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age a puppy can go potty outside? My pup is 12 wks and not doing well with wee-pads. Vet said she couldnt go outside till 16 wks when shots were done? |
I am certainly not a vet, so if you trust your vet, you should listen to him. But I started outdoor training at 9 weeks old in the Maryland winter with Jackson. My vet said it was fine as long as it was just our yard, no public parks, dog parks, pet stores, places where lots of other dogs have been, etc. I don't see the harm in that. But you also need to know what's in your area, if there has been lots of cases of parvo, etc, it may not be worth the risk. You could buy a potty patch in the mean time (its grass) if she won't use pee pads. |
Peanut my daughter gave us a potty patch..which is used sometimes! I place her on it and POTTY..sometimes she goes and is rewarded and sometimes she runs off and pee's in LR just took her outside and all she did was sniff! only taking her in our yard |
I started outdoor training at 13 weeks. Just in our yard....working very well!!! Pottying inside grosses me out!!! And I feel once you allow them to potty inside, they will even if it's in spots that are not ok!!!!!! Start right away and good luck!!!!!! :) Viv |
My vet I should not let my puppy out of the house until his shots are complete. He even said that I should wait 10 days after his rabbies vaccination to take him out. As a matter of fact I never let any of our dogs outdoors until their vaccinations were completed but then again I'm a total worrier. It was a bit hard to train them on the potty pad but we confined them to one area and that seemed to do the trick. |
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I don't think they can get rabies just from going potty outside. But they can get decease's from other animal feses and urine such as Leptospirosis that they should be vaccinated against expectably if you live in areas where wild animal frequent. Still they are never too young to start the potty training process. Outside that is! Don't leave them unattended, just keep watch full eye over them. |
I guess I'm not much of a worrier. I brought my pup home at 12 weeks and he has gone potty outside since day one. I never did pee pads inside. We also have a doggy door which he learned to use after about a week of living with us. I wanted him to know to always go outside. I think they may get confused if they sometimes use pee pads and sometimes go outside. The other posters are right...it's ok for the pup to go in your own yard provided you have not had prior issues with parvovirus. |
I started outside training with morgan as soon as we got her home at 13 weeks. She was on a leash and only allowed in the backyard. She did just fine outside and also would not go on pads in the house. |
Yep I started immediately training ALL my girls as soon as we brought them home! I don't understand the 'danger' to the little ones as long as you aren't taking them to dog parks and places where dogs frequent! But maybe that's just me. |
I agree with most of the others. As long as it is your own yard, and other dogs arent able to run through your yard(possibly spreading disease) there is no reason why you can let your puppy out now! Also, like was already mentioned its not possible to get rabies just from the grass! Your puppy would have to come into contact with the infected animal itself and be bitten and come into contact with the saliva! You can NOT get rabies from blood urine or feces, or even by touching the animal. Hope this helps. All my dogs were potty trained outside from the time i got them. We just didnt take them into pet stores, or to parks or for walks outside the yard until they were fully vaccinated. |
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