anger and punishment have no place in dog training. Elimination is a natural and pleasurable experience for your dog. You can teach her to not soil your house, but punishment will NOT help. It will only teach the dog to hide when she needs to eliminate.

If you have applied these techniques carefully for 4 weeks and you are still finding spots or piles after the fact, it's time for stronger measures. Roll up a newspaper and fasten both ends with a rubber band. Keep it handy. The very next time you find a spot of a pile that the dog has left behind, whip out that newspaper, and hit YOURSELF over the head firmly several times as you repeat "I FORGOT TO WATCH MY PUPPY".

Works every time.

:D

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Answer 3

you should slowly move the paper closer and closer to the door and eventually move it outside the door and farther and farther outside. Maybe she will then see she at least she has to pee outside then maybe when she goes to pee outside u can take the paper away and praise her and give her treats. dont scold her if it is peeing because then it will just try to hide it when it pees or will not know what it is suposed to be doing

Answer 4

I have a 15 week old puppy who is going through the same kind of thing. She's too young to know the difference between inside and outside, so if I am not paying enough attention to her behaviour she will go toilet inside. We are now having much fewer accidents as we take her outside whenever:

a) She first wakes up, or if she wakes up in the night (which she rarely does now that we are controlling when she has her food and water). She sleeps in a crate and will whine if she needs the toilet as dogs don't like to go in their beds.

b) Shortly after she has eaten (most dogs will need to go toilet within 30 minutes of eating)

c) If I notice her drinking a lot of water, I take her outside at least every hour or even half hour, or if she's playing and then runs off behind the sofa or starts sniffing in the corner I jump up and call her making it fun and then take her outside. If not drinking much then every two hrs may be enough.

d) After her final meal I take away her water an hour later. I then take her outside at least twice more before bed (then she can usually hold on from 10.30pm - 6am ish).

You could always take the newspaper that has already been peed on and put it in the garden so she associates outside with going to the toilet. Also putting her poo outside should help. My pup always goes to the same places to pee and other more secluded places to poo.

Hope this helps.