Hi

I am writing from Down Under, in Perth from Western Australia. I just welcomed my 9 weeks old puppy on Friday.

On her first day she did not want to relieve herself outside and was doing it on paper only since the breeder was getting her to relieve herself on paper. Since then as smart as she is, I manage to get her to go outside for most of the time I take hewr out which is when she wakes up, after each feed and almost every hour or so. I am crating her when I am at home and she walk free in the laundry area when I am not at home which is for about 6 -7 hours on week-day, during which I put paper down in the lunadry for her use. I am not able to get somebody to be at my place to take her out when I am not at home...

I am afraid that I am giving her mixed signal, that is I am getting her to relieve herself outside which she does when I take her out but then she is using newspaper in the laundry when I am not at home..

Would you please advise me if she will grow out of newspaper training when she can hold her bladder longer as she grows up. I have heard that because I am using newspaper, it will take me longer to housebreak her outside..

I do not seems to have a choice since I cannot be at home during the week and I cannot find anybody to go to my place nor can I frop her at a day care....

Do you guys have any options or ideas to share with me....

Also when I take her out she does little wee and she relieve herself quite frequently which is almost every hour, is that normal for a 9 week old, so frequent that I am afraid to lock her in her crate because she relieve herself in it once...

Help please

Thank you so much

Regards,

Rob

I don't have the time to watch the puppy every hour, so I schedule feeding and watering, sessions. Usually they start forming a parttern. About 15 minutes to 30 minutes after she eats/waters I take her out and ask her to "do your business". It may take a couple minutes, it might take 15 early on, praise her for it. And bring her back in, I think scheduling her dinning session would help.

Don't leave feed and water out all the time, we in the IT industry have a qoute, " Garbage in, Garbage out". If the puppy is not full of water, she won't have to pee as much. This is just one way to do it.

Set a pattern as she will follow it.

Have you ever had a puppy before? I do hope you realize you have very high (and unrealistic) expectations for a 9 week old pup you brought home a few days ago. Were you expecting the pup would be housetrained? And you also maybe expect the pup should just do this, in spite of you working full time? Your other topic:

http://www.leerburg.com/ubb//ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=000381


Did you breeder realize your expectations before you bought the pup?

Hi Guys,

Thank you so much for all your advice. My puppy is making some progress and I am being more patience and less demanding on her, she relieve herself 95% of the time when I take her out when I am at home.

One of the problem I have now is that she does little wee and she fiddle around before she relieves herself, she does little and short wee. Is that normal?

Also she drinks so much water when I feed her is that normal? I am giving her what the breeder told me to feed her. Am I right that I should not have water available for her permanently? I've heard that control feeding (i.e take the food and water when she has enough) is the way to go?

Gee, it is hard work, when I am at home, I take her out every 30 - 45 mins, I am so scared that she does something inside, am I being too harsh on myself....

Your comments please?

PS: Don, I am work in the IT industry too and I am not at home for about 6-7 hours during the day

Thanks

Regards,

Rob

Robert,
please note - you are asking nearly the identical question in a different thread within a few day period - this is spamming.
Please do not start a new topic, unless it's actually new. I am locking this topic, as you got more replies in your next thread which asked the identical questions.

And I just deleted your two new questions, as they were absolutely identical but in different threads. Stop doing this, as it's against the forum rules, and it irriates the moderators.