Dog Training By Alton

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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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my shit zu is about 8 weeks old, he is going to be a 100% inside dog as i want to grow his coat beautiful and long and don’t need the dirt from outside to ruin it.
i have a puppy training mat (precision: little stinkers house breaking pads) and it is meant to attract him to it so he can do his business, i have had him for about a week and a half and he has been on the mat 4 times.

he just seems to go where ever he wants, on the carpet, on the lino, Absolutely anywhere, he doesn’t really go in the laundry where his food and bedding are, but that is where i have put the mat.

Every time he goes some where other than the mat if im fast enough i put him on the mat, to try adn associate the mess to the mat, he thinks it’s just like a bed and sometimes even sleeps on it, he plays with it, i just don’t think he is getting the idea.

What should i do?
How do i toilet train him? i have children who don’t like standing in little puppy puddles.

Please help me, i hate cleaning up poop
i would like to add, im not just keeping him inside because i want him to have a fabulous coat, im also keeping him in because i was recomended by my vet that keeping a small lap dog indoors makes him more content and i want to be close to my dog, im all for having gods run around outside, but he is tiny, and will always be tiny i dont want him to escape under a fence or something like that.

Your placement of the mat is likely the problem. Dogs do not like to do their business where they eat and sleep. That’s part of why you confine them or kennel them when they are young as part of potty training. I would first suggest moving the mat somewhere else. Second, one of the things recommended is that next time she goes, soak up some of the urine with the mat. This will help the dog associate the mat with a place to urinate. Generally speaking, when the dog is out, just take it over to the spot every hour or so to encourage the use. It will take time and patience, but first things first is to not have the mat where the puppy eats and sleeps.

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i have not gotten the puppy yet and i no that you have to let it out after meals naps when it wakes up and everything but do i take him out in the middle of the night i guess im asking. the puppy will be sleeping with me in my bed. how do i potty train him? thanks

Puppies have little bladders so they’re going to end up getting up at night to sleep. Instinctively, dogs don’t go to the bathroom where they sleep, but some break this rule.

Try taking him or her out right before bed and then just be aware when he stirs at night. And don’t worry about wondering how to be aware, it’s kind of like having a baby, you grow a sixth sense that keeps attention on the pup’s activities even when you’re asleep. At least that’s what has occurred with me and most of the people I’ve met in the same situation.

Crate training first is usually a good idea. It didn’t work for me though because my dog always knew she was going to end up in my bed, even before I decided that way. So she never slept until I put her in bed with me. =/

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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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i have a 6 week old puppy and she wakes me up frequently , ive been researching how to train my puppy to sleep by wakeing her up every 2 hours to go poty but thats not the problem .. i let her sleep on a doggie bed on the floor next to min and she wakes up and nips my fingers and toes … when i get up and turn on the light she just wants to play shes alreadygone potty thats not the problem …why does she think playtime is in the middle of the night and how do i traing her., i realize that its natural for her to wake up but how do i make her understand not to play …i will get up to help her gladly i just dont want her waking me up to play but if thats what i need to do i guess i will. so dont tell me how im irresponsable i just wanna know if this is a problem and how to train her to sleep soundly… sorry its so long.

do not responde ..
if she/he nibbles ur toe do not responde
but if she nibbles a bit to hard to not show that u are awake
slip ur foot forward as if you can feel him/her
i done this with my dog and eventually he learnt that
night = sleep
and day = play

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