PUPPY TOILET TRAINING TIPS

[dieselsmummy]

Your aim is to minimise the number of inappropriate elimination and be able to reward toileting in the appropriate location :D
However, if the puppy does manage to toilet in the wrong location, do not reprimand or show your disapproval in any way. You will not teach the puppy not to toilet in the house, you will simply be teaching him/her not to toilet in your presence - then when you go to the outside toilet spot, puppy will not want to toilet because it will make you angry! :mrgreen:
Watch for the obvious times that your puppy will need to toilet, such as immediately after a meal or a big drink; upon waking up; after a play session; and any other time in between! Ensure that the puppy is in the correct toilet location at these times. If, while watching your puppy in your house, you observe the pre-toileting behaviours such as sniffing, circling, etc. (it will vary from one puppy to the next), rush the puppy to the backdoor, keeping him/her close to floor level so that they can see where they are being taken and how to get to their correct toilet spot.

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Thoroughly clean the areas where the puppy has had accidents. The scent of urine or faeces indoors will stimulate a puppy to stop and toilet there. Use this fact to your advantage by collecting up any droppings and placing them in the grassy area where you would like the puppy to toilet - he/she will believe that this area is his/her chosen toilet.

Feeding your puppy indoors and locating water bowls indoors will hasten the understanding that these areas are not suitable for toileting. Take the blame for any mistakes yourself - you were not paying sufficient attention. Remember, your puppy's Mum cleaned up without scolding - attempting to reprimand the puppy for a bodily function will only create anxiety.

The puppy is not suffering from guilt when you walk into the room where the pup has had an accident - he/she simply knows that the presence of a puddle or pile and you in the same room is bad news! Most puppies will be showing a vast improvement by 12 weeks of age, though still having occasional accidents. Toilet training is a natural process and will happen unaided in most instances. However, there will be a wide range of ease or difficulty from one pup to the next.

Try to remain calm and accepting - your stress will be obvious to your puppy and may undermine his/her confidence and trust in you as a consistent, reliable natured leader, capable of taking care of their needs and providing protection.


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[Bunch]

Perfect Nancy and very, very true indeed!!!! This is what alot of people who have a dog for the first time do not realise - it takes time just as it does (as Ive said many times in the past) with babies in nappies!!! No difference to me. It's called giving education. You know, of course my three have had accidents in the past but I never scolded any of them and if they were caught in the act, I used to make it clear that it was not acceptable just to have them tilt their heads to one side and me melt into those gorgeous eyes but nevertheless, if it happened, I just used to mostly ignore and clean it up and start again. So, I didnt have a massive problem and again as I have mentioned before, Lexi followed Honey so learn't very quickly and Bruce followed Honey and Lexi ...............easy peesy for me actually :D xx

[dieselsmummy]

:D :D :D I have stocked up on antibacterial wipes.......by the bucket load!!!!!! Gucci is so young...so I am just making a huge fuss if he does perform on newspaper... :D

[Rambo]

my puppy is almost 8 weeks old..it always does what he needs to do inside.... and we take him outside every hour or so..so he does it all then..but we dont want to have to take him out every hour... we bought him training pads..but how do we teach him do go to the training pads??!! help someone!!

[Coco-Ben]

Hi Rambo,
I had the same problem with Benji, he hated the pads and wouldn't even walk on them let alone widdle on one. I used newspaper with a black sack underneath. At first I used to cover the area by the back door with paper and in the morning would throw away the paper all bar the bottom piece as it would have some scent on it, then place new paper on top. As he got older I just made the paper patch smaller. He was around 6 months old before going all through the night.
With Coco she refused to use anything, paper or pads but she was crying to go outside at 8 weeks and I think that being with Benji who was by then almost 3 years old helped a lot. She's 7 months now and still only goes for widdles when Benji does.
You could try using the paper and black sack ( the sack is there to protect the floor ) but always remember that as soon as your puppy wakes up he will need to go so put him out until he does it and reward him when he does. After eating and drinking he will need to go so again put him outside. After playing he will need to go... they go a hell of a lot when little :?
I used to continually say 'poo poos' or 'piddles' until they did it outside and then reward them with a treat and at night time, if they are just sniffing, I still say it. They will get the message quicker than you think.

Keep us uptodate on your progress :razz:

Another thing that I've done with them both since little is wiping their bottoms after a poo, as the hair grows, you'll understand why. Now they both show me their back ends when they come in and will stand still for me to clean if it need be.
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[dieselsmummy]

Well...I must say Gucci was quite slow at training and no amount of puppy pads, newspaper or anything helped him!
I found that just by reinforcing the good behaviour with squeaky "Goooooood boooooyyy"s and then an immediate treat helped him a lot.
He is 5 months now and it didnt really "happen" until about 3 weeks ago I noticed the lack of "puddles and parcels" around the house!!!