TV on,
puppies having accidents in house, little boys playing, daughter making dinner, Parkinsonian hubby arriving with MAN COLD and wrong puppy food from store.
Everytime
your puppy has an accident in the house, be sure to clean it up right away and take them outside, not as a punishment, but to help them understand where to go.
Accidents in the house If
your puppy has an accident in the house, don't rub his nose in it or spank him.
If
your puppy has an accident in the house, take her to her pen and go back and clean it up immediately.
When
the puppy has an accident in the house, clean it up immediately with a strong - scented cleaner, take the puppy to its «bathroom» and praise the pup as it sniffs around.
Should
Puppy have an accident in the house, you must catch him in the act for discipline to be effective.
In the event that
your puppy has an accident in the house and you are not present, there is nothing that you can do.
If
your puppy has an accident in the house, don't go get the puppy and rub its nose in it.
Likewise with negative feedback, if
your puppy has an accident in the house, telling him NO minutes later will teach him nothing.
What do I do if my dog or
puppy has an accident in the house?
On the one hand, you get the person who loses control when
the puppy has an accident in the house with yelling.
If
your puppy has an accident in the house, don't scold them.
If
your puppy has an accident in the house, don't punish or scold her.
It's always discouraging when
your puppy has an accident in the house, but there's a big difference between the accidents you catch and the accidents you don't.
Not exact matches
But what if you actually catch your
puppy in the act of
having an
accident somewhere
in the
house?
We spend a lot of time outside (if you don't
have a fenced
in yard
puppy should be on a leash) which lessens the chance of
accidents in the
house.
When your
puppy is out of his crate playing; always watch for signs when he is about to
have an
accident in the
house.
This behavior is often seen
in puppies that are being
house - trained; they will eat their own poop to prevent punishment if they
have been scolded or harmed
in the past for an
accident in the
house.
Crating your
puppy when you are not at home will help to prevent him from
having an
accident in the
house but,
in order for crate training to be effective, you must give your
puppy plenty of chances to go out during the day.
Using a short leash to keep your
puppy connected to you at all times allows you to notice when the
puppy has to go to the bathroom and reduces
accidents in the
house.
An older dog that's not already housetrained can often learn quickly and likely won't
have as many
accidents in the
house as a
puppy.
Expect your
puppy to
have accidents in the
house — it's a normal part of housetraining.
Of course, if your
puppy is a juvenile delinquent pooch that needs more training, he may raise your blood pressure by chewing illegal targets or
having potty
accidents in the
house.
If you
have adopted a
puppy and are still
in the midst of
house training, then you can simply redouble your efforts and your vigilance to prevent
accidents from happening.
If you catch your
puppy in the act of
having an
accident indoors, clap your hands loudly to stop him and immediately take him outdoors or to his pee pad, depending which
house training method you
have chosen to use.
It is difficult to keep track of a
puppy when he
has the run of the
house, but if you gate him
in the kitchen, he will still be able to be part of the action and can be better supervised
in case of an
accident.
For example, if a 10 - week - old
puppy doesn't
have accidents in the
house, it could well be that the owner is trained to read
puppy signals and get the little guy outside at the proper time.
It took us about 2 weeks to
have Rocky trained
in the
Puppy Apartment without
having any
accidents in the
house.
If your
puppy just can't seem to get the hang of potty training at this point and continuously
has accidents in the
house, you may consider taking him to a veterinarian to rule out any medical conditions.
Crating your
puppy at night makes
house training much easier because your
puppy is a lot less likely to
have an
accident in the place where they sleep.
Question: My border collie, who is 2 years old and only
had one
accident ever when he was a
puppy,
has now peed
in the
house 4 times over the past week or so, very unlike him.
In fact, we have had several reports of new owners claiming their puppy has never had an accident in the hous
In fact, we
have had several reports of new owners claiming their
puppy has never
had an
accident in the hous
in the
house!
Following the procedures outlined below, you can minimize
house soiling incidents, but virtually every
puppy will
have an
accident in the
house (more likely several).
If your
puppy has an
accident elsewhere
in the
house, immediately clean it up and treat it with an enzyme - dissolving agent to ensure he doesn't consider the
accident area his new bathroom.
These frequently asked questions about training your dog or
puppy to reliably go potty outside and stop
having housebreaking
accidents in the
house will answer most of your questions.
It also does more than just stop the pet from
having accidents in the
house — using the crate teaches the
puppy that he can «hold it».
JJ is excited too and you know what that means... he's digging holes
in the garden, jumping up on furniture,
having an occasional
accident in the
house and many more
puppy - like things!
As much as we love our pets they can also create messes and
have accidents in the
house, especially young
puppies.
The more
accidents a
puppy has in your
house, the longer the
house - training process will take, because the
puppy will continue to think that peeing
in the
house is ok.
We
have struggled with the
house breaking part of their training as we both work hours at a time, the
puppies behavior
has escalated from potty
accidents to now destroying pee pads and anything they find, I should explain, when we leave for 3 hours at a time, they are left
in an enclosed area of the
house about 6 ft by 6 ft with their toys, water and pee pads, we also live
in a small apartment on the second floor.
You are likely to hear people tell you to scold your
puppy when it
has an
accident in the
house.
Most
puppies have accidents indoors because they're allowed too much freedom
in the
house too quickly.
If you are not prepared to spend the time and effort it takes to housetrain a Shi Tzu
puppy then don't be upset when your dog
has accidents in the
house.
Now, if you were going through
house dog training and your
puppy had an
accident in the crate, you should never discipline.
Puppies may be adorable, but wind up with one that marks or
has constant
accidents in the
house and adorable quickly becomes deplorable.
But as a
puppy, he made mistakes and
had accidents in the
house, and I
had to learn to not only be patient with him, but do my part as his owner, friend, and provider to help train him as quickly and effectively as possible so we could both move on with our happy, potty - trained lives.