Just not getting it
One thing he does at times is walking while he is peeing does it in and out side. Sometimes when he pees on command he does not empty is bladder completely I have fallen for that one a couple of times. He is doing great a night in crate goes whole night no problem. My mother in-laws thinks that when he pees inside and we just take him outside we are rewarding him because he likes being outside. She thinks we should stick his nose in it say no no and the put him laundry room by him self each time he does it. Have to admit I got in a little trouble rolling my eyes when my wife told what her mother thought. Any other suggestions and or is my Mother in-law right  |
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| Oh he is still young. And my boy was very slow on the uptake about housetraining so I have no tips - just restrict his movement in the hous eunless you are watching him, he needs a lot of rest anyway still.. |
| Even doing all the right things, it took over 5 months until Clyde got it. We had him checked for a UTI, diabetes, everything. He was fine, just not catching on.
We wound up limiting his water because he drank a TON. That helped considerably because we knew what was going in and roughly how long it took to come out. He also had no issue peeing in his crate and sleeping in it so that made our job even harder. Then, one day, it was like someone flipped a switch and we never had another accident. I know the last thing that you want to hear is to be consistent and ride it out when you're cleaning up pee constantly but it will get better if you keep pushing the same message. |
gdub16 wrote: we had him in kitchen playing for about 20 minutes he just stop an pee'ed arrrrgh. took him out side right away to finish.
He is just so young. At that age, Henry would always need to pee after about 20 minutes of playing so I would just interrupt him and take him outside. Apparently, some physiological function permits them to sleep through the night but during the day, it is a different story. My trainer said to focus on transitions -- going from the crate to being loose in the house, etc. Also, sometimes they stop and freeze and sort of look off vaguely elsewhere during play. That's a good sign they are thinking about peeing. I also took him out anytime someone came in or left or when we were moving from one area of the house to another (downstairs to upstairs, etc.). And I kept him crated when I could not be watching him. It really requires constant management until they are about 5 months old. And then suddenly, they get it and you can relax a bit. |
| Thanks all that helps. I hope the light goes on quickly. He loves being inside with family I hate seeing those big puppy dog eyes looking in at us from the outside door. |
| if you let him outside alone he may never get it. Mine only got to go out and only for walks at that age. they need to associate the whole outside - pee etc routine. |
| That's true. You really have to take them out on a leash and give them a potty command every time, especially at that age. There's way too many interesting things outside for pups and they lose focus really easily-- not to mention, the pup has no idea that's why he's out there in the first place unless someone's there to immediate praise and treat the act. I'm not sure if you're doing this (you didn't mention it but just in case), if you're treating him when he comes in the house from pottying on his own, he's probably associating the treat with just coming in the house rather than the act of peeing. |
| Yeah I think part of the problem is that during they day my wife just puts him outside to pee and will let him to play and ect... or will put him in the crate when she leaves for long periods but when she returns she just lets him out side as the 4 year old and 2 year old keep he busy.
So he gets the consistency 1/2 the time Although I don't I take him I don't put him on lease but he does well with going to the spot to pee.
I guess it will take a little longer with all they craziness and inconsistencies trying to potty train with a 4 year old and 2 year old boys |
| I suck at housetraining but yeah first of all he's just too young to expect much, for now you are training the humans to know when he needs to go out. He may be starting to understand you don't like him to pee in the house but lots of puppies think getting scolded just means peeing is bad period and will start to make sure you're not looking. That makes it even harder. |
| Another point is he may be way too young to be outside alone - there is so much he can get into that can hurt him. |
| DON'T stick his nose in it & be negative about it. That never works in the long run. They start to hide & pee. Someone should take him out & stay with him everytime & praise him big time immediatey when he does as he's supposed to do. |
| The typical age that all the books say a dog should be house trained by is 6 months; thats 24 weeks. You have a while to go yet, I would think. And even knowing that, my one girl Tonks was house trained by 6 months, but Luna took to 10 months. 15 weeks is really early to be expecting 100% house training. |
| Our Ellie is 18 weeks old and she seems not to be getting it as well. My wife is having a real hard time with her going outside and after going, as soon as she gets in the house, she goes again. We are beginning to think we have a second or third job around the house of Carpet Cleaners. We love Ellie and wish that she would get it so we can enjoy every moment instead of spending so much time cleaning the carpets. We have family coming to house for the holidays and I really don't want to spend a majority of the time visiting with a carpet cleaner in my hand. Any thoughts? You may know where I'm coming from if you have ever goggled "puppy housebreaking" and thought maybe this person will tell me something that works for $39.99 or more. (no I have not bought into it  I know the basics but I feel like I am losing the battle here. Aggrrr. Any success stories and maybe something that worked for some of you? |
| My first thought is to make sure she doesn't have a UTI: Urinary Tract Infection. My girls each had one, and I couldn't understand why they'd pee right after we'd been out to pee. After that, sometimes making the connection is hard. My one girl got it, and my other didn't. In the end, we ended up hanging a bell for her to ring, and suddenly she was trained. Maybe something more obvious like that would help you. But be warned; the bell training has both good and bad aspects to it. On the one hand, they can ring it to let you know they want to go out. On the other hand, they might want to go out to play or bark at cars, and not just pee. One up side tot he bell training for us is that we travel, and if we take the dogs, staying in a hotel can really change things up. But if we bring the bell and hang it on the hotel room door, they can still let us know they need to go out. |
| I had the same thing with Butchy, in fact he was over a year before I noticed I wasn't running with the floor scrubber all the time. We've had 3 oes and 3 bassets, the oes were much slower to get it than the bassets but none as slow as him. It can get frustrating especially after cleaning up how many messes a day but think eventually it will be ok. Believe me I am not an expert, there are a lot more on here with better knowledge than me but hang in there and try not to get mad. |
| I would love to teach her to ring the bell any one tell me how to teach her to do this. We have a Great Dane as well and she is a year old and has the potty outside down. I think if I could teach one of them to ring the bell then the other may get it and do the same. Thanks to Christmas there is already a bell hanging from the door but do not know where to begin in teaching them to ring it. Any discussion would be very helpful. |
| EASIEST training ever. Just hang it there, and the dog trains itself. When you take them out to potty, the bell will ring, simply from the motion of the door opening and closing. If it doesn't ring easily, make a point of making it ring when they go out to potty. They will begin to associate the door opening with the noise of the bell ringing. So if they want the door opened, they will ring the bell to get it done. |
Well then we are already on the way then... Yeaa for us. I hope they come on and get it soon.  |
| Going with the bell on the door and many trips to the outdoors to potty. Leave the toliet paper alone already. I don't even know how she finds it. I can't even find any when I need it. I will keep every one posted on her progress. |
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