new puppy help!

[puppypal86]

I've talked to the vet yesterday she told me that he still has the parasite after the first 3 doses of antibiotics I gave him..i think he is re infecting himself by eating his own stool when he's alone in the playpen when we are at work..so I got 6 more doses of the antibiotics from the vet and also a powder called FOR-BID to put 1/2 teaspoon in his food twice a day and it's suppose to make his stool taste bad for him not to eat..I also put it in my cats food also because he used to take clumps of it from the litter box..another thing is the whole potty training..I know he's very young but I cannot get him to poo on it at all I've been told to use the potty training spray you use on the pads, that doesn't work..I would wake up after a nap from work and find stools behind the couch or on my cats cat tree..when I get home from work I'll feed him and wait about 20 min and put him on the pee pad and nothing, then he will go potty else were..I don't want to let him outside because I'm scared he will eat random things in the grass..any advice will be helpful..another thing should I still leave him in the playpen when we go to work or should I have him be on his own with my cat?

[canana]

Originally Posted by puppypal86

I've talked to the vet yesterday she told me that he still has the parasite after the first 3 doses of antibiotics I gave him..i think he is re infecting himself by eating his own stool when he's alone in the playpen when we are at work..so I got 6 more doses of the antibiotics from the vet and also a powder called FOR-BID to put 1/2 teaspoon in his food twice a day and it's suppose to make his stool taste bad for him not to eat..I also put it in my cats food also because he used to take clumps of it from the litter box..another thing is the whole potty training..I know he's very young but I cannot get him to poo on it at all I've been told to use the potty training spray you use on the pads, that doesn't work..I would wake up after a nap from work and find stools behind the couch or on my cats cat tree..when I get home from work I'll feed him and wait about 20 min and put him on the pee pad and nothing, then he will go potty else were..I don't want to let him outside because I'm scared he will eat random things in the grass..any advice will be helpful..another thing should I still leave him in the playpen when we go to work or should I have him be on his own with my cat?

Everyone is different, but when I got mine at 5 months, I crate trained them. It was either that or I confined them in a play pen. I would never let a puppy roam on its own while home alone. I would also never leave a puppy alone with another animal, dog or cat. It's your duty to keep it safe while you're away from home. Best is in a playpen with nothing around that could hurt him.

For potty training techniques, I found this site to be quite useful: The Housebreaking Bible
You need to come up with a plan and schedule, and stick with it for months.