My puppy stayed in his crate almost 100% of the time when we were crate training him. I brought him out to play, pee, and poo. Other than that, it was crate. At night, I'd wake up 2am and 5 am to take him to the door. I'd put a paw on the door and say "go potty". Then we'd go outside and do business. I'd wait until he finished and give him a treat with the whole "good potty". Now, he goes to the door when he needs to go potty, crate when he sleeps and the rest of the day he's out (unless we leave the house or if someone comes over I make him go to his crate until he calms down. He's a Jack Russell so calm is a very loose word)
On 8/14/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He's 13 weeks old now. I don't know if I'm giving him too much > freedom, he only stays in the crate during the night. Otherwise, he's > either in the house playing or he's in his room with access to an > outside area. > > On 8/14/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > wake up, poop. (immediately) > > crate time. (~ 8 hours) > > go to work. > > come home > > poop time outside (immediately) > > loads of exercise > > food time > > discipline time > > poop time > > crate time (~ hour or so) > > play time (~15 minutes or so) > > sleep time > > > > remember also, he is a pup, he needs a more rigorous schedule > > than you do... my one solution for weird poops was to regulate the > > HELL out of what lily is eating. i sometimes let her poop, and poop > > and not eat for a day/night, then get it all out of her, all the while > > giving her water... but no food. then get back on schedule and she > > is now a year, and hardly EVER messes up. > > > > how old is the pup? > > > > > > On 8/14/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So we've had my pup for a little over three weeks now. He goes > > > through spurts of not having any accidents, then all of the sudden, > > > he'll pull something wacky like yesterday. We have an air conditioned > > > doggy room with a doggy door to a fenced in area. After I got home > > > from work, I brought him in. He'd been in the fenced in area so I had > > > to call him inside. We started playing inside the house. After about > > > 30 minutes right in the middle of running around he stops and takes a > > > dump. He's got an odd habit of making three piles. So, according to > > > the training sites I've seen, I don't make a big deal out of it, but > > > move him outside quickly. He pees outside and I wait about 5 to 10 > > > minutes for him to make two more piles. He doesn't. So I bring him > > > back inside and he starts playing with his toys. About 15 minutes > > > later, I see him walk towards the front hallway (one of his favorite > > > places to poop) and before I catch up with him, I find 2 piles he just > > > plopped down. > > > > > > Arrrrggggg!!!!! > > > > > > All my other dogs got trained the old way. Bring them over to the > > > pile, tell them no firmly and put them out. I never rubbed their > > > noses in it. I also used the coins in a can method where when they'd > > > do something bad, you shake the can and they hate the noise. > > > > > > Everything I've read about potty training lately says that you don't > > > discipline them for having an "accident", but these don't seem to be > > > accidents. > > > > > > I'm thinking a rolled up newspaper might be effective..... :) > > > > > > What methods have worked best for you? > > > > > > zB > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240254 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
