I recently got a happy little pup ( now 15 weeks old ) from the humane society a bout a week ago. We are doing great and he's having a blast, learning new things every day, currently were focusing our attentions on house training and crate training. I have a bit of a question about something though, right now he will go #1 outside EVERY single time and he's even able to wait to go until I let him outside ( No accidents for 3 days!!!) however... He just has a problem doing the #2 outside!, he is stuck in his ways of going inside!!! He has gone outside a grand total of 4 times this past week, Just wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to combat this or if its just a time thing and he hasn't made the connection yet that BOTH things need to happen outside. I understand that he's very young but I just wanted to make sure I'm going in the right direction.
Are you spraying the area where he poops with Nature's Miracle? His feces leaves an odor, and if he smells that odor, he thinks that's where he should be going. Nature's Miracle contains enzymes that breaks down the odor causing chemicals in his feces.
what did it for us was a routine and being very vigilant the first couple of weeks.
first thing in the a.m. outside
eat: outside
play: outside
crate
out of crate: immediately outside
and this was always accompanied by a "let's go outside/go potty outside"
she got it within a couple of days...she'll go on command now
most important, I think, was marking her behavior with completely exxagerated praise!!!! And using the same tone of voice whenever he/she does the correct behavior...they may not understand the words at first, but they sense your tone whether it's approving or disapproving extremely well.
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Hello. i am new to all this also, but have a 8week old pup also... we have been "potty training" and it is going really well! We have done the same as above.. 1st thing a.m. outside, eat, outside, etc. etc. also i make sure we take a few trips outside ("lets go potty") in the evening. my last runb outside is usually 10:30-11:00pm. and a lot of praise outside when he goes out. Now, he goes to the door and whines when he has to go..well when he has to go bad. We have had few accidents that were my fault by "not paying attention". I also started to learn the difference in his potty whine and his come play with me whine (i guess im use to reading babies cries)..OH! if i caught my pup in the middle of it inside, i scooped him up, said "no" and ran outside... when he finished outside, lots of praise (the first 2 days, i also gave treats). he caught on quickly.
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Just thought I'd add my 2 cents worth - from the beginning we took our pup outside to "go potty" wearing his leash. I believe this is also mentioned in Ed's puppy DVD. We found this to be a very important step because our previous dog was very reluctant to "go potty" outside when we were traveling since we had always just opened our back door at home and he ran outside to do it. We actually would have to walk around with him for 20 or 30 minutes before he would pee in a strange outside place on leash. So starting the puppies young to "go potty" on leash is very important.
marie schobloch Webboard User Reg: 02-16-2007
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oh yes, i forgot to mention that... anytime we go out right now he wears a leash, in house hes on a lead too. it makes it so much easier and probably better for him to know that even we are outside and doing whatever, i have control...
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Thanks.. Im glad. ( i also wanted to mention that i have like 3-4 leashes in case one gets dragged thru poop, pee, or chewed up i have a spare handy. you never know what can happen. I have already experienced where we were outside potty and it ended up thru pee. Just thought i would mention. there would be nothing worse than having to take a pup/dog out and not having an extra leash...
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