NEED HELP WITH POTTYTRAINING
I have a 10 week old OES, and I started potty training her at 7 weeks old(yes I got her early at 6 weeks having thought she was 8 weeks old). She learned very quickly to go outside when I began teaching her. I would move her poop/soak up her pee in a paper towel and move it outside to the grass and tell her to go potty. She will go outside, but she will not ask in a way that I can tell before she has an accident. No improvement has happened and she would not use a wee wee pad either. The only other solution I can think of is a diaper for her and giving up. We are trying crate training as well, however she always poops or pees in a short amount of time and then gets angry she is stuck in the crate with it and smears/spreads it everywhere.  |
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| She is very young so don't give up yet! It takes time and energy but if you and your family focus and all do the same thing, you can get her trained pretty quickly. If she does pee or poop in the house, just clean it up, no fuss, no scolding. You want to make sure that you make it very clear to her that going outside is for peeing. Then she will soon figure out that if she has to pee, she needs to go to the door. Every time she wakes up, take her outside. If she pees or poops, give her crazy praise. "Good girl!! What a clever girl!!" in an animated voice. Yes, your neighbours will think you have lost your mind. If she has a very robust play session inside, after it is finished, take her outside. If she pees or poops, give her crazy praise. If she has eaten her food, after it is finished, take her outside. If she pees or poops, give her crazy praise. If she has had a big drink, after it is finished, take her outside. If she pees or poops, give her crazy praise. If she gives any sign that she needs to go, like going to the door you normally use to go potty, take her out. If she pees or poops, give her crazy praise. You want to give her plenty of opportunity for success. It is a total pain in the butt. You will be going in and out of your house several times a day. Or more. You won't have time for cooking or housework or watching two hours of the Bachelorette. But if you focus on this you can have her trained quickly. My girls were done within the week. But we always tried to have one of us watching the puppy so that we could catch the right moment. Congratulations on your puppy! The first bit is exhausting but you will get through it! |
| Mady gave you very good advice. In the last two years I've been through the potty training 4 times. You have to have a lot of patients and it is so important that if their is an accident you don't make a big deal over it, just clean it up. Take the puppy out at least every two hours. They are babies and have very small bladders and bowels, so can't hold for long. You will be amazed at how quickly they learn. I wouldn't use the crate as a way to potty train. I took in a rescue who was basically forgotten in the crate and had no option other than going potty in the crate and laying in it. Once I finally talked her owner into letting me buy her, it took me 2 full months to get her potty trained again at nearly 7 months old. She had lost the ability to know when the potty was coming, so would stand right in front of me and go without a signal what so ever. It really broke my heart and I worried so much that this was not reversible, but I kept my patience and at 2 months with us, she never had an accident again. Mind you before that two month mark, she was pottying everyday in the house. Thank "God for tile floors. lol Good luck and have patients, you will be rewarded. |
Thank you so much for the thoughtful responses!   |
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