Puppies need to go: * After they eat anything * After they wake up from a nap * After they play.
Every. Single. Time. This might seem like all the time, and it might just be! But it will get better. You just have to be consistent and smarter than the dog (not always easy!) Also, another tip for the outside training. If you ask him to "go potty", wait around without eye contact, etc. and he starts to pee, say "good potty!" consistently until he's done, so he gets the picture that this is what you were asking for. When he finishes, give him a treat and over the top praise, even if he hasn't pooped yet, just to drive the point home. He will start to get it over time if you always use this pattern. I've noticed from my dog that she often needs to run a tiny bit before she poops. Maybe a tiny bit of play after peeing (if you think he has to poop still) would be an ok thing. It's up to you... Heh...I don't know that I've used the words "pee" and "poop" that many times in a paragraph since kindergarten. Go puppies! Greg Morphis wrote: > Okay, so I'm trying the outside thing. He slept and when he woke > (almost 3 hours). I took him outside. He urinated but did not > deficate. How long do you let the puppy try? He urinated and then > wanted to play with the leaves. I ignored him and had him on a leash. > I led didnt give him much slack at all so he couldnt play too much. I > waited 10 minutes. I'll update in the morning how it all goes. But > already he's back asleep. How do you know he's ready to use the > bathroom during the day? When he's not limited to the crate and not > just waking up to use the restroom? > Thanks all of you for the tips. > > On 11/8/06, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Why arent you guys training him to go outside? >> >> >> ##| -----Original Message----- >> ##| From: Greg Morphis >> ##| >> ##| Those are all good tips.. I started the crate training, he's taking >> ##| that pretty okay. However I have tried 3 times today to get >> ##| him to go >> ##| on the pad and he refuses. >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220214 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
