Dog Training: House training a puppy or rescue dog

Check out this article for a full length article on how to house train your dog- it contains more tips than are in this video-

http://www.dogmantics.com/Dogmantics/Training_Articles/Entries/2009/7/1_House...

Check out this article for photos and text on how to create an escape proof pen-
http://clicktreat.blogspot.com/2009/06/making-escape-proof-x-pen.html

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• dog
• puppy
• house
• breaking
• peeing
• pooping
• training
• clicker
• stop
• toilet
• positive
• reinforcement

[AppleCore360]

we were very lucky with our puppy. He was very easaly traint and never used the house as a toilet.

But we just walked long walks with him like 6 times a day if not more

[kikopup]

@AppleCore360  good job!

[JiveDadson]

Be sure to get Nature's Miracle Stain and Odor Remover, not Nature's Miracle Original Formula.

[kikopup]

@JiveDadson Oh! I didnt know they had the other formula!

[rup0sh]

Thanks for putting this video together! Do you have any recommendations for a cleaner we can use on a hard floor?

[kikopup]

@rup0sh well for wood- I would expect you wouldnt want to put too much on- so that it doesnt warp the wood- but the urine prob would be worse? Im imagining.

For tile etc- its perfectly fine- its supposed to be non toxic.

[SweetElysa]

@kikopup What if I'm at school and noone can walk him for seven hours?

[hulagirl524]

Hi,

I have a 2 year old English bulldog that we literally just got. She was a rescue from a puppy mill so she goes to the bathroom anywhere, she was living eating and sleeping in her own fecal matter. How do I teach her not to go pee or poo in the house? We don't let her anywhere that has carpet or run or anything besides our hard wood floor and her crate. Please

Help!!

[thelandingpub]

Hi,

My 6 month old bullmastiff stays in our bathroom (set up for her as a den) while we are at work (we work in our home - a restaurant - so we are able to go and let her out at set intervals). Our bathroom is cushion floor. She will not go on the cushion floor but when we are home and she is out with us in the living room - she will just sneak off to go (mostly #2) on the wood floor. Why is this happening and what can we do to prevent it?

[penguim1996]

@kenshyn91 I wouldn't recommend a puppy if you won't be home all day, at least for a week or two. You could adopt an older puppy or an adult dog, which would work great :)

However, if you have your heart set on a puppy, maybe take a week off from work to work with him or her and then get a dog walker to come to your house and let them out.

[kenshyn91]

Hello kikopup :D I have a question that you can help me with :) I'm 21 and i'm moving out of my parents house soon , i have never been alowed a dog altough i absolutely love them.So with a new dog ( puppy) i won't be home for at least the duration of my job, when i AM home i'll give him all the attention ( with leash etc) My question is,how can i house train my dog when i am arround ,i know that puppys can't hold their blatters for more than 2 hours :C

Any tips or advice would be good. Thanks!

[efaure2008]

How do I get my dog (2.5yrs) not to start peeing while attaching the leash so that I can direct him outside to the pee location. He squats while I attach the leash and sure enough there is a little blob of urine. Is it a fear of me, so I'm going to pee before you submissive thing? I think he was abused by previous owners and at first was real skittish with us, me specifically. But, we have a good relationship and I would like him to pee on a mat...

[josski32]

@SweetElysa um... whyd you get a dog?

you could try a dog walker. that would be an expense. prolly the next best thing is to have pads set up in a safe room or play pen (sold at pet stores) and on one side a bed and maybe some water, the other side the training pads, and then just work a lot on house training when you ARE home.... but I heard that if you pad-train a dog, they will pee on papers when you leave them on the ground in the future... then as the pup gets older just take the pads away

[antonisus]

Hi, I love all your videos as I recently found out about them from a complete stranger from the park. I'm looking forward to practising your tips on my 10 month old miniature Jack Russell. There's one thing that is driving me nuts about his peeing. He seems to squirt a little every time I try to put his harness on & he sometimes seems to squirt a little when I get a little annoyed with him when he is naughty, i,e I shout at him. Am I doing something wrong with my dog or is this normal behaviour?

[josski32]

You're really pretty Emily

:)