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Need help for house breaking puppy

by Cindy
(MI)

We have had Lily for 4 weeks. We have had 5 accidents in the home. All our fault. We take her out first thing in the morning. After breakfast, all naps (in crate) after dinner and right before bed. We carry her right out of the crate straight to her out door spot. "Potty Lily" . She goes , we praise and back in we go.

I was expecting by this point she would learn to go to the kitchen door and lets us know. We were told to carry her out vs letting her walk out. I decided today to let her walk out of her crate. She ran to the laundry room and peed on the rug.

I laughed, as this is the room her water and food stay and she chose to pee in there. It is a very large laundry room but the last room I thought she would aim for. What is everyone else's experience? She is 4.5 months old.

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Apr 04, 2011
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HOUSETRAINING
by: KATHY

WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT TRISCUIT HOME, SHE WAS 7 MONTHS OLD AND NOT HOUSETRAINED. I THINK SHE WAS CAGED FOR THE LARGER PART OF HER EARLY LIFE. WE TRIED THE CRATE, BUT SHE P AND P'D IN THERE. WE TOOK HER OUT VERY FREQUENTLY AND MOST TIMES SHE WOULD GO, BUT WHEN WE BROUGHT HER BACK IN THE HOUSE, SHE WOULD DO HER BUSINESS ON THE FLOORS. WE EVEN PUT WEE WEE PADS DOWN TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP. FOR THE MOST PART IT DID, BUT WE WANTED TO HAVE HER COMPLETELY HOUSETRAINED TO GO OUT, NOT JUST ON THE PADS. LITTLE BY LITTLE WE MOVED THE PADS TO THE DOOR AND THEN PLACED ONE OUT THE DOOR. SHE WOULD GO ON THAT PAD AND THEN COME BACK IN AND GO IN THE HOUSE. IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING , BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE SHE BECAME HOUSETRAINED, NOW, SHE WILL SIT BY THE DOOR TO BE LET OUT, OR SHE WILL GIVE A LITTLE BARK TO TELL US TO OPEN UP. THEN SHE WILL BARK TO COME IN. THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS LONG COMMENT IS, IT JUST TAKES TIME AND LOADS AND LOADS OF PATIENCE. I NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD EVER BE HOUSETRAINED. JUST GIVE IT TIME.....THE FUNNY PART IS TRISCUIT IS SO DARN CUTE, THAT I COULD NEVER GET UPSET WITH HER...THOSE EYES!!! OH THOSE EYES!!

Aug 17, 2010
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by: Cindy

Unfortunatly the laundry room does not have an outdoor access. We have focused on one door and that being the sliding door in the kitchen so we don't confuse her. Our home is rather large and we have limited her to family room, kitchen and laundry room until we have her broken and she feels secure.

We were told by her breeder to carry her which I do understand why but need to find a away when I let her out of the crate she doesn't potty on the rug and heads for the door. We acutally do have a bell on the glass that we ring but she wants nothing to do with it. We take her paw and hit the bell with it. I have read that Cotons can be stubborn and females take longer so we do understand that. As we are new to "Coton World" I am curius to see what others have done and are doing.

TIA for all your posts.

Aug 17, 2010
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house training
by: Iris Miller

I agree with "anonymous" if the dog walked itself it would find a scent to follow, and is probably aiming as close to the outside as possible. My dog was trained indoors on pee pads first, then outdoors, which he now prefers.In fact, he refuses to use a pee pad NEVER AGAIN!(that is the look I get from him when I try to get him to go on a pad. He will stand by the door where his leash is, but not long enough for me to notice. He will also jump up and down a lot which I learned means"GOTTA GO RIGHT NOW". I read somewhere that a woman hung a big bel on the door knob and trained her dog to ring the bell when he needed to go out. He learned very quickly. I thought of trying that also but am still debating. Because we don't have a fenced yard I must take Tuffy out on the leash. A few times a day he will "fake me out" just because he wants to be outdoors and see what's going on, go walking and explore the neighborhood. I imagine if I taught him the bell trick he would drive me nuts ringing it every time he heard a sound outside.
What do you all think? Would you use a bell?
have a beautiful day!
love and hugs Tuffy and mommy

Aug 17, 2010
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Lili
by: Anonymous

Is the laundry room access to the yard? If it is - then she was headed in the right direction. Because you carry her - maybe she's not sure how to get to the yard. They are smart dogs - give her a chance. You might want to get another dog to teach her also. It's alot easier with two.

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