Is there a way to train two puppies at once? I adopted one pup and the lady who was in charge begged me so the female (9 week old gsd/husky mix)would be saved from being turned into the pound alone at a high kill shelter. In a moment of total insanity I agreed. I am trying to find a home for the girl but in the mean time I have to potty train the and am going crazy. How can this be done?
Exactly the way you would train one at a time. Two crates, take them out together, praise them together, put them in their separate crates when you can't watch every move they make. There are articles on my web site about crate training and another about potty training that may be of help to you.
Raising 2 pups together is quite the challenge. It sounds as if you may be a foster mom to one of the pups? If so, you will do the future owners a great service if you keep them in their separate crates when you are not with them, otherwise they may overbond and get too *doggy*, this is inevitable w/littermates raised together. It interferes w/normal human bonding and trainng later on.
It won't be as tough as you think. Now if you also rescue an adult who is fully housebroken, that would really help . . . <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Good luck!
Actually I do foster adults when I have the room. I currently own two GSD's one 14y/o who I have had abuot 6months (he is a rescue dog) and a 18 months old gsdmix (he is also a rescue dog). Now I have the male pup (who I rescued) and I am fostering his sister (I can not keep 4 dogs, 3 is my absoultly limit, to own). So I have to find a home for her :*( I have aready had one offer but I plan on screaning the home she goes to very carefully as I do NOT want her to end up like her mother.
Thank you for your help. I will read the articals. They are wonderful puppies (especially right now as they are asleep <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> )
Rofl! Aren't they all little angels when they are sleeping? The crates are your best friends <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
If any of the resident adults are housebroken, take the pups out when they go out. Pups like to copy the Big Dogs.
Not to try to speak for Vince, but the reason I wouldn't take two pups out to potty at once is that they would more likely think it was play time rather than potty time.I would want to bring them out one at a time so that each one knows that bathroom time is ALL BUSINESS! At least I think this is the gist of the question(letting two pups out at once to potty train). Or was it obedience?
Play is a good thing, w/very young pups it will stimulate them to *go*. The reason you take them together is b/c they will copy each other, so if one goes the other will get the same idea. I believe the original poster said there were also adult dogs in the house, they can be a big help, pups tend to idolize the big dogs and think whatever they do is brilliant. It's a blessing and a curse . . .
I agree with you Joy about play stimulating them to go. Fresh in my mind though is my 7 month old Golden retriever pup who would take forever to go if I let him out with my adult Lab! The pup is a bit of an oddball though. To this day, he still will not go into the yard to eliminate unless I walk halfway into the yard with him! He will sit by the gate and stare at me as if to say "Well are you coming or what!" Just now can I let them out together without him taking forever to go. I do understand what you mean when you say that play will stimulate them. With my pup though, If I had somewhere to be by a certain time, I'd best be letting them out one at a time!LOL And yes, I did reward after elimination when he was younger. Just didn't seem to make him anxious to go any faster. He is a barrel of laughs!
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