he is 6 weeks old and reeally smalll, obvistly i woldnt start yet casue he is soo young.. but when i do, how do i do it and what are somegood hints.
thanks.
There are many methods the best i believe is crate training.
The second popular method of house training involves the use of a crate or cage. The often-stated reasoning is that the animal is placed in a cage that is just large enough to be a bed. Dogs do not like to soil their beds because they would be forced to lay in the mess. It works, and while in these confines, most pups will control their bladder and bowels for a longer time than we would expect. Young puppies, at 8 or 9 weeks of age can often last for 7 or 8 hours, however, we would never recommend leaving them unattended in a crate for that long in most circumstances.
During housebreaking, whenever the puppy is inside the home but cannot be watched, he is placed in the crate. This might be while you are cooking, reading to the children, or even away from the home. The last thing you do before you put the puppy in the crate is take him outside to his favorite spot. The first thing you do when you take the animal out of the crate is another trip outside. No food or water goes in the crate, just a blanket and maybe a chew toy to occupy his time. Overnight is definitely crate time. As your faith in the puppy grows, leave him out for longer and longer periods of time.
Most people do not recognize an important advantage of crate training. It does more than just stop the animal from messing in the house. It also teaches the puppy something very important. The puppy learns that when the urge to urinate or defecate occurs, he can hold it. Just because the pup feels like he needs to relieve himself, the pup learns that he does not have to. This is thought to be the main reason why puppies that have gone through crate training have fewer mistakes later on.
Make sure you buy the right size cage. You want one that has the floor space that provides just enough for the puppy to lie down. But cages are useful throughout a dog’s life and it would be nice if you did not have to keep buying more as he grows. That is not necessary. Simply purchase a cage that will be big enough for him as an adult, but choose a model that comes with or has a divider panel as an accessory. With these, you can adjust the position of the panel so that the space inside the cage available to the pet can grow as he does.
Using too large of a crate can often cause long term problems. The puppy will go to one corner of the cage and urinate or defecate. After a while, he will then run through it tracking it all over the cage. If this is allowed to continue, the instincts about not soiling his bed or lying in the mess will be forgotten and the puppy will soon be doing it every day when placed in the crate. Now a house training method has turned into a behavioral problem as the puppy’s newly-formed hygienic habits becomes his way of life.
Constant Supervision: The last method involves no papers, pads, or crates. Rather, you chose to spend all the time necessary with the puppy. This works very well for people who live and work in their homes, retired persons, or in situations where the owners are always with the animal. Whenever they see the puppy doing his "pre-potty pattern" they hustle him outside. It is important that the dog is watched at all times and that no mistakes are allowed to occur. This method has less room for error, as there is nothing like a cage to restrict the animal’s urges, nor is there a place for him to relieve himself such as on the papers or pad. When he is taken outside, watch the puppy closely and as soon as all goes as planned, he should be praised and then brought back inside immediately. You want the dog to understand that the purpose for going outside was to go to the bathroom. Do not start playing, make it a trip for a reason. Verbal communications help this method and we will discuss them soon. For those with the time, this is a good method. We still recommend having a crate available as a backup when the owners have to be away from the animal.
Good Luck!
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2009 Sep 16
just take you’re dog outside and when he poops you say good boy and give him a treat. watch him closely inside and if he poops yell and say bad boy.
im sorry if that didnt help but thats what i did
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2009 Sep 16
Hi
Let him poop and pee in a cardboard box with plenty of shredded newspaper (to clean take away the dirty paper and reuse the clean paper and top it up with fresh paper). Leave it in his pen with him, if you have a pen.
It’s best to take him to it or outside every half hour (a pain) but it works eventually and praise him well each time.
But supervision is the key here. Signs of him quickly sniffing around is a help too, but be quick in getting him to his toilet training area.
They say they go to the toilet about half an hour after eating, sometimes it’s quicker or longer than that.
Cya
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2009 Sep 16
There are many methods the best i believe is crate training.
The second popular method of house training involves the use of a crate or cage. The often-stated reasoning is that the animal is placed in a cage that is just large enough to be a bed. Dogs do not like to soil their beds because they would be forced to lay in the mess. It works, and while in these confines, most pups will control their bladder and bowels for a longer time than we would expect. Young puppies, at 8 or 9 weeks of age can often last for 7 or 8 hours, however, we would never recommend leaving them unattended in a crate for that long in most circumstances.
