The puppy apartment is great for overnight use since the dog has no choice but too
use the potty area and it has worked perfectly.
When your dog is at least 6 months old and has been reliable about
using his potty area with NO accidents for at least 1 month, begin allowing him more freedom.
Once your dog has reliably
used his potty area when confined with NO accidents for 1 month, start to gradually increase the size of his confinement area.
Lazy cleaners may also find that the dog's such a clean freak he refuses to
use the potty area if it's dirty, creating a housebreaking problem.
Not exact matches
It can be helpful to set up a play
area in the bathroom, with toys or games, so that if one child is
using the
potty, the other can be patient and happy while waiting for the other.
Keep
potties in
areas where your toddler plays so it's easier for him to
use it on his own, and take some time to show your toddler how the toilet works.
We didn't
use the floor
area for
pottying, but it was nice to have more leg room and to be near the bathroom.
I would say just talk to them about the
potty read up on babycenter about the different things to help the process along because even if they are not talking that much they still may give off many non verbal clues of having to go
potty.However if they are really not ready try
potty training keep a onesie on in the day time with their clothing and a blanket sleeper on at night that way they hopefully won't be able to get to the dirty diaper before you.My dd is 19 months as well and I have been training her sort of by letting her sit on the
potty I have only let her
use the one that goes on the big toilet but she peed in it once and she often will say she has to pee when in the bathroom but will sit and not do anything and get little pieces of tissue off the roll and push it into toilet this is her renditon of wiping even though the tissue does not really come in contact with any
areas that need to be wiped I have slacked off on the training because she can not pull her pants up and down which is on the list of things kids need to be able to do to go by themseleves.Maybe just get them a few books and videos and a
potty chair and talk to your dd's and see what happens you may be surpised.HTH
A child who is willful in other
areas of life may suddenly refuse to
use the
potty after she has
used it successfully for some time.
For people who work or for those people who can not take their new puppy out every 2 - 3 hours because they work, I do recommend they
use a contained
area with access to a litter box or
potty area until they're old enough to hold it for the full 8 hours in a crate.
Alternatively,
use an indoor
potty area, such as a puppy pad or newspapers, if you're trying to paper - train your pup.
Always
use a confinement
area other than a crate if there is any doubt about the length of time you're leaving your dog without a chance to get out to
potty.
Remove his chew toys from that
area of the yard and
use it strictly for
potty training.
Only enzymatic cleaners break down the pheromones, which keeps dogs from sniffing out and
using the inappropriate
potty area.
Lay the
area that you want your dog to
use as its
potty with newspaper.
CHAPTER ONE: Find The Good In Your Dog CHAPTER TWO: Know Your Objective CHAPTER THREE:
Use This House training Program For All Dogs CHAPTER FOUR: The Proper Frame Of Mind CHAPTER FIVE: You Need One Good Manager CHAPTER SIX: Treat Your Team Properly CHAPTER SEVEN: Be Aware Of Your Dog's Programming CHAPTER EIGHT: How To Clean Up CHAPTER NINE: Selection Of A
Potty Area CHAPTER TEN: Start A House training Journal CHAPTER ELEVEN: Signaling CHAPTER TWELVE: Start Teaching The Correct Behaviors CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Public
Potty Manners CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Digestive System CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Miscellaneous CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Common House training Mistakes CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Crate Training CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:
Use Of A Kennel CHAPTER NINETEEN: Play Fetch CHAPTER TWENTY: Socialize Your Puppy CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: Real Life Examples CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: Putting It All Together CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: The Test
During the day, we leave him in his PTPA Playpen
area with his PTPA and he
uses the bathroom section whenever he has to go
potty.
As tempted as you may feel to
use an indoor
potty area, keep in mind that this should be only a temporary solution.
Don?t
use newspaper in the crate if the pup is learning to associate papers with
potty chores; this is not an
area where you want any further confusion!
Even when
used, the «grass» top to the
potty area quickly drains to create a dry surface which prevents your dog's paws from becoming urine soaked.
Have the crate in this
area with their bedding and some toys and the crate door removed or tied open, then at the furthest point from their bed set up a
potty area for them to
use (newspapers,
potty pads).
