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Originally Posted by violagirl
So how did you train them? Whenever you weren't standing over them they were locked in their crate? How long did it take before they caught on?
At this point they know they get treats only if they do their business outside but they seem to also feel ok doing their business inside. On peepads or no.
Maybe I should move their enclosure closer to the door so they can at least indicate they want to go outside? But it is colder closer to the door.  |
Well with Luke, when I got him at nine weeks he was already toilet trained. He had one or two accidents which were entirely my fault. I had company and wasn't paying attention to the signs.
I did it by paying close attention to the signs the pup gave that they needed to go. IE: Circling, smelling the floor,etc. I never crate trained, so no, they were never put in the crate while I was unable to supervise. I also let them out more often than every hour. When they first woke up? Straight outside they go. After playtime? Outside they went. After meals, out they go. It takes a lot of work to do it yes, but I'd much rather put a week of that in, than constantly be cleaning up accidents or messes for months. It blows my mind to hear of people with six month old pups or older who are still messing in the house. I will say though that in my experience the larger breeds have been the fastest and easiest to house train. Mom had a shih tzu who would still go in the house no matter what we did. That drove me batty lol. I find a lot of people make the mistake of taking the pup out, letting it run around and play for five or ten minutes, and instead of waiting until they have definitely did their buisness, they bring them back in, only to find the pup has gone in the house after being outside. As with any thing really, being given the opportunity to pee in the house over and over is a self fufulling behavior. Who wants to go out in the cold to pee if they know they can do it in the house as well? I wouldn't!LOL The thing is, you illiminate as many chances as possible for them to do things that will be reinforced, like chewing on thigns not allowed, peeing in the house...and make a HUGE deal out of every time they do what's right. Most pups will catch on fast that doing the good thing instead is much better for them. I hope I'm explaining this right. ((Hard to think when Tyler's behind me playing with Luke lol))