pup

[bingomand]

I have a 8 week old pup can any one tell him the best way to house train him , he will go to is box where he lives but when i put him on the litter tray he just gets off so is there a good way of doing it.

[Why??]

hi, you will probably get loads of different answers,as everyones situation is different but I'll tell you what worked for us. We just watched her like a hawk, you get to know the signs when they are thinking about going, I just used to scoop her up and put her outside. Also, you can guarantee they need to go straight after eating or drinking, so just pop them outside again. If she had to be left for a long time, I just used to put some news paper down for her to go on. Also when they go where you want them to, give loads and loads of praise in a high pitched voice, really go OTT, I know that sounds a bit mad but to a little pup it means alot and they soon learn. What type of pup is it? good look.

[margaret124]

The best way is as mention previously - as soon they wake up put them outside - as soon as they have eaten put then outside - they soon pick it up then set times for them to go out in the evening. In turn they will ask you to go out.

[Eels]

Yep. If you can devote 36-48 hours to putting her out pretty much every 60 minutes, you'll never look back. it's a question of putting absolute 100% of your time into this now, for a short period, and then reaping rewards for the rest of her life.

Put her out very very frequently, particularly after food or on waking, and make a HUGE fuss if she wees or poos, give her treats, make squeaky noises etc. If she messes inside (unlikely, with you giving her plenty opportunities outside), then just ignore it and clean it up quietly.

Works almost every time, provided you make the effort.

[Snappy]

I agree with margaret, take him out after every play session, meal and rest. At the creche our puppies get 20mins play, out for a wee, then 20mins rest, out for a wee and so on. I dont recommend using newspaper because it's not ok to go in the house, even on paper. Although accidents do happen. One newspaper trained puupy i know will go on anything that is laid on the floor, paper, towels, puppy pads, vet beds, which is not what you want!

[lankeela]

Most pups are clean if allowed to get out when they want to go. As others have said, regular and frequent trips out after waking, eating and playing are the best ways of allowing the pup to learn to be clean. Why are you using a litter tray? I have never known a dog to use one of these. Maybe you live in a flat and have no access to a garden?

[drgnrdr]

I've posted this before so I'll do it again for you..

http://www.hssv.org/LIBRARY/PDF/Behavior/housetraining.pdf

There is even a schedule to use at the end of it.

[acorn]

And when you put your puppy outside to go - stay with them. Dont rush inside because its cold or wet. They will only want to come back in with you and this defeats the object of the exercise.

I went out with my dog so many times i thought i would be training him not to wait but in a relatively short time he was housetrained. The only thing i cant work out is how to i teach him to let me know when he wants to go.

[clair3934]

Acorn, don't worry about teaching your pup how to let you know when it wants to go out that will just happen automatically when it works out that you want it to go to the toilet outside, it will let you know what signs it will use. mine walks up to me and just stares at me if I say be quick he will then run to the back door to be let out I didn't train him to do this he just did it himself all I did was take him out to go to the toilet he sorted out how to let me know he wanted to go

[jenky]

All great advice - one thing I would add is... try to avoid picking up the pup if you can to get it outside.

[acorn]

Thanks claire - funnyily enough thats exactly what he is doing. AND we say go do be quick too!! I just though he was staring trying to work me out!! LOL had boyfriends do the very same thing to me!!!

[clair3934]

Acorn LOL glad I could be of help :-)