Strange house training behavior....help?

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Spyke-rest peacefully my love

Cookie!? I'll do- anything for a- cookie!

Barked: Thu May 24, '12 4:13am PST


	We have a new puppy to ease the impending passing of Spyke. That being said, we are having some strange potty training issues with Addy Bell. She is crated at night and we have baby gated her to the living room with me during the day. She gets potty breaks after naps, eating, etc. She goes outside with or without Spyke. When she wants in she'll whine at the door, or if it's been forever I'll call her in. Under no circumstances is she outside for any less then 15 minutes each time. So what does she do? Comes inside and potties on the floor. She was born feb 14 and before she was vaccinated, the breeder kept her indoors etc. I have shampooed the carpet, and hit it with the spotbot every time she potties...but I really don't understand why she keeps doing this....

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Toto, CD,- RN, CGC

We don't do- doodles!!!

Barked: Thu May 24, '12 4:27am PST


	Unless she is actually taken outside and walked or watched until she goes, then praised to the hilt and back, she will not connect going outside with doing her business outside. Sadly, this is a common mistake MANY new owners make. Leaving the dog outside by themselves does not give her the message that this is the place to go. She gets a reaction from you by going IN the house so she thinks that is the place to go and is most likely holding it until she gets back inside. When housebreaking a puppy I physically take them out, walk them, and then when they go I have a party!!! Then, they are brought back inside. If it's play time outside, I will take them back, but, again, I will walk them until I see them go before they come back inside from playing if they have been left outside for a while. If they don't go before coming back in the house I crate them and walk them again later until they DO go, then and only then do they have freedom in the room I am in. Good luck!

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Zack

Watch me!

Barked: Thu May 24, '12 5:39am PST


	Toto's advice is wise. We pups need you to come with us. My human normally hovered around the spot where we usually wee and said something inane like "wee wee time" and then when i went told me how clever I was "good wee, clever lad Zack" She said at times she needed to just look at the stars or the mountain cos she shouldn't interact with me too much else I might get distracted. If I didn't go she tried again in about 20 minutes. I only took 3 days to house train and the bonus is that now, if she is going to take me on a long car ride, she can just take me out and say the wee wee thing and I know to go We all learn at different paces - good luck

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Luna (Lovegood)

Bay All Day

Barked: Thu May 24, '12 11:44am PST


	Yup I am with the other two who have replied. You have to go out with her and hover over her until she pees/poos and then praise like she just saved Timmy from the well lol. Remember to use a cue word like "Potty" so that she relates the term to what she needs to do. So before she goes tell her "potty" and then when she relieves herself throw that party and say "Good girl! Good potty!" Luna came from a home where she had access to a "doggy door" and I was told she was housebroken. But she had multiple accidents her first day here. Which is understandable since it's a new home ect. But she has no "tell" about when she needed to go out so I have started taking her out like she's an 8 week old puppy. Almost every hour, after meals/drinks, after naps/first thing in the morning, and after big wrestling matches with Morrison. She also has no leash manners since the people who had her before never walked her and just let her get her excercise in the backyard. So I have used all these potty breaks to also teach her basic leash manners. Good luck!

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Ripley

1240817

Barked: Thu May 24, '12 3:20pm PST


	Yep... need to do a little paw-holding so to speak. Puppies get distracted easily and forget what they were outside to do. We need to go with them to guide them. Ripley is the same age as your pup and has been almost perfect with the house-training. But that didn't happen by accident... Up until recently I escorted her on every single washroom trip. And time she would start to wander even slightly in the wrong direction I guide her back in the least exciting way I could. She's not allowed to do anything else outside until she has gone pee.

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Frankie

Cheese? PLEASE!

Barked: Thu May 24, '12 3:48pm PST


	What worked with us in house training Frankie was, if he was outside and did not pee or poo, soon as he was brought back in the house we put him in his cage immediaately. Dogs do not like to mess their den. We did not even give Frankie the option to even walk in to the house, he was carried in, straight to the crate. If not, he was watched like a hawk. What also worked was 'catching' him in the act..Soon as I caght the little fluffball tinkling, I shrieked his name, scoooped him up, an carried him right outside. I was told this shuts down their sphincter (sp?) muscles. Soon as we got outside to his potty spot, I set him down gently and said in a calm-calm-calm voice 'go potty honey..' It took a few moments for him to relax and finish his bizness.. Then when he was done, IMMEDIATELY when he was done, I gushed 'GOOD PUPPY!!!' and gave him treats.. Some dogs do not have bladder control until 4 months or so. But those trips in the house and immediately pottying sure can be frustrating.. Before you knew it, Frankie was immediately connecting 'hey--potty outside, mommy goes all happy and I get treats!!' Another thing that helped was when he was tinkling or poo'ing, either saying 'good boy!' or 'good potty!'..that seemed to help him make the connection as well. As has been said, some pups need to be reminded of 'why' they went outside in the first place..Use key words like 'go potty!' or 'hurry up!'..(Frankie seems to respond better to hurry up.. ) But find what key word(s) works, and use the same word(s) each time.. Just don't make them into sentences, like 'Frankie, if you go potty, you will get a treat!' Also has been said, going outside with them and stay8ing beside them helps..If they seem to get distracted, lightly yank their leash a tad and say 'go potty!' in a nice encouraging voice. Another thing that may help is a light jog/walk/game of fetch in the yard..get those little legs moving and get those contents iside moving!