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How old is to old for house training a puppy?
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November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm
There is lots of great advice here already. I’ll echo what many have said–there is no such thing as too old! Be sure to establish a routine and stick to it. One thing I’ll add is that if your dog is crate trained, use the crate to assist in your potty training strategy. The other day I ran across a couple of good articles that clearly show how to do this. I’ve left the link below.
November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm
There are a couple of things you need to do.
1) Don’t leave her unsupervised, if she can’t be watched put her in a crate.
2) you could leash her to you when in the house so you are always around her.
3) never punish after the fact, does no good and only confguses the dog.
4) ensure that you completely clean the mess, scent and all, there are various products around for that.
You may want to try some obedince training as well.
I have linked the article where I got the above info from.
November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm
Hi, my answer is very similar too most of the others. No do is ever too old to train and especially to be house trained. You can really train a puppy/ dog in just a few days if you really concentrate on doing that. I am not particularly fond of crates, but yes that is one way. What I would suggest is, always have her in the same room as you and keep an eye on her. If you can take a few days off of work, do that. She would want to do her business just after she woke up from sleep, after she had her meals, and after playtime. So on those occasions take her out and wait until she has done everything. That sometimes requires patience. In between those times, when you see her sniffing around, or turning around in circles or going behind furniture – those are sure signs – take her out and wait until she has done her business. Always encourage her to do it outside, even if the neighbours think your nuts, and when she has done it, praise her. Here is the difficult part, during the night, when you hear her whining, jump up and take her out even if its raining or snowing, and wait. If you just take her out and you walk straight back in – she will follow and she will do it inside. If you are consistent you will have her house trained in no time.
November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm
I’ve house trained adult dogs over 5 years of age. There really is no age limit. Couple of things you can do:
Don’t free feed. Set food down 2-3 times a day for 10 minutes at a time. A dog that eats at the same time poops at the same time so you can kind of "plan" for potty breaks.
Get a set schedule and stick to it. Take her out to potty first thing in the morning, mid morning, noon, mid afternoon, early evening, late evening, right before bed.
Do not give her free run of the house yet. If you can’t watch her, crate her.
If you can’t, or don’t want, to crate her, then when you are busy, you tether her to you. Clip her leash to your belt. Where you go, she goes. When you see her start to go potty, rush her outside.
November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm
there is no such thing as too old. Smaller breeds typically aren’t fully housetrained until about a year old, so continue to have patience and try crate training. She is certainly old enough for that now.
November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm
There is never a dog too old to house train. While it’s easier to start when they are just weeks, maybe a couple months old, you can still do it with patience and practice.
November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm
As long as a dog is alive and healthy there is no age limit for training.
1. She should never never never be anywhere in the house unsupervised. Either tether her to you or, when that’s not feasible, confine her, preferably in a crate.
2. Put EVERYTHING on a strict schedule. Feed a high quality food as the better the food the less poop you tend to have.
Right now you are giving her way too much freedom to quickly. Small dogs can be housebroken but it’s important to take it slowly, one step at a time, going, for example, from crate to ex-pen, to one room at a time, and training in each one starting as if she’s not housetrained. Houses look very vast to a toy breed.
3. Take her outside on a regular basis. Wait for her to start going and then repeat a word or phrase, such as "get busy" while she does her business. Praise, praise, praise once she finishes.
4. If you catch her in the act of going in the wrong place, correct her by interrupting her with your voice. Then take her immediately out to finish and praise her.
5. Clean up all accidents with an enzyme cleaner to destroy the odor at the molecular level.
November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm
I don’t think there is such a thing as to old and if there is your not near it. If your dog is going the bath room in your house you are giving her to much freedom. The dog should be with you or in a small space like a crate. As she gets better you can let her have more and more freedom. If you are moving around a lot in the house and don’t want to crate her then put a leash on her and keep her with you.
November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm
there’s no such thing as too old.
your first mistake is letting this dog out of your sight for EVEN A SECOND.
if you can’t watch her, you MUST crate her.
do not punish her harshly when you catch her in the act, but say NO NO NO NO and bring her outside. praise her and treat her when she finishes outside or goes outside.
DO NOT expect her to tell you when she has to go. get her on a schedule and keep her on it. ALWAYS take her out 15 minutes after eating or drinking, and always pick her water up at night.
never feed her later than you can bring her out and make sure she goes!
ALWAYS take her out on-leash and WATCH her go! don’t just assume that she is going.
November 21st, 2011 - 4:01 pm
Ok this is the harsh method and as I can see you you probably wouldn’t want to do this but crate training her is a good way to keep her in her own bed.
Dogs usually don;t soil their sleeping space (although mine did when he was younger).
Another great way, which I approve of and it really works awesome, is to have her attached to your hip.
Put a leash on her and have her everywhere you go in the house.
You can;t leave her out of sight even if she tries to sneak away to do her buissness
She doesn’t get a chance to do it secretly.
If she still has an accident or she is getting ready to so do,
pick her up and bring her real quick outside.
Praise praise praise, when she does it outside!!
Ignor when she does have an accident in the house, or say a frim (don’t yell) "no"
good luck!