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Originally Posted by jfeefamily  We just adopted a 5 month old. The so called breeder said he was potty trained when we visited the first time, also said the dog used a doggy door. WELL, when we picked him up, she changed it up.
He went to the bathroom in a pen, on hardwood floors in a certain corner! EEEK! Five months old, and trained to pee on the floor! Exactly what I'm looking for!
SO, I've read books, and I have a bag of treats, and I take him out every few hours or when he eats or plays and or paces.....But I don't know what else to do. He pees in his crate. Doesn't even have the natural instinct to not pee in his area cause she trained him to pee in his area. Ergh! Help! |
At 5 months, even if they are potty trained, they might have accidents. What works for me and my monkeys is fencing off the potty pad area — if you want them to potty in a specific spot in the house. We have a fenced off area for them in the kitchen, and we can close them off on the potty pad. After eating, or playing, or sleeping we place them on the pad (especially Trezzi, Lulu is pretty good about going there on her own) and close them off there for about 10 minutes, while saying: "Go potty". and if they need to go it gives them enough time to do their business.
It took Trezzi about 4-5 days to figure out what we want him to do when we close him off on the pad. But then he got it. He is 3 months old, and there is still a long way till he is fully housebroken, but it's much better than how it was when we just brought him home.
After your puppy figures out the "right place" to go, and it will be well marked, he'll try coming back there most of the time.
Good luck!