how do you house-break a puppy?
Question by cupcake41: how do you house-break a puppy?
my grampa got a new puppy, he’s had her about a month, and she keeps leaving waster around the house. We don’t know what else to do than to just keep cleaning it and taking her outside. She won’t learn, how can you house-break a chihuahua/something else small?
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Answer by Kelly S
you can crate train the puppy – or do what my mom does – she buys “puppy pads” that has some sort of smell on the pad that makes the animal go on this pad….it’s like a large diaper that lays flat on the floor.
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i have a weinnee dog and she is hard-headed too we had to get news paper and keep puppy pads for her in the house for about 1month and spank her, rub her nose in it adn make her walk to the door and then set her outside and put the newspaper in front of the door letting her not to come in or she’ll get a spankin try that
The best way to house train a puppy is to catch them in the act when they are messing in the house. Keep a close eye on them, and when they are beginning to mess, shout NO, BAD GIRL/BOY, then take them immediatly outside to finish their deed. You have to be very consistent in doing this. It takes time to house train a dog, but once they are trained, you won’t have to worry. I have house trained a number of puppies, and have done it this same way. It is good to block them off into a room so they do not mess all over in the house, and it is easier to keep an eye on them this way. Every puppy is different, so some train faster than others. Just be patient, and show alot of love to your puppy. It will train eventually. Good luck.
Actually it’s not difficult, you just need sometime to train them, as with anything else.
You need to firstly correct the pup by using a rolled up piece of Newspaper or anything else that can be used as your correctional rod….nothing too hard, it’s just a representation of something they will view as correcting them. You place their nose at the point of Urination and/or Defaecation and firmly tell them NO….that is all…NO….now while telling them NO you firmly hit them…not too hard of course…..on their nose/snout. The routine is not to damage the dog or hurt the dog, it is used to correct them. Do not make the command difficult by saying “Don’t do that here”…NO is fine. You then carry the pup to the point at which it can safely do what it has to do to take care of it’s business….usually outside the house….this can take some time but eventually you will get to know your own pup’s routine and send them out when you know they will need to, this assists in the whole training process. Always be firm with your dog, animals know fear and sense it, you are the Master, not them….although this can be debatable…..Dogs take us for walks…not the other way around !!!
Hope this helps you…………
I have been a round dogs most of my life and it’s not easy we mostly try to catch them before using the bath room in side and take them out side . when they r done giving them a trite is also a good thing so that they will know that they done something good.also try praising them telling them that they r a good girl or boy . if you don’t get to them in time try scolding them call them a bad boy or girl NEVER HIT !!!!! PS if your dog just wont get the hint try getting some training pads
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Housebreaking the dog is not that hard, you just have to stay with it.
The more time you spend with the animal the faster it will learn.
I just finished housebreaking a new dog, from start to finish there were only three ’accidents’ in the house. Each of them being my own fault. You have to pay attention all the time.
I use the crate method, and have for many years.
Get yourself a book.
You can have the animal do what ever you want it to, if you know how to train.
For instance,
when my new dog wants to go out, he goes to the door, rings the bell with his nose, and sits down on the rug in front of the door. This amazes people, but it was very simple training.
I agree, hitting the animal is usually not necessary, and is unacceptable during housebreaking, house training is very confusing for an animal and the emotions brought on by physical discipline, even if with just a newspaper is counterproductive. It will take even longer for the animal to learn.
With puppies, they will need to urinate within 5 minutes of waking up/playing/chewing, and usually within 15 minutes of eating. You will have to keep a very close eye on the dog. As soon as you see the dog sniffing, call it to go outside (or to the puppy-pad place). Praise and a small treat EVERYTIME it does its business in the right place.
For going outside, I have trained my puppy to ring a bell I have hanging on the doorknob to let us know. It took about 2 weeks.Every time we would go to take him out, I would ring the bell and say “outside”.
When you clean it up, make sure to spray Lysol or the equivalent to cover the smell, so the dog won’t go in the same place.
Crate training is highly recommended so the dog gets used to in case of travel or for times when left unsupervised and you don’t want the dog roaming the house.
Along with the crate training, tell grandpa to…
buy the dog a body harness, and a 5-6 foot leash. Tie end of leash to his belt whenever the dog is allowed outside the crate within the home. This way the dog will always be near by and grandpa will learn to cue the dog’s body cues/signals like digging/sniffing/circling that she needs to go. Immediately walk dog outside to designated potty area, give command word, lots of praise as she’s going and treat immediately when done (recommend keeping treats in pocket for quick access). Keep doing this until the dog is trying to drag grandpa to the door when she needs to go. When she consistenyl tries to go to the deisgnated potty area on her own, than grandpa can stop tieing the leash to his belt but still keep it on the dog for another week or so to make sure the dog’s learned. Having the leash drag behind allows from human to grab it in case pup starts to do something unwanted and grabbing a leash is easier than trying to grab the dog.
As the dog has and will make accidents in the house…make sure grandpa has a cleaned on hand that is designed to break down enzymes not just an ordinary household cleaned that doesn’t which will invite the dog to resoil previously soiled areas.
About ever 10 to 20 minutes take him out let him do business when he does praise,praise,praise! when he does in the house get on to him say no make him see it, pick him up let him see what he did and take him out tell him no with a “FIRM” voice!