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Originally Posted by veguroev  OK, I'm getting very frustrated.
We've had Jerome for a month and a week now. He will be 4 months old on the 8th.
I guess I'm not a good potty trainer or he is hard headed. I take him outside a lot, I mean a lot, sometimes I have stayed with him for more than 40 minutes outside when it is freaking hot and he does not pee or poop, but as soon as we go inside the house and I look somewhere else for a few seconds and there he is squadding and peeing on the carpet. Luckily, we have the carpet cleaner machine and my husband is the one that has been cleaning the carpet, but that is not the point. The point is that I want to train him to go outside to pee and poop. When I tell him NO after he pees in the house he thinks I'm playing and he starts jumping so I can catch him and runs around the house.
Last night I put him on the bed while I was folding clothes. ( I had the clothes on the bed. He was chewing and all of the sudden he gets up and starts peeing on the bed!!! The good thing is that we have that bed cover that stops liquids from going on the mattress. Of course after he pees inside the house I take him outside tell him NO and "bad dog" and he stays out for a few minutes and then comes inside, but I don't think he is getting it. My husband doesn't believe me that I take the dog out a lot, because he keeps seeing pee spots all over the house.
What am I doing wrong? Any advise is welcome.
I've thought about getting the bells.
I tried praising him with treats for a while and then he just wanted to go outside so he could get a treat and not do anything while out. My husband told me to give him the treats while he is outside and after he finishes peeing.
Please help me I get upset sometimes but I know is not Jeromes fault he is still a puppy and he needs to learn from me. I'm not doing a good job on potty training. |
OK Your husband's advice about the treats is right on. You don't give the treat for coming back in the house - you go outside with him and shove it in his mouth the second he is done peeing!
Second, DON'T take your eyes off him for a second. If you need to (which of course you do) confine him in a crate or ex-pen. He prefers to pee on the carpet and you are letting him by allowing him access to it!
Bells work great once he knows that he needs to go out. At 4 months I would argue that he does NOT know he needs to go until 5 seconds before. Your job is seeing those signs and making sure he is in the right place at the right time so you can reward him!
And for goodness sake - don't put him on the bed until he can hold it. It just sets him up for failure - how is he supposed to let you know he needs to go out? Make sure he is EMPTY before you give him any freedom and monitor all freedom you give him. Try crate training. And if 40 mins isn't enough - then stay out there an hour. You only need to do that 2 or 3 times until he figures out that peeing in the grass = chicken! And use good treats - make it worth it!!!!!
Good luck. Loki wasn't 100% until he was about a year old. The bells worked very well. He also had some medical issues, but I think 8-10 months is a reasonable expectation. 4months is definately too young to expect 100% from him - but it's never too early to expect 100% from you
