House training without a crate

ka7e

Give her something distinctive to eat (a little sweetcorn?) and see how long it takes for it to pass through her system! This should mean you can roughly estimate the time she needs to be "emptied", so no need to take her out every 90 mins.

I used to say "Busy" every time my dog weed in the garden, and "poop"....self-explanatory! She now empties on command, but never in the garden where she was trained. Always has to be away from the house.

blue_monkey_2

She doesn't whine because you haven't left her - at all. She needs to get used to being left on her own sometimes and it better you do it now than later when she whines for longer and could become destructive with it. You cannot spend the next 16 years with her every single moment of every day so you do need t bear this in mind. If you make her dependant on you it'll lead to more problems later on when she is older. You asked for help so you are obviously concerned - if you go on the way you are then you are going to be having a lot more poo to clear up and your carpets are going to be ruined.

You say she is only a baby - she is not a baby, she is a dog and she needs to be treated like a dog. A lot of behaviour problems are caused because people treat them like babies and children. We made this mistake with our first when people said I was too mean as I gave rules and so I stopped applying the rules, I won't make the same mistake again.

ellies_angel

I didn't crate mine and she was clean and dry at night from around 12 weeks. She was let out for her final toilet trip before we went to bed around 11.30 and slept till we got up in the morning.
During the day was a different matter, although not so much poo, but often pee. You could take her out and she would pee, then she would come in and pee, right at my feet.
She has never chewed anything she shouldn't. She had a basket of toys from a very young age and was encouraged to play with them. Even now she will play with 2 or three at a time, tug rope in her mouth using it to hit one ball into another. She will even tidy her toys away when I ask her to!!
She was left and is left during the day when I am at work.

gratefulforhelp_2

Well what a difference a day makes, puppy went all night with no accidents, went out twice. Clever puppy!

Wonder what tonight will bring!

gratefulforhelp_2

Little update, two weeks in and eleven weeks old, she is now in the kitchen at night, no whining or howling as we got her used to being in there a bit at a time.

She is doing brilliantly with house training, no indoor poos for days, or wees.

She is fully vaccinated now and has started walkies, and had her first trip to town on Saturday morning so she could be admired by her adoring public. We met a lovely calm Springer spaniel with nice manners, a boy on a scooter, a lady with a shopping trolley and another lady in a wheelchair.

She is also getting the idea that if she play bites, she gets ignored. Thanks everyone for all your help.

blue_monkey_2

Wonderful news. Glad to hear she has settled in well.

tango

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

Little update, two weeks in and eleven weeks old, she is now in the kitchen at night, no whining or howling as we got her used to being in there a bit at a time.

She is doing brilliantly with house training, no indoor poos for days, or wees.

She is fully vaccinated now and has started walkies, and had her first trip to town on Saturday morning so she could be admired by her adoring public. We met a lovely calm Springer spaniel with nice manners, a boy on a scooter, a lady with a shopping trolley and another lady in a wheelchair.

She is also getting the idea that if she play bites, she gets ignored. Thanks everyone for all your help.

:undecided.................

gratefulforhelp_2

Why the funny face, Tango? and thanks, bluemonkey.

tango

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

Why the funny face, Tango? and thanks, bluemonkey.

Because I struggle with the words you use ..admired by her adoring public ?

gratefulforhelp_2

Sorry, it was tongue in cheek, but she is extremely gorgeous;)