HOUSE BREAKING - Support Thread (Mind your pee's and poo's!)

Ziggy_Stardust

suki1964 wrote: »

But paper is the best toy in the world to a pup - didnt you know? lol

Sorry Im not meaning to make fun, but its been my experience that putting paper down means you are just going to have a shredded mess to clean up - on top of all the cleaning up of widdles

Now I have to say Ive been lucky in that I have had a big kitchen / diner but my way of training was not to let the pup into a room with carpets, keeping him confined into the kitchen ( where I was spending 90%) of my day kept the wees to a hard floor - easy wiped up with a kitchen towel and spray (lemon)

When talking the pup out for wees, on lead and stay with him. When he starts to wee, call it something your happy with ( I use wee wee). Just keep saying wee wee wee wee ( or whatever) whilst hes in flow. Then the reward ( i just made a big big fuss)

Slowly over about a week the pup will learn that the command wee wee ( or whatever) means having a wee and a reward and you should be able to get him to wee on command in about two weeks

However you need to be out side with your pup for all wee breaks so he learns its not play time

Its a faff. Its a pain ( esp when its wet and cold, another reason not to get pups in the winter) but you have to do it else still be trying to get pup clean months down the line

ALL wees and poos need to be done outside from day one. Even if that means getting up at 3am to let them out. Reward everyone thats done outside - ignore the accidents. Accidents are just that - and are due to us humans not being able to read the signs. Pups are not wilful and do not pee everywhere just to wind you up - it just feels like it at times

Good luck

I am pretty much doing as you say plus she is able to cry at the door to go out for a poo, I guess she's just not got the 'message' over her wees yet. I don't shout at her when she wees inside but do give a sigh and "Oh Molly!" so I'll try and keeps my thoughts to myself and see if it helps. I'm not too bothered about the carpet as we're due a new one and said we'd get the pup before replacing it but we really don't want a smelly house.

And yes I am a paranoid Mum thinking she's being a wilful child at times :rotfl:

Thanks so much for your help

killer_cam

Hi my lab is deaf and we tend to teach it with hand signals

Ziggy_Stardust

killer_cam wrote: »

Hi my lab is deaf and we tend to teach it with hand signals

Aww what a clever doggie :T

Snoopy_rules

Just thought I would jump on here for some advice please. My pup will 11 be weeks old tomorrow and I don't feel like we are progressing. If I take her outside and tell her to have a wee she is perfect. She then comes back inside and five minutes later she has weed again. Tonight she had 5 wees inside within a matter of 15 minutes all on the floor in the kitchen and the lounge. Where does she get it all from?

Should I give her free access to water all day? She is on dried food which I moisten with water, so she drinks more than if she was on wet food.

At night I get up to her and she has a wee and then sometimes she is dry by the morning, other times she has had at least a wee if not a poo.

Please can someone tell me why she is weeing so much. I clean up after her and make sure the smell is cleaned with a urine removal spray or biological washing powder.

sarabe

Some puppies do wee very frequently especially when they are very active.

It would be worth a trip to the vet to rule out a urinary infection.

Is she the sort of pup that is always too busy to fully empty her bladder perhaps?

Are you rewarding her with treats for weeing? This can teach a pup to pee more often or perhaps not finish going in anticipation of the treat.

She must have access to water all the time.

For night time I always have pup in a crate beside the bed and take them out when they wake needing the toilet. This is the best way to get them reliably clean at night in my experience.

Snoopy_rules

sarabe wrote: »

Some puppies do wee very frequently especially when they are very active.

It would be worth a trip to the vet to rule out a urinary infection.

Is she the sort of pup that is always too busy to fully empty her bladder perhaps?

Are you rewarding her with treats for weeing? This can teach a pup to pee more often or perhaps not finish going in anticipation of the treat.

She must have access to water all the time.

For night time I always have pup in a crate beside the bed and take them out when they wake needing the toilet. This is the best way to get them reliably clean at night in my experience.

You've got it in one. I think she is not emptying her bladder properly. She is too preoccupied with all the sounds around her when she goes out for a wee.
I originally started by rewarding her for her wees, but now it is praise and the very occassional random reward.
If she gets no better I will get the vet to check her over, hoping things may change once she starts to go out for walks.

elsien

Can you keep her outside in the yard for a bit longer?
Mine (no longer a puppy) still doesn't empty her bladder properly on the first attempt, so taking her for a walk is the only way to avoid accidents.

Snoopy_rules

elsien wrote: »

Can you keep her outside in the yard for a bit longer?
Mine (no longer a puppy) still doesn't empty her bladder properly on the first attempt, so taking her for a walk is the only way to avoid accidents.

Will try that. Can go out from next Monday now she has had her injections so hopefully this will help.

Kimberley

I think this thread should be sticky and kept to the top of the board.

LoopyLinz

Have had a quick (very quick!) read of this thread and wondering if anyone can help is.

We have a 5 year old terrier cross who we got from Kennels 8 months ago. Muttley is a fab little addition to our family except for one little problem..........he keeps peeing in the bathroom, against the toilet! We have resorted to putting puppy pads down to stop it 'running' all over the place. I have tried leving the pad there for a few days (clean one obviously!) and then moving it to see if we can eventually get it to the door but its just not happening.

He gets walked twice a day........with countless toilet breaks in between his walks. Literally we can come back from an hour walk and he will run straight up stairs and pee!

Has anyone any suggestions how we break this habit or is he simply too old to be retrained now?

Thanks
Linz xox