housebreaking
 

im just wondering how everyone has housetrained their babies. im still alittle undecided on what to do with Sirius once he's here :confused:

We crate trained Trixie...she still has accidents every once in a while...maybe once every month or so.

Joey is trained to ring a bell when he wants to go out and to potty outside.

Bailey is crate trained, and has never had an accident in it.
But to house train him.. I took him outside about every 20 mins ( when he was awake) from the day I got him and I'd say by the time he was 3 months he learned how to TELL ME he had to go,, it took me awhile to pick up on his signals, but I learned. He would go and sit in my line of sight and stare at me and whine.. He still does this.. as his sign of , ITS TIME! :thumbup:

I just take her out
 

Wosie's almost 6 months and goes outside on our deck. Yeah, I know it sounds gross, but I do not want her in the red mud of our grass. Of course I have to take her out, and we go out every hour and a half or so. The rain takes care of the pee pee, and I pick the poos up almost every time unless it's pouring out. They are so little they don't make a big mess anyhow and are much easier to pick up once they have air dried a little!

OK, too much info, I know, lol! :rolleyes:

We (my boyfriend and I) allowed Tigger to sleep with us from day one. We put his little bed between our pillows and made it our goal to whenever he would move, we would take him outside and tell him "outside potty."
Then we got him a collor and a leash so we got an industrial strength paper clip and clipped it to our headboard (with enough slack that he could get to the end of his bed but no further.) We continued to stick to our taking him out regime (sp). Yes, he has pottied (numero uno) on our bed a few times, but that's because we didn't limit the water intake before bed. I found the main thing to do to prevent this is to limit the water intake and make sure he does his business outside before calling it a night.
Also.... whenever he would potty inside we would point his nose in the direction of his mess and gently tap his bum and say firmly "NO! Potty on the pad!" then we would take him to the pad and say "Potty here!" or "Potty on the pad." We would never put his nose directly in the mess or rub his nose in it. We would point his nose in the general direction close enough for him to see what he did. I, too, should mention that if we were home and he had an accident, we would do the above stated but instead of saying "potty on the pad" we would take him outside and say "Potty outside."
Tigger is now six months old and sleeps throughout the night (no longer on his leash, usually in the middle of my boyfriend and I) hardly has accidents in bed, potties on the pad (for the most part. sometimes he goes poopie elsewhere. and lately so we don't find out we think he's eating it.) and he whines at the door or will sit by it or look out the kitchen window while whining to let us know to take him outside.

It took persistence and hard work but it paid off big.

I had adult dogs that would still piddle or poop in the house. Ruined my carpet (it was old anyway) and had to take it up. I got a doggie door and it's VERY seldom now that we have an accident. I love our doggie door.

We trained Kacee to ring the bell to go outside. At night and in inclement weather, we go in the attached garage where she has pee pads. I leave a couple of pee pads in the house in case we are gone or can't go to the door when she needs out. She hasn't had an accident since she was about 3 months old, except for a couple right after she was spayed. She'll be 8 months old Friday, the 9th! I love it! Of course, I still don't let her have the run of the house and I don't plan on doing that until I'm quite certain she won't sneak into another room to hide it. :D

Our boys go in a litter box (so thats what I voted for) but instead of using the litter which they would rather eat, we put piddle pads in the box!

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Chanel was totally trained in about 2 weeks on her pads - I started her in my living room - and one in the bathroom and I swear by 4 months old was going in the bathroom all by herself and never had accidents

Cheri had them till she was over 10 months old -

now both girls go outside

Here ya go. You can watch them ring the bells:

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We used pee pads for the first couple of months...but they still had accidents occasionally, so after some time we got rid of the carpet (put in hardwood floors) and put in a doggie dog...now they go outside and we haven't had an accident in months!!

Mine are litter box trained, but instead of using litter i use wee wee pads in the box.

Doggie Door.... Trevor started following the other dogs out at 12 weeks and I never had an accident. doggie doors are the only way to go... :D

Cyndie
Trevor's Mom

I have a tiled vanity room off of the bath in my bedroom where I leave a wee wee pad for nightime needs, but in the day, its the doggie door!

What a life saver!!!

We just used plain old consistancy and love. I also limited his
areas with baby gates and opened more rooms up to him as
he got better. When he needs to go out he goes to the patio
door and stares at me. If I don't see him he will run to me and
then back to the door and again stare at me. If I am sleeping
he give me kisses until I wake up and then gives me a anxious
little "hurry" look.

For those who decide to use a doggy door, please make sure it leads to a covered enclosure where birds of prey, coyotes, raccoons and other wildlife cannot harm your yorkie.

I don't have a dooy door but when I am home and the weather is nice I leave the door open to a small, completely enclosed covered loggia where the port-a-potty is kept. Mine never go outside in the yard without being on a leash and completely supervised.

Coyotes jump fences rather easily.

Mine are also pee pad trained which is wonderful for traveling. :thumbup:

Wee-wee-pader here. Greatest thing ever made. Mine can't go outside alone...flying hawks, coyotes, lions, tigers and bears oh my...J/K

Have wee pads a couple places in the house. very easy.

This sounds just like us except it took a year for Gus to be housebroken. His signs are very subtle - it took a long time for him to train me.

wee wee pad here too.. trying to get it to the bathroom now. its at the end of the hallway. little by little..

In our case, ignorance was bliss. I didn't know about crates or wee-wee pads, so we just watched him all the time and told him no when he had an accident. We had somebody home 24-7, so that may have made the difference. He was almost perfect at 6 months and hasn't had an accident anywhere since 9 months. He's 17 months now.

And, yes, I think we got real lucky.

mine are trained to go outside, but I do have a wee wee pad that the "puppy" uses from time to time, since she goes more than the "mom" and she isn't as good about letting us know.

BUT- my dogs have a way of expressing their dislike to certian things, by going potty where they know you will be walking... then I can see them laughing as they watch you step in it, lift your foot up hopping around saying "eww gross"

So I would say they are outside trained, but do use "potty" as a way of "talking" to us at times... lol. and the little one does use the wee wee pad at times.