During housebreaking, whenever the puppy is inside the home but cannot be watched, he is placed in the crate. This might be while you are cooking, reading to the children, or even away from the home. The last thing you do before you put the puppy in the crate is take him outside to his favorite spot. The first thing you do when you take the animal out of the crate is another trip outside. No food or water goes in the crate, just a blanket and maybe a chew toy to occupy his time. Overnight is definitely crate time. As your faith in the puppy grows, leave him out for longer and longer periods of time.
Most people do not recognize an important advantage of crate training. It does more than just stop the animal from messing in the house. It also teaches the puppy something very important. The puppy learns that when the urge to urinate or defecate occurs, he can hold it. Just because the pup feels like he needs to relieve himself, the pup learns that he does not have to. This is thought to be the main reason why puppies that have gone through crate training have fewer mistakes later on.
Make sure you buy the right size cage. You want one that has the floor space that provides just enough for the puppy to lie down. But cages are useful throughout a dog’s life and it would be nice if you did not have to keep buying more as he grows. That is not necessary. Simply purchase a cage that will be big enough for him as an adult, but choose a model that comes with or has a divider panel as an accessory. With these, you can adjust the position of the panel so that the space inside the cage available to the pet can grow as he does.
Using too large of a crate can often cause long term problems. The puppy will go to one corner of the cage and urinate or defecate. After a while, he will then run through it tracking it all over the cage. If this is allowed to continue, the instincts about not soiling his bed or lying in the mess will be forgotten and the puppy will soon be doing it every day when placed in the crate. Now a house training method has turned into a behavioral problem as the puppy’s newly-formed hygienic habits becomes his way of life.
Constant Supervision: The last method involves no papers, pads, or crates. Rather, you chose to spend all the time necessary with the puppy. This works very well for people who live and work in their homes, retired persons, or in situations where the owners are always with the animal. Whenever they see the puppy doing his "pre-potty pattern" they hustle him outside. It is important that the dog is watched at all times and that no mistakes are allowed to occur. This method has less room for error, as there is nothing like a cage to restrict the animal’s urges, nor is there a place for him to relieve himself such as on the papers or pad. When he is taken outside, watch the puppy closely and as soon as all goes as planned, he should be praised and then brought back inside immediately. You want the dog to understand that the purpose for going outside was to go to the bathroom. Do not start playing, make it a trip for a reason. Verbal communications help this method and we will discuss them soon. For those with the time, this is a good method. We still recommend having a crate available as a backup when the owners have to be away from the animal.
Good Luck!
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Owned by 3 Chihuahua’s
2009 Sep 16
all dogs are different and respond differently to different types of training. the following method showed quick and effective results with all of my dogs:
it might sound a bit weird, but if the puppy makes a mess in the house, ignore it completely. do NOT make a fuss about it, do NOT shove the dog’s nose into it – do NOT give the dog ANY attention whatever connected to the mess in the house. wait until the dog leaves the room before you clean it up – do NOT even let it see you clean the mess.
pay close attention to the puppy and if you notice that it is about to answer nature’s call, take it outside and praise it like crazy once it has finished.
puppies are very dependent on attention and, as demeaning as it might sound – at that young age, any attention is still attention. so if you make a big buhaha if the dog messes inside, even though you give the puppy ‘bad’ attention, it still gets attention and will carry on doing it.
however, if you ignore it entirely when it messes in the house and praise it like mad when it does it outside, it will realise that it not only gets attention for messing outside, but ‘good’ attention at that!
this honestly works like a charm – the last dog i trained in this way is a labrador – he weed twice in the house and that’s it – no other messe AT ALL – he is completely toilet trained now!
good luck and have patience.
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toilet training a total of eight dogs in the last twenty-three years
2009 Sep 16
It is NOT too early! Your best bet to start is to place the pee pads or paper in several places in the house. It would also be good for you to clean up some urine from the puppy with the pee pad – because the puppy will smell its own scent on the pads, and pee on them again. It is especially good if you are keeping the puppy enclosed in a small area. That way it gets use to using the pad all the time.
You see puppies have such tiny bladders that they cannot hold it that long. So, you can’t be hard on them and get so upset, they are growing and getting stronger every day.
Also with the pads you can keep moving them closer and closer to the backyard door, so they will learn which direction they will be going when they do use it outside all the time.
I had 3 litters of puppies and even though I knew they were going to new homes, I started the training when they were about 2 months old.
Thanks for reading!
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