potty training..TOO COLD??
 

okay so snickers has been going on the pee pee pads for about 6 months now, and the reason i've been doing this was because he didnt have all his shots yet, and i wanted to be safe and wait until he got all his shots in order to start training him to go outside..so today i tried to take him outside to go and do his business..i said "go potty" SEVERAL TIMES!! but i think it was WAYYYY TOOOO COLD OUTSIDE! he was shaking and kept on sitting down next to me, and wouldnt go pee!! what should i do??? is it too cold outside or something???

Good question! I have been meaning to ask the same thing. My boy is 5 months and does the same........I want to read replies.

Honey, I know what you mean. I tried taking my Cali out on Sunday here in Atlanta (and it was cold, but not FREEZING like some mornings can be) and peeing was absolutely the last thing on her mind. She shook like a leaf. I think I said "go potty" about twelve hundred times. Nothing. So today I went and found a sweater for her. We are going to get this potty thing down come hell or highwater!

This is what happend to me too!!! When I got Bailey shortly after some days it was a little cold and the ground would be wet and when I would take Bailey back inside he would literally be shaking and I was like oh my goodness :( this is torture but in Louisiana of course the cold days don't last that long but I would get so mad :mad: because it would mess up me trying to potty train Bailey so now I'm just trying to potty train inside even though it been got warm I'm just going to try and see, so far I think POTTY TRAINING is the last thing on Bailey's mind right now :rolleyes:

I just saw a video of a lady taking her dogs out in some snow!

I'd just get that baby a sweater!

Mine do come in a lot faster when its cold. But I'm in south Alabama, so it doesn't get too cold often.

You never know how they will be with the cold weather. My Jewels is almost 2 years old and she is outside trained and went out in the cold last year. This year she has decided she wont go out in the cold and our weather has been much warmer than last year. So we are now pee pad training her

My sweet Molly was just about trained so that she could go outside without me and do her thing, when it got cold here in Minnesota. But it'll be cold a long time here and other small dogs do it so -

we started over. I let her out - said 'go potty" and left her out for a minute or so. She just sat outside the door shivering and looking pathetic, of course. So I let her in and she had to go into her kennel. A little while later we tried it again. We did that over and over until she finally went.

THEN, and only then, she had the run of the house. (Then, we did the same all over again in the afternoon!) It only took a few days and now she goes right away - if she has to. In the morning when I get up she goes from my bed right into her kennel until she's ready to go out, then she'll let me know.

Hope this helps. Kathy

I like the way you think! Ginger came home in November so all of her potty training took place in the cold (we never did the pee pad thing). If it's too cold and she doesn't want to be outside, she just goes really quick! Of course, once we're all bundled up for our longer walks, she fine outside.

If you want your little one to go outside, just stick to it.

morgan has been trained to go outside. however for the past couple weeks since its been getting colder she's been having accidents in the house. when i take her outside she runs around, does her business, and then runs back to the door to be let in. however she figured out that if she just runs around pees for 2 seconds and then runs back to me i'd let her inside and then she could finish somewhere warmer where her footies wouldn't get wet and cold. Shorly after i figured out this was what she was doing. so now i make her stand out there and 'go potty' until she actually does both. if i put a jacket on her she'll run around a little longer before she goes potty but the past couple days she's been doing all her business outside and hasn't had anymore inside accidents. so no matter how cold it is outside, as long as your baby has a sweater on, stay out there until they go. don't give up. soon they will realize that if they hurry up and 'go potty' they won't have to stay outside any longer then necessary and then they get to go inside wear its warm and get a cookie :)


the most important this to remember is not to give in. I got morgan in july and it rained alot. i was dead set on potty training her outside so we stood out there for 30 minutes one time in the pouring rain until she peed. after that she peed and pooped alot faster. LOL

Yep...just put on a sweater and be firm. They learn to go faster. Funny but you would think that when it rained it would hustle them. But Lex used to love to stand outside and let the rain hit him...guess that is why he seemed to like baths...lol.

Good luck. Just be consistent and it will happen.

hmm okay i'll try to get him a nice warm little sweater and some booties for his feet. maybe it'll make him go potty. THANKS GUYS! i'll get back to you in a few to update on this. thanks everyone for your replies.! :)

good luck with the booties. every time i put morgan's on she pretends she can't walk and flops on her side. she turns into a slug lol

What I did was I put Coco in her crate and as soon as she really really had to go (she makes noises), I would carry her to go outside. By this time she didn't even care because she really had to go and just squated down as soon as I put her outside. She peed and pooped

When this happened, she knew it was ok to pee and poop outside. She is both trained inside and out though. When it rains or when I'm not home, she goes on her wee wee pad. When I am home, she'll stare at me to get my attention and run towards the door.

