8 month old puppy still not potty trained...HELP!!!?
I have an 8 month old pitbull mixed with bull terrier. She still pees and poops in the house and nothing we do seems to be working. Whenever she goes outside and pees or poops we praise her so that she knows shes done a good job. When she pees or poops in the house we tell her "Molly no", show her what shes done and put her outside (we live in an apartment). She knows shes done something wrong, but still continues to do it. We have a 2 1/2 year old pitbull who she loves but if he barks when they play she pees, if she's excited she pees, if someone comes to the house she pees. It's getting ridiculous the amount of scott towel were going through!!!! We've tried puppy pads but we also have a cat who finds these amazing to play with and ends up shredding them to pieces when were not looking. Does anyone have any ideas for me, or any stories of their own to share with me?!?!
Can I take an 8 week old puppy outside to poop even if he does not have all his shots?
I am getting a pekingese puppy (8 weeks old) and I am planning on crate training him. I do not want to use wee wee pads because I want him to learn to pee outside. However, I know that it is not recommended to take puppies for walks before the 3rd series of shots. Is it okay to take him out quickly to let them go to the bathroom? I live in an apartment and the outside area is the sidewalk not a private yard. Thanks!!!
My 8 month old puppy is still having accidents?
My 8 month old bichon/pom is nearly house trained. she knows she's supposed to go outside, but she still has accidents. i know she knows that she supposed to go outside because as soon as i take her out she goes. we are very consistent in taking her outside; we did the whole taking her out every half hour when we first got her and as she has gotten older we have increased the amount of time in btwn going out. which has seemed to work but she's still having accidents. she's up to about 3- 4 hours in btwn outings. some weeks every day she has one accident. she'll have an accident sometimes after she only went out an hour before. i understand puppies are not going to be perfect and they're going to have accidents. it just seems she's gone a bit backwards consdiering a couple months ago she was going a week w/o having an accident. it seems to me, as i said, she understands she needs to go out. she never pees in front of us and has the guilty look when she has an accident, so i assume she at least somewhat understands to not go inside. she holds it all night in her crate, but there's something missing that she doesn't understand that she needs to hold it just a bit longer sometimes. is this normal?, is there anything i can do to help her understand? when are most dogs fully housetrained? from everything i've read i'm doing exactly what people are suggesting but i'm just not sure what else to do....
My 8 month old puppy won't poop outside.?
I own a now 8 month old female spayed chihuahua puppy. She is fully crate trained and will not go in her crate. I crate her up whenever I go somewhere, whether work or school, etc. and as soon as I get home I take her and my other 2 chihuahuas out to the restroom. My puppy will go pee outside and sometimes, usually in the morning she will poop. The rest of the time she will not. Even after 5-10 minutes so I will let her back inside and within 5-10 minutes of being inside she will poop in the house. Please any help would be greatly appreciated. This is stressing me out so much and it's very annoying to clean up 2-3 times a day. Thanks!
How do I house train a 9 month old puppy?
Up to 25 percent of dogs relinquished to animal shelters by their owners end up there due to housebreaking problems. The same statistic applies to dogs seen by veterinarians — 25 percent of behavior-related visits to vets concern toileting.Guide: Dog Training 101: How to Completely Train Your Dog – Millie Hensworth – MediumI think one of the main reasons attempts to potty train fail is because pet owners tend to look at their dogs as four-legged humans, and if a human in your household were to use the floor instead of a bathroom to relieve himself, it would be quite upsetting.Your pup has done something natural for her by relieving herself when the urge struck. You have reacted in a way that’s natural for you, which is to be offended that a furry family member has just made a stinky mess on your carpet, tile or hardwood floor.I was driving to work about six months ago and thought I saw a fox off to the side of the road in a ditch. I pulled over to take a closer look and realized the fox was actually a small, fuzzy dog that was up in years she looked to be about 10. I spent the next half hour trying to catch her because she was one very frightened pup.When I got her to Natural Pet, my animal clinic, we checked her over thoroughly. The poor girl was a mess. She had mange. She had bad hips, bad eyesight, and her nails were grown into the pads of her little feet. It was obvious she’d been homeless for quite some time.Instilling good potty habits from the start in a puppy is much easier than re-training an adult dog. But if your furry friend is older, do not despair.Never leave your un-housebroken dog unattended. Not even for a minute. If you aren’t actively engaged with your dog, having her in the same room doesn’t count.Some dog parents believe crates are a bad thing. Not true! The fact is a crate is actually a very natural, normal habitat for a dog, as long as your pup doesn’t associate it with punishment.Dogs are den dwellers by nature. Under normal circumstances, they enjoy and will seek out small, safe, warm “bedrooms” in which to rest. If you provide your pup with his own little den (crate) and there’s nothing forceful or punishing about his association with it, he’ll make it his own.I’ll discuss more about crate training in part 2 of this series next week.If you’re dead set against crate-training your un-housebroken dog, then your only other option is to tether your pup to you so that no matter where you go, she’s right there with you.
How do i stop my 8 month old puppy from pooping in the house?,?
By 8 months old he should be house-broken, unless he's never been trained or he's been trained incorrectly. If you have been training him by taking him out every time he's slept, eaten, played, taking him out every time he starts sniffing around, taken him out regularly, added a "pee" cue and praised him sky-high for going outside, while simply ignoring him and cleaning up the mess when he goes inside, then my suggestion is to take him to the vet for a check-up. Sometimes when puppy are late in being housebroken, there can be a medical reason behind it. If he's untrained or have been trained wrongly, you will have to start from scratch or look into crate training, if you chose crate-training, then please make sure that you read up on how it is done correctly, as so many people do it wrong and use it for their own convenience (at the dog's expense) and not as a training tool.
How do I get my 9 month old Rottie puppy to stop pooping in my dining room?
It's a bit late, but nevertheless it's not impossible to achieve: I managed to teach a 2-year-old Labrador to stop peeing on the furniture. First, make it clear to your puppy that you disapprove of him/her messing where he/she does. You do this by sounding angry, speaking in a low tone, but not raising your voice. Never scream and shout: a low, growling tone is the most effective. Second, after you have fed your puppy - presumably you give it one or two good feeds a day - take it outside and stay with it until it has done whatever needs to be done. Then make a fuss of it, show how happy you are and tell it what a clever dog it is ... and mean it ... because your puppy will see right through any deception on your part. That is all the reward your puppy needs. Third, puppy must have access to the outdoors at all times during the day and you must be prepared to let it out at night if it asks.Very young puppies learn within a few days, but you may have to keep it up for two or three weeks before your puppy gets the idea: remember, it has made a habit of this behaviour and old habits are hard to break.Fourth and most important: let puppy know that you are aware of his/her presence. Stoop to stroke it as you walk by, spend time cuddling it while you are not doing anything important or potentially dangerous, talk to it, discuss everyday matters with it as though it is another person. The main thing is that you are reassuring your puppy that it is part of the family and you are fully aware of its presence.One of its problems may be that it feels lonely, which is why we never have only one animal. We normally have two or more puppies or other animals with which they can interact. We never live in towns or cities and ensure that we have enough space in which our dogs can run around outside the house. The doors are always open when we are at home, which is all the time, so that the animals can come and go as they please. I can tell you from experience that puppies are much easier to train than baby rabbits, chicks or ducklings! Good luck.