Friday, July 31, 2009

I have done everything I know to do to housebreak my new puppy and nothing is working,what can I do?

cosmo is a couple of month's old,I take him out and he does his buisness and then within a couple of minutes he pee's on the floor.I am at my witts end.
Answers:
This is not an overnight process. You're expecting too much out of him. At 8 weeks old they are expected to make mistakes. Their bladders and bowel systems are not fully developed and it will be several more months before he is fully housebroken - longer if it's a toy breed.
He just hasn't gotten it yet.
Make sure you are taking him for long walks. Nothing can come out if the bladder is empty.
Have patience.
Make sure he stays outside for at least ten minutes after he pees. Then tell me what happens.
He is marking his territory. When he does this you must tell him NO in a harsh voice and take him back outside. Once you have him fixed it will probably go away. Make sure you praise him, when he does his business outside and give him a treat as a reward.
do you have a crate? if not go get one. get him on a feeding, playing and potty schedule. that way you are more likely to know when he needs to go. you may be letting him in too soon also. give him 20 mins to do all of his business and if when you return inside he start to go again, make sure you are watching him and actually catch him in the act, or it will do no good. tell him no in a firm voice then lead him right back outside and wait for him to go again. it may take up to 30 mins. and once he does go praise him like no other dog has ever figured out how to potty outside before. do not play or praise him until he has completed going potty or he may get distracted and finish elsewhere, such as inside. when you cannot observe him directly, are asleep or gone place him in his crate. make sure it's not for too long periods though, he cannot hold his urine that long at his age. and as soon as you are ready for him and he's calm in the crate, do not let him out if he's whining or throwing a fit. let him out of the crate and go straight outside. and wait for him to do his business. it take a lot of patientce, love and consistancy on your part, but if you do this he will go outside and cleaning up inside will be a thing of the past and you can enjoy other training exercises with him! good luck.
Always praise him when he does his business outside.
Take him to the same spot to do it so he can smell the area and gets the idea of why he is there.
Try crating him because it can be very effective ... although do this sparingly. Dogs (even older pups) will not go to the bathroom in their own space. You may want to crate him at night and let him out first thing in the morning. But don't keep him in there more than 8 hours at night because forcing him to hold his bladder longer than that is very cruel.
Good luck! :-)
when u take him out u need to stay out with him to make sure that he goes and u need to take him out for at leas 15 minutes just to make sure that he goes and he is completely done. it took one of my dogs a little more that 7 months to grasp the concept. while it took my other dog a little more than 3 days. different dogs learn at different paces. the key is just to be consistent
He is only a few months old then it is going to take alot more time to him to understand. Some dogs, especially small breeds, can take up to a year and a half to completely and fully potty trained. Be paitent and consistant! Make sure you have him a schedule. When you catch him trying to pee in the house, tell him NO and take him immediately outside. When he does go for you outside make a HUGE deal out of it, giving him lots of praise and a treat immediately after he goes! He will eventually start to understand what his is suppose to do.
You can also have your vet check for any problems like a UTI (Urinary tract infection). Which can also cause them to have accidents in the house.
But I think with time and consistancy he will be just fine.
I ran into this same problem with my puppy and discovered it was my mistake and not my dogs. My male puppy would go outside very happily when I took him. He was very good at first and would go potty and I would treat him and take him back in the house. Within a week, I would take him outside and he would not go. I would wait and wait and nothing. So, I would bring him back in and he would pee on the floor. I was so frustrated. I would take him out and he would wander the yard, but never pee until I brought him back in the house. I discussed it with my dog trainer and discovered that I was making a terrible mistake. My puppy loved going outside. He was always happy out there, once he peed, I immediately treated him and then picked him up and in the house we would go. He viewed this as punishment for peeing. So.he would hold it. He wanted to be outside with me and he wouldn't go, so he wouldn't have to go in the house. I immediately changed the routine. We would go outside and when he peed, I would treat him and then let him stay out and play. That way, he did not associate the going inside with the act of going pee. The problem resoved itself immediately. He loved going outside, I didn't rush him back in and all was fixed. My guess is your puppy also loves going outside. He views the peeing as a signal that he will have to go inside and he is holding out on you.
Give it a try. It was a miracle for us. My dog is now three and has NEVER had another accident.
put him outside imo

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