I am writing from Down Under in Perth, I am about to bring my 8 week Ridgeback puppy home and I have a real problem. I would like to housebreak my puppy (do her thing outside) but I have a problem. I work from 8.30 to 5 pm and my wife works from 6 to 2.30 pm, so there will be no one at home for a good 6 hours.
I read countless number of articles of how to housebreak a puppy but none has really help me given my present situation.
Can anyone help me please of how to housebreak my puppy when there will be no one at home for a gd 6 hours and I can't find anyone else to go to my place during this period to let the puppy out. I would preferably not want to use newspaper.
If you absolutely can not make it home on a lunch hour or extended brake for six hours you may want to consider not getting the puppy until it's 10 weeks old. A 10 week old can probably go six hours in a crate if you are very careful about when you feed/water and making sure it gets a good break before you go.
I usually take two weeks of vacation when I get a new puppy (I've only had three new puppies in the last 11 years since I've started crate training) to make sure the adjustment is smooth and house training gets started right. This may be something else you could look at to solve your problem.
Thank you for your reply and help. Alas, i am unable to take any vacation at the present moment since I just got married and took a 3 weeks leave and I have not more vacations left.
The other option sounds good and I will talk to the breeder and see if she can holf on to the puppy until the puppy is 10 weeks old. You think a 10 weeks or more old puppy might hold for 6 hours?
John DeKruyff Webboard User Reg: 08-14-2001
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Another thing you might try is to bring the crate and leave it in your truck when your at work. I've done this where I will come out to the parking lot and let my pup out of the crate to potty and walk every couple hours or so.
Just an idea.
I'm going to be in the same situation, Robert. Your question will help me out too! I've read that you can leave the pup in a pen just big enough for it to sleep in its crate and put a puppy pad at the other end for it to use when it needs to go. It's just the reality of having a baby in your home. There is nothing you can do for the youngster except wait for the muscles and bladder to develop. If I'm wrong here I'm hoping someone will correct me, after all I'd rather be wrong then raise my pup incorrectly!
I was always told NEVER to make it ok for your pup to do its duty anywhere but outside. If it gets used to using the pad while its young, it will probably go in the same places or on a rug or pillow or something that resembles the pad when its older. A friend of mine picked up a 1.5 year old from a shelter and it had been previously trained with a puppy pad and that dog still isn't broken of it habit of thinking its OK to go potty in the house. It goes on anything that resembles those small pads. Maybe some re-learn more quickly, but its not something i'd chance. I'd look at the other mentioned alternatives. Its a few short months or weeks till the pup can hold it that long so i'd pay the price now rather than suffer through retraining later. Isn't there anybody that you can trust to go and let the pup out for you and give lots of praise when he/she goes potty outside?
Thank you for all your update and contribution. Alas, all the suggestions mentioned are not practical to me. Me and my wife both works on week days and there is a 6 hour period when there is nobody at home and I can't find anybody to go to my place to take my puppy out.
Can anybody confirm that if I take the puppy home at 10 weeks instead of 8, then she will be able to hold longer?
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