Shawn Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 For any of yall who have dogs, What technique did you use to train your dog to go outside? approx how long did it take? I just picked up my german shepard puppy yestertday. Shes only 7 week sold so i know it still a little to early to trin her. Any info would be appreciated. thanx everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? Train it to go on paper beside/near the door, and then move the paper outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? No, not to early! My lab pup only had 1 boo boo in the house since she was 8 weeks old. I suppose dogs can be all different. I mainly just watched her for getting fussy, made sure to take her out after she ate, after we played, and often too_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwa Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? What To Expect During the House Training Process Unless you can monitor your puppy 24 hours a day, don't expect the house training process to be completed until your puppy is at least 6 months old. It's normal for a young puppy to be a little 'input-output' machine. Since puppies are growing and developing rapidly at this stage, they eat more food, burn up more energy and seem to need to eliminate constantly! They also have not yet developed bowel and bladder control, so they can't 'hold it' as long as adult dogs. House Training When You Are Not Home Confine your puppy to a small, 'puppy-proofed' room and paper the entire floor. Put his bed, toys and food/water bowls there. At first there will be no rhyme or reason to where your pup eliminates. He will go every where and any where. He will also probably play with the papers, chew on them, and drag them around his little den. Most puppies do this and you just have to live with it. Don't get upset; just accept it as life with a young puppy. The important thing is that when you get home, clean up the mess and lay down fresh papers. Passive House Training or Paper Training While your puppy is confined, he is developing a habit of eliminating on paper because no matter where he goes, it will be on paper. As time goes on, he will start to show a preferred place to do his business. When this place is well established and the rest of the papers remain clean all day, then gradually reduce the area that is papered. Start removing the paper that is furthest away from his chosen location. Eventually you will only need to leave a few sheets down in that area only. If he ever misses the paper, then you've reduced the area too soon. Go back to papering a larger area or even the entire room. Once your puppy is reliably going only on the papers you've left, then you can slowly and gradually move his papers to a location of your choice. Move the papers only an inch a day. If puppy misses the paper again, then you're moving too fast. Go back a few steps and start over. Don't be discouraged if your puppy seems to be making remarkable progress and then suddenly you have to return to papering the entire room. This is normal. There will always be minor set-backs. If you stick with this procedure, your puppy will be paper trained. House Training When You Are Home When you are home but can't attend to your puppy, follow the same procedures described above. However, the more time you spend with your puppy, the quicker he will be house trained. Your objective is to take your puppy to his toilet area every time he needs to eliminate. This should be about once every 45 minutes; just after a play session; just after eating or drinking; and just upon waking. When he does eliminate in his toilet area, praise and reward him profusely and enthusiastically! Don't use any type of reprimand or punishment for mistakes or accidents. Your puppy is too young to understand and it can set the house training process back drastically. Don't allow your puppy freedom outside of his room unless you know absolutely for sure that his bladder and bowels are completely empty. When you do let him out, don't let him out of your sight. It is a good idea to have him on leash when he is exploring your home. He can't get into trouble if you are attached to the other end of the leash. Every 30 minutes return your pup to his toilet area. As your puppy becomes more reliable about using his toilet area and his bowel and bladder control develops, he can begin to spend more time outside his room with you in the rest of your home. Begin by giving him access to one room at a time. Let him eat, sleep and play in this room but only when he can be supervised. When you cannot supervise him, put him back in his room. Active House Training The most important thing you can do to make house training happen as quickly as possible is to reward and praise your puppy every time he goes in the right place. The more times he is rewarded, the quicker he will learn. Therefore it's important that you spend as much time as possible with your pup and give him regular and frequent access to his toilet area. Key to Successful House Training Consistency and Patience. Never scold or punish your puppy for mistakes and accidents. The older your pup gets, the more he will be able to control his bladder and bowels. Eventually your pup will have enough control that he will be able to "hold it" for longer and longer periods of time. Let your puppy do this on his own time. When training is rushed, problems usually develop. Don't forget, most puppies are not reliably house trained until they are at least 6 months old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PAT_PATTERSON Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? One of the most important things to do is kennel train your puppy. Give him/her their safe place, it also makes it easier to leave them alone if he/she is locked up while young. I have a 90 pound 5 year old lab that would rather sleep in his kennel than on a couch or bed. Training to go outdoors was easy just make sure he goes often. Great info on paper training above but I never used it, make sure to let them relieve themselves often and walk them to the door to do so. Praise is the only way to work with your dog, scolding only makes matters worse and harder. accidents will happen and so will the messes but at this young age it's small and minor, 90 pound messes could spell disaster. Patience, Patience, patitence You will be rewarded in the end with a new family member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? [ QUOTE ] One of the most important things to do is kennel train your puppy. Give him/her their safe place, it also makes it easier to leave them alone if he/she is locked up while young. I have a 90 pound 5 year old lab that would rather sleep in his kennel than on a couch or bed. Training to go outdoors was easy just make sure he goes often. Great info on paper training above but I never used it, make sure to let them relieve themselves often and walk them to the door to do so. Praise is the only way to work with your dog, scolding only makes matters worse and harder. accidents will happen and so will the messes but at this young age it's small and minor, 90 pound messes could spell disaster. Patience, Patience, patitence You will be rewarded in the end with a new family member. [/ QUOTE ] very well said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? Never too early. I used to always take my dogs out at regular intervals, they get the idea pretty quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? Consistantacy thats the whole key if you take them out on a regular schedule they will learn that ... they will even jsut go when you tell them to instead of sniffing the whole yard and the neighbors yard .. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? thanks guys i appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? I think just watching your dog go to the restroom while outside and then prasing them and taking them into the house when they are done shows them that they don't go into the house until they do business outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? When I got my Chesapeake every hour I would take her outside. I would take her out a ten or eleven at night and she would be good until about five i nthe morning. I just gradually increased the time between taking her out and she has had no problems. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? Crate training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU_man_84 Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? that pups 7 seven weeks old, be taking that pup out every hour to hour and a half, and put yourself some bells around the door handle and make them low enough for em and teach him by showing him how to ring the bells with the nose, taught both my dogs that and works great, and its gonna take some time but it will pay off, good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitteken Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Best Technique for house training? It only took a couple days for my lab to get the hint. When she was only about 7 weeks old I would take her out at least every two hours, and let her come back in until she went, then I'd praise her and make a big deal about it. Then at night I'd leave her in the kennel, she'd whine about every two hours and thats when I knew she had to go. So after a few days she knew that the back door was where she had to go when she had to go. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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