I tell people that they have to treat even older dogs like young puppies that you are strictly
potty training and kind of start over with
potty training -
use a small crate where she can not urinate in it and then lay somewhere else, take her out every hour or so, praise good behavior, only discourage bad behavior if you catch her in the act of going, limit her access to
areas where she urinates, if someone isn't right with her at all times, she needs to be in her crate, etc..
Dogs are not great in generalizing and are creatures of habit, so if you teach your dog to
use the same
potty area over and over, he will associate that
area as his bathroom.
Use the same
area for your dog to
potty.
Manufacturers also offer cage litter meant to be
used for
potty training, allowing a small animal owner to encourage the
use of a designated
area in the habitat for elimination.
Furthermore, it features a bowl that may be too large to
use as a feeding
area, so instead you can pour
potty sand and train them to leave droppings in the bowl.
Stay away from high - traffic
areas or locations unsuitable for a
potty area, like a frequently
used bathroom, kitchen, children's room or living
area.
What would you suggest, as far as moving her «
potty area» to a different location, as well as getting her
used to just the pads as opposed to going
potty in the Pack - N - Play?
We leave
potty pads down and she
uses those (or close too them and spills just off the side of the pad), and the other half of the time she goes somewhere in the play
area.
On advice from friends, we
used our old «Pack - N - Play» (children's small play yard, with mesh sides) as her
potty area, putting the puppy pads inside the Pack - N - Play.
These absorbent, leak - proof pads are ideal to
use when Sparky's home alone or if you don't have easy access to an outdoor
potty area.
As long as he
uses the pad consistently, keep moving it until it's outside in the designated
potty area.
He'll try to hold it until you let him out and take him to an approved
potty spot (
use the same
area at the beginning to convey the message).
He'll go
potty while in his outdoor
area, so be sure it's a spot you don't mind him
using as a toilet!
They're big enough for you to paper an
area inside to
use as a toilet, while leaving space where you can set up your dogs bed, a water bowl and some chew toys and so on away from where they have to
potty.
Most dogs and puppies will instinctively avoid going
potty when they're enclosed in a small
area, and we can
use this to our advantage for housebreaking.
If you want to teach your Border Collie to
potty outside your house or in your backyard, take him to the
area where you want him to
potty and
use the command you have chosen for your dog.
When you have reached the elimination
area,
use a key phrase to encourage your pet to eliminate, such as «Go
Potty».
Another consideration is that puppies don't typically urinate in their sleeping
area, so he will not get up in the middle of the night to
use the
potty.
I don't think you looked at the DVD and followed the directions, there are 3 levels, Level 1 you wouldn't leave both doors open or any door open since you are training the dog to initially have only two choices,
use the
potty in their sleeping
area OR on the
potty side.
Ideally, puppies should learn to control themselves indoors and
use designated outdoor
areas as
potty spots.
The Porch
Potty is a nice - looking potty area for indoor or outdoor
Potty is a nice - looking
potty area for indoor or outdoor
potty area for indoor or outdoor
use.
To train your puppy
using this method, follow the instructions outlined in the crate training article,
using trips to his indoor
potty area in place of trips outside.
When training your dog to
use an indoor
potty area, you must supervise him as outlined in Commandment # 7, and you may want to
use Umbilical Cord Training in the early phases of your training.
When your puppy is reliable in the enlarged pen, you can
use a closed door or puppy gate to enclose him in the room his
potty area is in.
This real replacement grass for the Porch
Potty is great, especially for dogs that have previously been trained to go outside but now need to learn to use an indoor potty
Potty is great, especially for dogs that have previously been trained to go outside but now need to learn to
use an indoor
potty potty area.
Since dogs are drawn to
potty in
areas they do not perceive as the den — the dining room, living room, or
areas we might not
use on a daily basis — these rooms are often mistaken by your pup as emergency indoor bathrooms.
Only
Use the Specified
Potty Spot As you check in, ask the front desk to point out the designated pet potty
Potty Spot As you check in, ask the front desk to point out the designated pet
potty potty area.
You shouldn't create an additional indoor
potty area for him in your bedroom unless you plan to have one there long - term, so
using the crate overnight and his confinement zone with
potty area during the day works well for many puppy owners.