Why wont my puppy go to the toilet outside?

Question

He is a 10week old jack russell who we have had for 3 weeks.

He is fully paper trained now (almost) and we have started walking him. But he will not go to the toilet outside! We walk him on grass, pavement etc... for ages and then when we get in the house he runs straight to the paper and relieves himself!!

How can we get him to do it outside? We have tried everything!

Any tips please

Thank you

Answer 1

He won't go outside as long as the paper is down.

I never paper trained any of my dogs. I would just take them outside all the time. I did have the luxury of being able to stay home with her. I had her trained to go outside in 3 days. Using paper, then telling them they have to go outside just confuses them and adds to the work you'll have to do.

Answer 2

try putting some paper just outside the door, then the grass then take it away

Answer 3

Well he is only 10-weeks-old!  He doesn't understand the difference between paper and carpet, so don't do the paper anymore.

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 thing to train if you travel with your dogs.  By using commands, the puppy won't get confused when you are visiting someone, on vacation with you, or when you get to a new home.  The comman

Answer 4

it needs training so it shall go outside or its new to your home it needs to know the place better and please give Me your best awns thank-you bye  

Answer 5

keep takeing him out,say every 15 mins,and if he does one,,really tell him hes a good boy,but you have to keep it up,,he will get there,good luck,i love jack russells thy are the best  

Answer 6

Try moving the paper closer and closer to the door, even put some paper outside.  Many dogs are too distracted on walks to remember to pee- do not walk around until he does his "duties"

Answer 7

Try moving the pad gradually closer to the door you take him out and eventually outside. It may take some time to teach him it is okay to go outside. It did for ours.

Here is a helpful article: http://www.purebredpups.org/Dog_Articles...

Good Luck!

Answer 8

Wat we did for our lab was we put puppy pads on the floor and wen he went on them we praised him and every day (after he got the hang of it) we would put it closer to the door. eventually its outside and wen he whines you let him out. OR after he goes the bathroom inside put him outside, and wen he goes outside give him a treat. (BOTH WAYS TAKE TIME)

Answer 9

Paper training is a really confusing way for a dog to get trained with. It is probably confusing him on where to go. If you can get him on a set schedule and everytime he eats take him out like 15-20 mins afterwards and when he does use it outside reward him with a treat and hopefully he will get the hang of where he should actually use it. Good Luck!

Answer 10

First try putting the paper outside then he will go to the toilet outside. Then make the piece of paper smaller and then he will hopefully learn to go outside!

We didn't train my puppy to go on paper we just taught her to go outside straight away, but if it is raining, she won't go out side, so we put paper down and she goes on that!

Answer 11

He won't potty outside because you taught him that he needs to potty on paper. That's what you did wrong, & it will take months to teach him otherwise. I raised my Shih tzu, & I started working on him going outside the day I got him, 3 years ago, at 6 weeks old. Ever heard the saying "old habits die hard"? Paper should only be used in the event that you are going to be gone for an extended amount of time, otherwise, focus on taking him outside! At his age, it is appropriate to start scolding him when he pees inthe house, & praising him when he pees outside!

Answer 12

Keep him outside until he goes no matter how long it takes and praise him like crazy when he goes! I dont like paper training, or when people leave out "wee" pads for their dogs.  I dog sat for, I think he was a little over a year old) terrier who had the wee pads, and he would not pee outside, he would come inside and pee on the dining room table, where the wee pads were.  Drove me insane!

Answer 13

When we had our Cocker Spaniel she was 6 months old and not at all toilet trained.

We found that when we were in the house we kept the back door open and we put the paper half on the back door and half out and then when she went on this really praised her.  After a couple of days of her doing this we moved it just outside the back door and did the same.  Then the next time moved the paper that bit further.

After a couple of weeks she was just weeing in the garden.bless her.

Fingers crossed that it works for you.