house training

[Stuart-h]

Any one know how to house train a 10 week old pup? Mine's a bit of a handful!!

[only-borders]

Welcome to ABC.

Here is some very helpful information for new pup owners.

http://www.dogstardaily.com/files/AFTER%...0Puppy.pdf

[Fergus10]

Hey!

Personally we used to take Fergus out:

- When he'd just woken up (anytime of day, not just first thing)
- Straight after he'd eaten (each meal)
- Straight after he'd been playing and sometimes mid play if he was in for the long haul!
- Before we put him in his crate and after even if he hadn't been to sleep

Of course he didn't go everytime we took him out but we gave him little chance to pee or poop inside. He was trained within three weeks so much so that by a week and a half in he'd be playing and you'd see a look of pure panic on his face. All toys would be dropped and he'd run for the door.

Everytime he did go outside we made a massive deal out of it and put a the words 'be clean' to it when he was actually going to the toilet. Now the words be clean mean he runs outside to do his business.

I think we need pics of your puppy please!!!!

[Stuart-h]

cheers guys. Just got to work out how to get a few photos off my phone on on to the website!!

[Stuart-h]

   

Is it normal for a pup to be biting everything?

[Vicks]

Oh he's gorgeous! Those eyes!!!

The biting...well I think my OH puts it best "you're all paws and teeth!" to our 12 month old boy! All of my collies have done it, not proper biting just...nibbles.

However, the stairs, a mattress, a sofa and chair legs have suffered through puppy teeth! Shep even managed to chew up a Kong...

[Stuart-h]

Dog's name is Blu. He's a border collie Cross.

[Fergus10]

GORGEOUS! What's he crossed with?

[kglacer]

I think I took Finn outside every 30-60 minutes, regardless of what was going on. It was a lot of work but he was house trained quick. He only ever pooped on my floor once, which was a nice treat not to have to clean up poop lol just be consistent with taking him out and big big fuss when he does good outside. Shouldn't take him long to clue in that the door to go outside when pottying means big rewards!

[Kieraaa]

How long did it take finn to get house trained that way ??

[kglacer]

(02-09-2012 05:11 AM)Kieraaa Wrote:  How long did it take finn to get house trained that way ??

I got him when he was 6 weeks and in the first week I had him he got a stomach bug and was put on a catheder which caused him to have mini pees quite frequently so that set usback but it took about 2 weeks after and he was going to the door to go outside. He had a couple accidents after that and around 10-11 weeks I was confident to say he was fully potty trained.

[lnelson87]

jazz was house trained very quickly i took him out every hour at first and when he done the toilet outside he got a high value treat i then cut it down to after every sleep and 15 mins after a feed he was completly house trained within about ten days and wee only ever had 1 poop in the house