housebreaking
 

My two sisters will be 5 months in about a week. I don't trust them for a minute and read all your posts looking for encouragement. Now I realize not to expect them to understand until maybe at earliest another month. OK, I'll hang in there. But I am tired!!!

Housebreaking
 

Hi.

Well, it's been a while since I posted that and JC is finally housebroken! YAY!!!

Someone told me to use Nature's Miracle Puppy Pads, which I had and it didn't work.

But then someone else told me to spray Simple Solution Puppy Aid Training Spray on the puppy pad and he was trained within a week!!

He still goes outside, but I don't have to watch him every minute anymore and I get to sleep in a longer.

I hope it might work for you.

Good Luck!!

I am new to this site. I have my girl using a cat litter box. The old kind with the lower sides. When I got her from the breeder, they had her going on paper. So I got the box and put the paper in it. I would start by getting her used to it when she started to give me those little "signs" that she needed to go. Put her in the box and say"pee" and had her stay in the box until she "peed" . I cheered her on and gave her a treat. She got the idea. Then she started to do her"bobo" -:-) in the box. She gets so excited` she know she will get a treat. I am now using newspaper pellets. They take in more liquid than just paper. It took her a few times and got used to that also. I don't have to worry about taking her out at all. If she needs to go at any time she goes to her box. She will go to the "bathroom" outside when we go on walks. But no late night runs to outside to go to the bathroom. I love the box idea for toy/small dogs. I don't have to worry about anthing getting her. Or getting her outside in time!!!!!!

It is so nice to hear what others have been doing with the training. I had my 4 month old girl trained with the Rachel's dog box. Then my hubby made me mover it. She seems to go pee in it all the time, but I am having problems with the POOPing part!! This is getting to old!!

I have a round cage that I can make smaller and she will still go poop outside the box and then sometime walk in it making a mess. I am not sure how to get her to go poop in it, she goes pee all the time!

When I take her outside she goes very well, she even sometime wakes me up to go out in the morning.

Housebreaking the Yorkie
 

About the "pooping" part. With my girl I had to watch her. Usually after she eats and in the morning- normally they give you some kind of sign they got to go-I would pick Aubree up and put her in the box. She would go. After a few times she got the idea. She will go outside also, we have a walking trail we go on and she has done both of her duties there.She sleeps with me at night I did keep the box in the room - just in case she needed it- now it is just outside the door. She had'nt needed it in a while. She sleeps as long as I do and goes when I get up. She does get a small treat when she uses the box -so she knows that she gets rewarded when she does. It is funny she wants to make sure someone sees her she she will get her treat. So try a treat and watch after eating and in the morning. You know when they got to go ! I get it up afterwards ASAP(poop).It does take patience and time. Good Luck!!! I love her using the box!!!!:animal-pa:aimeeyork

Housebreaking an older puppy
 

We are the new parents of an almost 8 month old puppy. Kobe Jack does not go in his crate, which we are thankful for, but he doesn't seem to get that outside is the place for that! He goes out after eating, drinking or play or simply because it's been a while. If he hasn't peed or pooped, he does not get a treat when he comes back inside. Unfortunately, he will go after he comes back in. We have tried waiting a few minutes and then back out but that has failed too. We are unaware of his training habits before he came to live with us. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The only suggestion I can give is patience and persistence and a belly band. I got Moses when he was 10 months old and I was told he was paper trained. He was not. He would not go when he was on a leash so walking him was out. Eventually, I put a pad down in our bathroom and would close him in there (with me) and he would go in there. As the months went on, he was allowed outside off a leash and would go, but then he started running, so back on the leash and no going. I finally put him on a long lead and just held the end. I guess he didn't think that was a leash, 'cause now he will go. I have now had him 9 months and just now is he giving signals that I can recognize to tell me he needs to go out. But, he will not go if there is another dog out with him. So, I have to let Isabel and Moses out, then let Isabel back in, then he will do his business. And if he has to go and you miss his signal, he goes back to the bathroom and goes on the rug. Izzy, who is 7, will pee every single time you take her out, but she will also go on a pee pad or a throw rug and nothing I have been able to do will stop her. I used to keep throw rugs down the hall, but one step in cold pee and those rugs were gone.

I am frustrated as well. I have two puppies which makes it more frustrating...They are both about 4 months and still not potty trained. They go to the bathroom when outside, but they also have accidents inside. They do not let us know at all when they got to go. We are going to try to bell thing I am just thinking they will play with it. We were going to do pee pads but the younger one just shreds them, so much for that. I don't know....We have only had them for a little oer a month but I am just ready for them to be trained. I feel like we have progress with one, but the other one all the sudden hates going outside...imagine that...we are hoping it's the snow. But if anyone has any tips....I would greatly appreciate them as well.

Hi

I need help. :)
Pablo is house trained for the last 18 months and now has started to wee in the main bathroom right on the toilet!!!
It is very bold, and I never actually catch him in the act so it is hard to discipline him even though he knows it is wrong.
I have bleached every where numerous times but this problem still persists,,, why is he doing this?

Not to take this lightly, but he is going where most people go. Gotta give him that. Bleach does not take away the pheramones (sp). Use something that breaks down the enzymes. Such as natures miracle or Urine Off.

Let me ask a question; is Pablo nuetered? If not, he may just be marking his territory, something very common with intact males and some altered dogs.

NO he is not neutered - I booked it and chickened out int the end as we love him so much and I dont want him to be hurt.
he has a lovely temperment, extremely palyful etc but I know I have to do it for his sake!!!

There is only myself and my other half in the house ( who I originally blamed for the wee) :thumbdown so I really dont know what got him started....
I really think that he belives he is human....:p

Well there's your answer, his hiesting his leg will continue and not only on the commode. His being unnuetered, he's leaving his calling card.

New Girl
 

I just rescued a tea cup yorkie and she is NOT house broken. She seems to be pretty old too. Is there any hope of house breaking her??:animal-pa

Crate training is very effective, you put them in a crate that's only big enough for them to stand up and turn around in, and then take them out every hour and place them on a pee pad, gradually increasing it to two hours etc. Here's more information: Crate Training Your Puppy or Adult Dog - The Housebreaking Bible