So my girlfriend has a west highland terrier puppy and she is only about 8 or 9 weeks old and my beautiful girlfriend lol does not really have the heart to discipline the pup and i have tried everything even rubbing the dogs nose in the pee and i feel so bad cause she is such a cute dog can you please help me!!!
and also she keeps bittin everything and i say no while she is doin it but she goes right back to what ever she is messin up like she tore a hole in the carpet. idk what to to about her bitting ho do i break that to??
The most important thing about potty training any pup is consistency and constant watch. Pups tend to go just a couple minutes after eating or drinking anything, so be sure to watch for any sniffing or other "pre-potty" behavior. Its always a good idea to take the dog out to potty every 30-45 minutes, and crate it at night. Crating is generally successful because dogs do not like to stand in or be near their own waste. Also, be sure to take a little treat with you to reinforce the positive behavior. Nose-rubbing is ok with negative behavior, but I recommend puttings some rocks in an empty plastic water bottle, and shaking it if you catch the pup messing inside. The sudden noise scares and distracts the pup, and gives you less mess to clean and time to take it outside. So in closing:
1. Take the pup out often, every 30-45 min or so (this constant repitition teaches the pup that peeing on grass=good…carpet=no)
2. Pay special attention minutes after eating/drinking
3. Crate at night or when gone
4. Shake noise maker if caught inside (helps discourage the pup from going inside, because it eventually learns that if it pees inside, it gets scared)
5. Reinforce positive behavior with treats OUTSIDE…don’t wait til you get back inside because the dog forgets why its getting the treat
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yell NO in a very strong voice and stand tall over the puppy, and pick him up and put him straight outside while ignoring him. after 5 or so mins open the door for him to come back in, after you have cleaned up his pee/poo.
i dunno if it will work for you, but it worked for my puppy, trained him in 2 days
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This is how we potty trained my kees hond and are doing the puppy toes biting monster now.
DO NOT LEAVE FOOD OR WATER DOWN!!
Only have food and water down when time for the puppy to eat. about 15 to 20 minutes after it eats take it to where ever its suppose to potty. Do so about every 5 minutes until the puppy does potty. When it does make a big deal of it so that it knows it did a good thing!
It’s very important that when the puppy does potty somewhere it’s not suppose to that you put there face in it and give them a small smack. It doesn’t have to hurt and tell them that they were bad. Then take them to where there suppose to potty and tell them.
After the puppy is potty trained you can leave food and water down whenever you want too.
We did this with my Kees hond Dakota and in about 3 to 4 weeks she was fully potty trained. This was 6 years ago. And she will not use the bathroom in the house for nothing. We can be gone for hours and she will hold it. But we try not to have to leave her in the house for that long alone.
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It’s all about consistency. It’s a lot of responsibility but you have to take him/her outside every hour and give the same command. "Go Potty" or whatever. Then they associate peeing or pooping outside on the grass or in the yard. Don’t let them go inside. Then they just think it’s ok. If they do, scold and say "no", take them outside and say the words "go potty" (or whatever you choose). They will soon learn that is where they go. Doggie doors help. Crate train them as well. To this day my Jack Russell runs outside to the grass if I say "Go potty". It works. You just have to be VERY patient. Accidents will happen but part of that is a young puppy bladder learning control.
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The most important thing about potty training any pup is consistency and constant watch. Pups tend to go just a couple minutes after eating or drinking anything, so be sure to watch for any sniffing or other "pre-potty" behavior. Its always a good idea to take the dog out to potty every 30-45 minutes, and crate it at night. Crating is generally successful because dogs do not like to stand in or be near their own waste. Also, be sure to take a little treat with you to reinforce the positive behavior. Nose-rubbing is ok with negative behavior, but I recommend puttings some rocks in an empty plastic water bottle, and shaking it if you catch the pup messing inside. The sudden noise scares and distracts the pup, and gives you less mess to clean and time to take it outside. So in closing:
1. Take the pup out often, every 30-45 min or so (this constant repitition teaches the pup that peeing on grass=good…carpet=no)
2. Pay special attention minutes after eating/drinking
3. Crate at night or when gone
4. Shake noise maker if caught inside (helps discourage the pup from going inside, because it eventually learns that if it pees inside, it gets scared)
5. Reinforce positive behavior with treats OUTSIDE…don’t wait til you get back inside because the dog forgets why its getting the treat
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Experience…and Pavlov’s experiment
Never rub a dogs nose in it’s mess. Think if your parents would have done something similar to you when you were young, it’s just gross, especially if you let the dog lick you later.
Don’t mean to get down on you, I just think it’s a bad training technique period.
Try reading this: http://leerburg.com/housebrk.htm
The whole website has been a great help to me and my hubby and our 3 dogs, which we’ve raised since they were little pups.
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Keep an eye on the puppy at al times. If you miss them in the act they will not connect the discipline and the peeing. Even if it is just minutes later the dog will think the discipline is for the behavior it is doing at the moment as the undesired behavior. Please, don’t rub her face in her potty that really does no good. I agree that timed feedings are a good idea and kenneling while you are not home is great too. Choose a small kennel that she has no room to get away from the potty if she goes. That will prevent her from going. They make kennels that have dividers that will grow with her so you only have to buy one. Remember puppies have small bladders and cannot hold it for a long time. When you are home keep an eye on her at all times. When you see her sniffing the floor take her outside. Or if you catch her in the act give her a firm NO and take her outside to finish. I also say "potty potty" when my girls are going and later I say that when I want them to go, they associate the act with the word and they know what you want. I use "do your business" for poop, we live in a busy neighborhood and I felt weird say ‘come on Daisy, POOP.’ After she does her potties outside praise her big time, lots of love, a treat, or play with her toy, whatever she likes best. This has never failed 14 times. My coon hound (10) and schnoodle (2) didn’t even potty in the house when an emergancy arose and we were gone for 24 hours (we had NO choice). My hound doesn’t even have to be kenneled. Good luck it can be a long process with a stubborn dog.
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Okay, first of all, don’t rub the dogs nose in it, that’s just mean, the dog doesn’t understand what you want. She’ll just end up peeing in the house her whole life and being afraid of you.
You need to take the puppy outside every 40-60 minutes. Just be very consistent.
In order to "discipline" the puppy for peeing or pooping in the house you need to catch her in the act or right after she did it. No longer than 10 seconds later. They won’t understand otherwise. She doesn’t know it’s wrong to pee in your house yet so when you yell at her a few minutes later she doesn’t know what your so upset about. She takes the yelling with what she is doing right at that moment. If you say NO and immediately take her outside after she pees, she’ll begin to understand.
So, if you catch her peeing, make a loud sound or even give her a little push and say NO really firmly so she’ll stop, then take her outside and praise her after she finishes.
Good luck!
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