Potty Training A Puppy - Use a clicker to potty train a puppy

[electricmoo88]

Can someone help me. I just bought a 3 month old puppy and the previous owner said he's potty trained but he already pee'd and pooped in my house a couple times. So I ultimately want him to potty outside, so should I start off by potty training him in the house with a pee pee pad, or should I just start off by training him to potty outside??

[mansourboudehane]

@electricmoo88 Hi maybe you should consider using a crate instead.

[BobbyMingle]

Whats the name of the song at the end??



[blackdogxx]

I clicker train and it is not complicated. The clicker is a signal that the dog learns quickly to associate with a reward. It comes down to luring the dog to do a behavior that you want, click and follow wioth a reward snack or petting. The startup is to wait until the dog looks at you ... then click and reward him. Repeating it teaches the dog that looking at you gets that click sound and a snack. Once he is doing it a lot, THEN add the cue word ('watch' or 'look') to pay attention to you.

[ladygagaDIscostiCK]

So when i get my puppy do i just click and treat without him doing anything but looking at me? then when i keep doing over and over until he gets the idea that a click means a treat do i take him out?

[drakewade20061]

when first using a clicker yes click and treat alot to get the dog to associate the click sound to a treat then start with the training

[littleinky9]

I just adopted a 10 month old puppy. I've had her for 2.5 weeks and she rarely pees outside. Tonight I walked her around my complex 5 times and she didn't pee. She waits until she gets inside to pee. So, I can I reinforce positive behvavior with the clicker when she just won't pee outside?

[alexnds1]

@littleinky9 You setup a feeding schedule. No water after 7pm at night. What goes in on time, goes out on time. By being better able to predict bowel movement or urination, you can reward for good behaviour vs bad behavior. You also crate train, to encourage denning instict. Put the puppy in the crate and reward for being in there via food reward. Get them to associate crate as a positive place, not negative place, with lots of praise and food. Your dog will not soil where it sleeps.

[wam1510]

so after a while once your dog knows their trickscan you stop using the clicker?

[Mooska]

Our dog doesn't really show any signs of needing to use the bathroom. We live in an apartment on the 2nd story and he can't walk down the steps yet. He's going on 13 weeks. Can we apply clicker training to a sign he could give us? Seeing as we don't know when he has to go, it doesn't seem possible. Then again, I'm new to all this.

[dv45914]

@Mooska I have the same problem, please let me know if you found a solution!

[MRJDOG1919]

hey i have been using the clicker for a while and im about to send my dog off to training but they probably wont use the clicker will my dog get confused

[wweundertaker008]

@MRJDOG1919 yes

[sparkloweb]

Great videos by the way, much better than the "expert" village.

[ChrisVGuitarist]

@sparkloweb a little bit more explanation and anyone's channel can be better than expert village. 

[lexman350]

some people arent good at controlling there voice pitches therefore the clicker being superior as it ALWAYS sounds the same.

[thatnylesguy]

lol I think you may ur right.. Clickers r just fun.