Puppy problem, please help!?

Question

I just got a shiba inu puppy on tuesday. She's 8 weeks old. Her name is Dixie. Here's the problem. When I take her to go outside to the bathroom, (we go out the back door, down the stairs of the deck, and I turn around the corner of my house and set her down. When I set her down she runs for the steps. Or if we are closer to the front of the house, she runs for the front door. How do I stop her from running to the steps. And I know some of you mite say, maybe she doesn't have to go to the bathroom. But trust me she does because if she doesn't go outside she goes in the house. She doesn't always run for the door though. Anyway, PLEASE HELP!

Answer 1

Step One: Put your dog on a leash/lead when you take it out to potty.

Step Two: Make your dog walk out the door, down the steps & around the corner of the house on the leash (correction collars are pretty good if she won't follow you).

Step Three: Walk her around the yard (while still on the lead) and say a phrase every minute or so relating to potty (I use "pee-pee") til she finds her spot (which could take a while) and goes.

Step Four: Reward her. A puppy this young should be praised for peeing outside & in the yard as you want her to. Be generous with praise, cautious with criticism. At the beginning of my puppies' potty training, the girl always went easier. But I would reward them with a tiny piece of Pup-Peroni when they went outside.

Step Five: Repeat this every time they go to the bathroom.

It's key that your puppy walk to her bathroom spot & know the route. It would also be a good idea to hang a bell on the back door & ring it when you are taking her out to potty. Eventually, she will get like my two puppies and actually walk to the door & ring the bell when she has to go!

Note: To "polyvore" That is the worst and most ineffective thing you can do to a dog. You cannot punish a dog for something it did hours before. If you don't see it happen or who did it, you can't punish them for it. That's the rule in the dog training community. They will associate the owner coming home & being mad over the mess (pee/p**p) they've made as the owner not being glad to see them. They do not get the connection between a past bad behavior & the punishment hours away. Don't listen to polyvore please! Bad, bad advice.

Answer 2

Well, shiba inu's are very alert and they may seem like a cat sometimes because they were bred that way. You can take a retractable leash to stop her when she tries to run to the steps and try to set her down near a tree or a bush. She'll sniff and do her 'buisniss' there and if she still tries to run for the steps there must be some sort of problem so trying contacting your local vet for help.

Hope this helped :]

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Answer 3

place her in the middle of the yard and close the door would be my first guess.  But if she still runs for the house--get her a doggy litter box type thing.  Then take her outside to play so she is used to the outdoors of your backyard.---[try the first if it doesnt work the first 1-2 times try the second]

Answer 4

she is probably scared. a little puppy like that is going to be uncomfortable in a new place. my advice is: keep her on a leash and talk to her. eventually she'l get more comfortable with you and her new home. Good luck! by the way i love shibas!

Answer 5

When I first got my maltese puppy, it refused to go in the grass. it was scared and it would either pee on the cement or pee in the house

but after a few days and a LOT of coaxing, he eventually started to go in the grass.

I think my puppy was afraid because he was in a pet shop before and had never seen grass. so if you got yours from a pet shop, that may be the case.

ANYWAY

you should go into the grass and hold a treat in your hand and call her name.

don't worry

=D

Answer 6

Well at 8 weeks old she may just want be where she is comfortable. The outside life to a new pup can be scary.

Try distracting her away from the door.  Put her on a leash and bring a toy and some treats with you. Don't briber her with the treats but you could use them as a distraction by calling her over and giving her a treat when she comes.  

Answer 7

Well at 8-weeks-old she needs to potty a million times a day.  Maybe try a leash and say "go out" for pee, and "go finish" for p**p, so she knows what you want from her. Don't let her back in the house until she does potty, and make sure you limit her space in the house at this age so you don't overwhelm her.  

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 t

Answer 8

I would try and make the "outside" a fun place for her. My Shiba really likes to play tug, so start playing with your puppy inside the house, then slowly move outside and play with her there. Make sure to follow tug rules (e.g. no biting on hand).

Also start bringing her out for walks in the backyard. Get her to follow you to the door with treats. (My Shiba really likes cheese - just cut it up into little pieces so you don't feed her too much). At the door, put a leash on her. Praise her and treat her for letting you do this. Then walk outside with her. In the backyard, you can play the find-it game with her. Say find-it and throw a piece of cheese a small distance away from her. Praise her when she finds it and repeat.

Very soon your Shiba will love the backyard and want to go out there by herself. Shibas are really clean dogs so you should have no problems housebreaking her. I have a 2 year old male Shiba and when I got him at 10 weeks, he was already house trained. He doesn't even like going in our backyard. He will hold it in until our neighborhood / park walks.

Congratulations on getting a Shiba :-) She will be a challenge but also a lot of fun.

Answer 9

shes scared probably lol she probably saw something before or that moment.  

Answer 10

have a fence or leash out side and when she gies in the house show her what she did and put her out side for 20min with food and water