Any tips on puppy training ??

chaparral · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:20

Had my westie puppy for about 1 month now.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18112420

But his still wetting a lot inside..

He wets outside everytime for a few days and then he stops and goes back to wetting inside... :confused:

But he alway poops outside

Have any you guys got any tips on how to stop him from wetting inside ??

(P.S We have a dog flap he uses for going outside anytime he wants/needs to)

Sinque · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:21

You have to catch them the second they do it, punish them for it there and then and put them outside. When they do it outside you need to praise them the second they do it. You can't freak out on them or give them praise if you wern't there at the time otherwise it's worthless

chaparral · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:24

Sinque said:
You have to catch them the second they do it, punish them for it there and then and put them outside. When they do it outside you need to praise them the second they do it. You can't freak out on them or give them praise if you wern't there at the time otherwise it's worthless

This is what i been trying to do....

But it not easy unless you watch him 24/7,and even if you are watching him he pees to dam quick

Sinque · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:27

chaparral said:
This is what i been trying to do....

But it not easy unless you watch him 24/7,and even if you are watching him he pees to dam quick

Try newspaper near the back door so he gets used to going to there for a slash and eventually move him outside.

Yozz76 · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:28

You need to create a routine, take outside often and when convenient for you. Don't come back inside until he has done something. It will require patience but you will be surprised at how quick they get the message.

chaparral · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:29

Sinque said:
Try newspaper near the back door so he gets used to going to there for a slash and eventually move him outside.

Thanks...Didn't think of this..

I been using training pads on the other side of the room to the door

Participant · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:39

I remember a friend of mine's brother trained their puppy to urinate on my friend's slippers for a guaranteed treat. He was not amused, but I almost peed myself! Not on his slippers though.

buckeejit · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:46

When we got a dog, I was quite lazy and every time he needed the toilet, I left him out in the back garden for hours. Turned out that he was house trained in a week which I accept the credit for

chaparral · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:49

buckeejit said:
When we got a dog, I was quite lazy and every time he needed the toilet, I left him out in the back garden for hours. Turned out that he was house trained in a week which I accept the credit for

Guess that one way to do it

chaparral · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:51

Robbie G said:
I remember a friend of mine's brother trained their puppy to urinate on my friend's slippers for a guaranteed treat. He was not amused, but I almost peed myself! Not on his slippers though.

One my puppy favorite places to wet is on the cat's bed....But my Cat not very happy at all with this.

goldilocks · 7 Mar 2010 at 19:13

Our pup is 21.50 weeks old now.
He pees inside:
1.) for attention (esp if you go to greet him after he's been alone for a while, ot of we give the cat attention over him)
2.) if he is desperate (ie if he poops outside but forgets to pee at the same time, he plays and forgets to stand by the door to let us know he needs to go out)

we don't have a dog door - he has to stand by the door (if we're there) or woof to be let out.
We don't use puppy pads - they just encouraged him to pee inside!

In all seriousness he's 1000x better than when we first got him - just persevere!

buckeejit · 7 Mar 2010 at 20:47

goldilocks said:
or woof to be let out.

woof to be let out

ricky1981 · 7 Mar 2010 at 21:01

Our puppy is 3 months old and we've had no indoor accidents for about 3 weeks now. We put him outside every couple of hours during the day and straight after he has eaten or drunk a lot of water.

When he did pee then we said "wee wees" (feel free to say something else that sounds less stupid, my other half started this) and the usual "good boy", etc etc. We did that for a week or two and now when we take him out, say "wee wees" and he goes straight away. We remove water about half an hour before his bedtime and take him for a 10-15 minute walk just before he goes to bed so he doesn't have to go during the night.

Try to avoid getting angry, hitting him, rubbing his nose in pee, etc etc as it doesn't help. At that age you should be focusing on praising good behaviour much more than punishing bad. For example, if they are chewing something you don't want them to then rather than tell them off, replace it with something you are happy for them to chew and give them praise for it. The only time we tell our puppy off is if we are sure he is being willfully disobedient.

A dog flap will be great when he is older but as a puppy they just don't think about using it until it's too late so you just need to give them a constant reminder.