Small Dog Training

I have a 7 week old puppy, (west highland terrier/pekingese cross). Ok, My question is on toilet training. His brilliant of a night goes on puppy pee pad, once, if that. If I take him outside he pees on the grass and poops. But…… he will still just pee inside on the floor. I take him outside often so its not like I’m not getting to him quick enough. Sometimes his been outside and either peed or not and the comes straight back in and pees on the floor. Should I use puppy pads of a day indoors until he learns to hold it until we get outside or will this confuse the heck out of him (thinkin its ok to pee indoors). I can leave him indoors on his own, gated off with pee pad when I do sch run and he goes on pad. So basically he goes on pee pad of a night, goes outside when I take him but pees on floor too! His really good and has had no poo accidents………. yet! (none indoors) Also his sussed if he whines at the back door I will let him out, a sign he wants a wee I hear you say, but no! His sussed if he whines I let him out and he can go play, not wee ha ha So theres another hard one If I ignore him he may pee on floor having told me he needed it or if I let him out everytime I will be doing it every 5 minutes! I know puppies are hard work and I have to put the effort in but thats takin the pee if you excuse the punn! I know when I take him in garden to let him sniff n pee before playing with him, basically he knows he can pee outside but forgets he shouldn’t indoors and like I said sometimes he can pee outside then come straight inside and do another! God I never knew something so small could pee so much! Any answers would be much apprietiated, Should I carry on as we are with accidents or introduce daytime pee pad. When he starts pee-ing indoors I clap and grab him and take him straight outside even if his finished, with lots of praise if he goes outside. Sorry if this is very long winded but want to cover everything I’ve done in case anyone suggests it! Thanxs in advance.

Should I stop using the puppy pads through the night and for short trips out. Will he learn to hold it more without them, in other words are the puppy pads encouraging him to go indoors? So many questions! lol.

Hey. You got a terrier….you must be thrilled! lol

Let me tell you, learning to pee and poop where you’re supposed to is a REALLY big deal, and I struggled as a young thing. I really did. He is still quite young to. Give it a few more weeks and just keep doing what you’re doing.

Also, ditch the puppy pads. My human never used them, you dont need to either. Its just giving us one more thing to think about and making the peeing indoors more acceptable. Which its not. So try and encourage ‘no pee in the house at all if you can really help it’!

I sound like a great owner…..good luck.

Vinnie x *never eat anything that smells like your butt*

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