But she does still has accidents, she'll pee by the door when I'm home and busy.

Just wait until they really really had to pee. I guess it's kinda hard for everyone, but give it a try. Go for a drive or something. My dog usually does not pee when we go for a drive. She holds it. And as soon as we arrive, she goes straight to the garden.

I'm currently in the process of getting Coco to walk in her booties, but she's still very uncomfortable in them. She does walk, but all funny like. What I do is show her a treat and make her chase me with it while on her booties. She needs more practice though, but as soon as she's ok, it should help with her going potty outside.

same thing here in california, is soo cold the pavement is sooo cold in the morning i now because i went out without socks and shoes and i was freezing i said i cant take her out like this, so i really dont get her out like at 7am when she wakes up, and specially since shes just 3 months, and so i just wait till it heats up, for the meantime between times she uses her wee-wee pad inside her crate

If my 4-pounder Jack can do it, yours can too! I had the same fear when we first got him. I honestly thought it was too cold for his tiny body. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized he should be able to stay outside for the minute it takes to do his business. So I made him do it. I was firm. He got no praise, no treats, no love unless he went outside and did his business. It worked.

And I don't take the time to put booties or coats on him for that. Pee breaks are not worth my time. I only dress him up for longer walks.

It's not too cold. I live in Syracuse- cold and extreme snowfalls. I outside trained my 3 lb 8 month old. I have had him 3 months. The first week was tough until he got the hang of it. Rain, snow, cold- he does his business in 2 minutes flat. He actually loves the snow. DOesn't like booties, though. I figure if he's only out a couple of minutes, he's ok. I'll put a sweater on him, but he dosn't even shiver. He shivered at first when we got him in September but I think it was from fear of the unknown since he had never been outside before that according to the breeder.

My rule is If it's warm enough to not put a jaclet on Chewy then I don't get one either...In other words he gets a jacket on befre we go out... Some times he has the jacket and I don't, and I am always sorry!!!! it's stinkin cold out!

I potty train always out sides... he goes real quick and we are back inside in a flash! Sometimes I wish he could have hot choclate... like a little kid thats been out in the snow...He is so cold! I know he can't but the mom in me wishes he could get hot coco on chilly days!!!!:cup: :D

Us too. If Loki has to get his sweater or coat on he thinks we are going for a walk or going out in the car. He seems to think it's a total bother to put a coat on when he is going out for 30 seconds to pee. I only make him wear something when we have fresh wet snow so that I can strip it off of him when he comes in and then he doesn't get ice on his belly :) Even when it's so cold I don't want to stand in the door, Loki will stop on his way in to sniff something... :rolleyes:

We started outside training right away - no pads for him. I asked the trainer and vet about the shots and they both said this was fine to do. We got him in the spring, I think we got one final dusting of snow and then he learned all summer and fall and by the time it was cold he was actually easier to train because he would go out, pee and come back! Yes there were some wet mornings he wasn't thrilled to go out in, but we also did the crate thing and he made it through last winter fine. So far this year we have had mild weather and one snowstorm and he didn't even seem to care. In fact, he would ask to go out so he could go eat the snow! His clothes from last year don't fit him so I got him one really good (It's by Apache River) he has 2 sweatshirts and he's good to go!

Jaxon has been trained to ring the bells and do his business outside. But when it's really cold in the morning, he doesn't want to go out. This morning it was cold and he peed on the deck instead of going down the stairs to the grass. We still have pads inside just in case.

I like to train mine with a verbal command. I use "hurry up". With the two puppies I am in the bathroom with the pee pad and the door shut. As soon as I see one going I use the words and of course lots of praise. Then the other one will look sniff and follow in line with the same. This is a nightly routine cause we have carpet upstairs. The mom Molly goes pretty much on command and it is nice if you are at a place that has a different surface such as cement or? She knows what she should do.

When I am sure the pups have "got it" I will start to train outside in a certain area.

Good luck on your training.

okay guys!! so i got him a nice warm little sweater! and i say "go potty" AND HE GOES!! ahhh im so proud of snickers!! :D

Lucy got used to her boots by only wearing the front 2 for awhile. Now she walks with all 4- happily! What a good little ham!

Teresa