[Adz0081]

Hi I was wondering if anyone knows the best way to train a pup to use the puppy pads we provide him to toilet on and not the carpet at the moment it is 50/50 whether he poos and wees on the mat or on the carpet we have had him a week now and not much improvement seen please help

[prajakta]

Hi, my Marshall used to go out in a ground but long time ago i had a cat with whom i used to talk everytime and the moment i realised she wanted to go for pee i used to lift her and keep on the toilet net,..later on she became habitat to it.. may be it will work for you or may be not. just give a try.

[Adz0081]

He's 15 weeks now and still struggling with toilet training every time he looks like he is about to go straight on the mat he goes but still not making the connection. He is allowed out now he has had his injections and at the moment I am taking him on 4 long walks a day and praising him when he goes and so far we have had 1 day where he hasn't poo'd in the flat but still peeing.

[StarfishSaving]

Originally Posted by Adz0081

He's 15 weeks now and still struggling with toilet training every time he looks like he is about to go straight on the mat he goes but still not making the connection. He is allowed out now he has had his injections and at the moment I am taking him on 4 long walks a day and praising him when he goes and so far we have had 1 day where he hasn't poo'd in the flat but still peeing.

I'd say this is a case where you just need to get a bit firmer on your supervision. Having puppy pads can be handy for very tiny puppies but after they get to a certain age it's actually more confusing for them because it is very difficult for them to distinguish between "THIS inside place is okay to pee" and "THAT inside place is not okay to pee." I'd ditch the mat altogether, start taking him out far more frequently to potty (doesn't always have to be a walk) and be sure that you are regulating his food and water intake a bit so you know when he is most likely to need to go outside. When he's inside, never take your eyes off him and when he starts getting restless, hurry and take him out. When you can't supervise, see about getting a crate or setting up a small gated area in which he'll be less likely to try to potty.

[yassy]

By using the potty pad, it is,in away to teach him to go inside the house,not outside the house.

So, ditch the pee pad training and switch to crate training for potty training.

It helps if you feed meal at schedule because it will give you rough estimate when your dog is most likely goes for potty. And make sure to take him out every play time,meal time, after nap time etc and praise him when he did potty outside the house and give treats.

Also, it helps to use potty bell to communicate better with him. Bell can be traveled to other houses such as your relatives house and he still can communicate well with you via potty bell.

[yogaduchess1982]

i trained my princess on puppy pads because she weighed 6.7 pounds in the dead of winter! it was successful, and she quickly learnt to "piddle" outside, but if i had to do this over again, i would have avoided the piddle pads entirely because they were just an unrealistic roadblock to getting on with her "eliminatory" life! anyway, here is what we did . . . i was lucky enough to work from home in 2007. so, when not crated, i brought her to the kitchen and gated it off, every 30 minutes. because of the processed "potty" smells on the puppy pad, she was inclined to urinate on it. when she did this, i would give her a small treat. but don't overfeed the dog! i used those "freshpet" treats from the more upscale grocery stores - cold section for dogs. i cut one little 1" treat into 5. she loved those! (and still does). excreting the "other" waste was more difficult, as she felt OK with doing it anywhere on the kitchen floor. i developed a vicious cycle of cleaning it ASAP with pinesol, but that's not a healthy way to live . . . and i don't think that dogs should be encouraged to do it in the house. buy a piece of grass and place it outside, if you're looking to minutely contain the area of "potty." otherwise, take your dog outside every 30 minutes. they'll get the point. my gwendolyn never does it in the house anymore, even when i've had a martini and fall asleep before our final evening obligatory walk. well, email me if you have any other questions! - nicole of www.nicoleandgwendolyn.com

[barkbusters]

Hi – I also have a small puppy its 3yrs old now .at the first time when I came at my home I had to face many problems and at last I decided to sell it again. one day a my close friend suggest me for expert the dog trainer and I take help of puppy trainer and he trained my puppy within 1 months and now I am feeling so well with my puppy.

[yogaduchess1982]

i agree with barkbusters's advice, 100%!!! a frugal girl, i was hesitant to spend any dough on obedience training! but when i opened my life and gwendolyn's (my dog's) life to obedience training, it changed us forever! she's now 3.5 years old, and we still actively refresh ourselves at the training courses. here's a fun video clip from one of our most recent trainings, this one being treadmill training at the misty pines dog park company in pittsburgh! only view this video if you want to laugh!!
http://nicoleandgwendolyn.com/2011/06/12/treadmill-training-misty-pines-dog-park-company/


sincerely,
nicole

[andrea1]

just try to train him well,,
it just need a little of your patience

[Nela]

Hello Adz,

Do you have access to a fenced in yard? I refused to use puppy pads as I wanted Puck to know I don't want any potty business in the house. It's been very easy for us this way.

I let him out every 30 minutes or so when he's awake and immediately after naps. I don't play with him until he's done his business and once he has, I praise him and then we play like crazy. He seems to associate the two.

Also, are you using an enzyme cleaning product to clean the pee spots? If it still smells, he will return to it.

I hope it gets better for you soon. I can imagine it's not fun getting pee on a carpet. But, he is just a baby after all and he is just learning.