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Please help me i have got a dog called Ollie he is 9 week old he is a boy and he is an English Springer Spaniel- He has been weeing inside on the living room floor and i cant stop him- He manages to do poos outside but he cant manage to do wees- What shall i do? Please help me!

It must be taken into your garden/yard every hour, after it eats or drinks and when it wakes up after a nap. You should also take it out just before you go to bed, every time you see it eliminate you must praise your puppy. I use a catch phrase when my puppy has a pee, I say “get one” while it is urinating and “big job” when it passes faeces. If you do this your dog will pee on command when it is older. (Unless it’s bladder is empty)

You should set your alarm and try to take your puppy out about twice during the night. If like me you are a heavy sleeper and you don’t trust yourself to wake up, take the lazy way out. My puppy’s sleep in the laundry room until they are toilet trained, during the day I dip newspapers into the urine which it has passed in the garden and put these on top of a thick pad of newspaper at night, they are drawn to this because of the smell and they will pee on this during the night. Nevertheless I go to bed very late and get up very early when I have a puppy.

Eventually your puppy will go to the door when it knows that it wants to eliminate. In spite of the fact that I leave newspapers down at night my puppy’s are clean from an early age. However they are like babies, they have no control until they are older. Regardless of how diligent you are, your puppy could still have an accident in the house during the day, it you see it stooping or peeing, pick it up and let it finish in the garden/yard.

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H E L P!

Take it out on a leash. Do not allow it to go anywhere else. Praise when he goes in the correct place. Placing a bit of his urine and feces in the area helps. Also keep it clean once the dog has learned where he is supposed to go.

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i have a new puppy and for days i have been trying to get
him to pee on the puppy pad! PLEASE HELP!(:

Puppy pads aren’t a good idea. Your dog will just learn to pee and poo inside. Then you have to pick it up, and change the pad. Trust me, it really isn’t worth it.

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I have a 8 week old weimaraner and have began puppy kennel training so she knows not to go in the house. The problem i’m facing is at night she relieves herself inside her kennel. If I wake up every 2 hours and take her out it doesn’t happen, but I’m tired and sometimes knock out for a good 4-5 hours before I hear her barking and laying in her urine. What should I do?

Firstly, dogs don’t eliminate where they sleep unless there’s an issue. This may include:

1. infection

2. pet store or reputable breeder? Pet store dogs "learn" to go in their crate

3. crate size: if you bought a crate for an adult weim and it’s sized as such, you need a divider. a crate that’s too big means she can go in one corner and sleep in another.

4. schedule: you should take your dog out once a night for the next few weeks (depends on dog, but probably 3 or 4 weeks). Suggested sched: take her out to pee before you go to bed or between 10-11. Get up once in the night, say 2:30 and take her to her spot. – better for you do schedule this, e..g. alarm, rather than let her whine. If you let her whine, then you’ll need to work on the whining eventually – she’ll learn to get your attention buy whining. The take her first thing, between 5 and 6. Eventually, she’ll develop more bladder control and the middle-of-the night trip won’t be necessary. Also, don’t give her water or exercise her hard (creating need for water) too late. Stick to a feeding schedule. BTW, rule of thumb for puppy bladder is hours=age in months + 1. At 8 weeks that’s about 3 hours (though this will be a little longer at night when she sleeps, but don’t stretch it much beyond this)

5. Surface: Dogs are very surface and context sensitive. E.g a dog that learned to go on dirt, needs to learn to go on grass and vice-versa. Simply plopping a puppy on a surface they’re unaccustomed to does not mean they’ll go. You need to teach the puppy to go on that surface or wherever her spot may be.

6. adjusting your training: e.g. Try, try again. If you take the dog out and she doesn’t go, take her back inside and then take her out again. When she does go in her designated spot, praise and reward like crazy. Also, make absolutely sure she has no distractions, i.e. no play, no toys, no affection. There’s a time and place for those and this is not it.

Assess and address each of these as required and you’ll start seeing success.

NEVER yell at your dog for going in an inappropriate place. Remember, it’s inappropriate for YOU not for her, so you need to teach her your rules. Punishment can encourage her to "hide" it from you and/or become overly fearful of you.

Good for you for choosing crate-training – that’ll speed up the process bigtime, help prevent her from chewing up your house, and will help with her separation anxiety.

BTW, I disagree with those that suggest putting the crate in your room beyond say the first few nights you have her. Weims are notorious for separation anxiety and if you start doing this you can easily encourage it – and then your problems are just beginning. She needs to learn that she’s OK by herself in another room.

Good luck!!

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The good news is that there are ways to help get rid of this reaction. Follow the tips below and you and your pup will be well on your way to a non-pee greeting!

1. Make them feel taller: Every dog has a little bit of a Napoleon complex. No matter how big or small a dog is, she wishes she were bigger.

Dogs who are insecure are especially conscious of height. These are the ones who are most likely to splash the floor in the foyer.

You can’t make your dog any taller, but you can make her feel taller – and this can work wonders for her self-esteem. Teach your dog to climb up on a picnic table or some other elevated surface outside.

Let her get comfortable, then practice a few “sits” or “downs.” Better yet, bring someone – a person or another dog – over to meet her. You’ll be amazed at how much a little height can do for a dog’s self- assurance.

2. Get low and reach up: Dogs read our body language in ways we can hardly imagine. Take a welcoming rub on top of the head. For people, this is a natural show of love. For dogs, however, it’s a sign of domination, especially when it’s accompanied by direct eye contact.

Dogs who are nervous about confrontations will get even more nervous, and nervous dogs are the ones who tend to pee when their owners come home. Try abandoning the head rub and replacing it with a rub under the chin.

This is how dogs greet older or more dominant dogs, and they view it as a very gentle salutation.

3. Come home quietly: People are just as happy to see their dogs at the end of the day as their dogs are to see them. But this isn’t the best time for energetic greetings. Coming home quietly and not making a fuss will go a long way toward keeping things drier.

4. Go out as soon as you come in: Rather than having your homecomings in the hall, try opening the door, then immediately stepping back outside, letting your dog follow.

The extra physical space will make your arrival a little less overwhelming, and your dog will also have a chance to relieve herself before she gets worked up.

5. Help her learn self-control: Unless your dog is still a puppy, it’s unlikely that she’s going to learn to control her bladder any better. But she can learn to control her emotions generally.

The less excited she gets, the less likely she’ll be to make a mess. By far the best way to teach dogs to control their exuberance is to teach them basic obedience.

For one thing, dogs who have learned to listen for instructions are generally calmer than those dogs without any training.

Daniel Millions
http://www.articlesbase.com/pets-articles/does-your-dog-pee-on-you-132838.html

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