Puppy training!!!! HELP!?

Question

Hi there, I have an almost 3 month old boxer/rotti/lab he is a very good puppy for the most part, except he wont go outside to the washroom when its raining, and i live in a very rainy climate. How do I get him over this fear? Also he gets very nippy and testy when playing, he usually sleeps in our bed at night time and my fiance and I usually wrestle and play with him, and once in a while he gets very loud and snaps at you.... How can I stop him from nipping and snarling without hitting him or yelling at him. Another thing is we have a cat, and they play quite alot.... except again, sometimes our puppy gets toooo playful and stalks our cat. For the most part our cat can take care of himself and usually puts up a good fight, but our puppy will get ahold of his tail and it worries me that if I'm not around he cold really hurt our cat. I just dont want him to get to comfortable with being agressive now when he will be about 100lbs later!!!

Another thing..... why does my dog poo and pee like 6 times during the night? (about an 8 hour span) Should he just sleep and MAYBE have to go out once or twice..... its like a machine, poo and pee to the max!!!

Answer 1

i have a 1 year old lab and my recommendation for you is to be stearn with the dog, and learn to think like a dog.  To start i would like to say your dog will be very large and what he's doing now will carry on till you correct it and you should correct it asap it will be easier.

you should start with taking the dog out of your bed for at least a month reason being you need to show him that no matter how much he wines or barks you are the boss.  the first few day may be rough but it will get better.

with the biting imagine a dog laying on its side and another dog biting it's neck.  now that may sound bad but you must do that i recommend when he gets rough you need to show him you are the boss and that he needs to stop so duplicate the neck biting with your hands by quick and semi force full put him on his side and put your hands on his neck and hold him down he will struggle then you must keep him there when he relaxes he knows who the boss is.  if you must get in his face while pinning him snarl and growl SHOW DOMINANCE. F Y I this may seem primal but this is EXACTLY what your puppy's mom would do and since she is not there you need to do it.

P.S. it really does not hurt them it is more of the dominance but the more agressive he gets on his side while you are pinning him you need to be more aggressive and look in his eyes and growl show your teeth all things nature would do to him.

he pees so much cause you let him chain him up or kennel him up at night and start letting him out at set time then taper it down. he should be able to last 3 hours (about 1 hour for every month) and make him wait and if he goes in the house let him know that is not right.

Here is some training help use one word commands only.  Watch the dog whisper on cable with Ceaser Milan he is amazing i think it is the National Geographic channel.  and remember dog will understand you better if you are consistant and relateing to them.

Answer 2

Buy a bag of dog treats and when ou about to train him then show him he will get a prize......so show him there is a treat in your hand and say like sit and if he didnt understand try saying it again and change the posture and show him what sit is and try again if he doesnt understand then just give him the treat and try again!

Answer 3

and for the rain i don't know how to get him over the fear. first don't let him sleep in the bed. for when hes a 100lb. dog its going to be hard to move him out of the bed. don't use your hands when playing for he will learn that HANDS are TOYS. carry a toy with you and when he tries to play and nips at your hands give him the toy. if that doesn't work. cross your arms and turn your back to him and ignore him. with the cat problem i'm not sure of what to do because i'm having that problem myself. is his food and water left out at night? If so you need to put it up about an hour before you go to bed and take him outside to use the bathroom. i use this method with my dog and he hasn't use the bathroom in the house at night nor during the day. i hope i helped you out some.

Answer 4

I am not sure if your question is a joke, or you are serious.  At 3-months-old a puppy can only hold its potty for 4 hours at the most.  You should be taking a 3-month-old puppy potty a million times a day.  Don't allow him to get so wound up that he gets agressive, when he starts to get too excited, play a different game so he will settle down.  You take him out in the rain, he is only 3-months-old, he doesn't make the rules, you are supposed to.  

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