Puppy House-Training

[Patsy271]

Hi everyone. I brought my 9 week old puppy home on Thursday. He has had first vaccination and worming/flea treatment. I have managed to anticipate wee/pooing on a few occasions, by taking him out at the right time and praised him well. The rest of the time I haven't been able to catch him in time. How long does it usually take before they let you know they need to go?

 

[2bullymama]

My guy took two full years to get on a good schedule, but at the age of 13 now—- he still NEVER indicates he needs to go so we keep a two-three hour potty schedule when we are at home with them

 

[Patsy271]

My guy took two full years to get on a good schedule, but at the age of 13 now—- he still NEVER indicates he needs to go so we keep a two-three hour potty schedule when we are at home with them

Thank you. I've noticed that he keeps sniffing his bum when he needs a poo. Which is fine if I didn't have to work!

 

[Cbrugs]

All of mine were around 5 - 6 months of age. At 9 weeks old, there will definitely be accidents. Make sure you establish a routine of taking him out to potty and give praise and/or high value treats when he does go. Generally speaking, at that age you want to take them out about 15 minutes after eating or drinking, after playing and after waking up. If he doesn't go, you can put him in a crate for a bit, then take him outside again, etc.

For all of mine, our routine was scoop them up and take them out the backdoor to the yard for potty time. So then they associated the backdoor with needing to potty and one day, each one just magically went to the backdoor indicating they needed to potty.

 

[sheila]

Hi everyone. I brought my 9 week old puppy home on Thursday. He has had first vaccination and worming/flea treatment. I have managed to anticipate wee/pooing on a few occasions, by taking him out at the right time and praised him well. The rest of the time I haven't been able to catch him in time. How long does it usually take before they let you know they need to go?

My Frenchie took about 2 months to housebreak. Tucker is 3 years old now. I used crate training and TONS of positive reinforcement. I’ve ALWAYS been able to housebreak any dog and it always comes down to ONE thing. After a couple of months of crate training and major positive reinforcement, unfortunately you just have to break that a$$ ONE TIME when they “go” in the house. It’s a real shock-a-roo to the dog, but it works! But DON’T resort to that right away! Do the two months of POSITIVE Reinforcement FIRST, then when you are forced to spank him or her, the lesson just gels immediately. And you don’t have to spank him hard, use a VERY STERN AND LOUD VOICE to say , “NO!”, a quick swat and then take them immediately outside to finish. PRAISE THEM immensely after they “go”. Tucker was fully housebroken after that, although I did get “the look”. Also, when they are young, they can’t hold their pee for more than 4 hours in the crate. Keep that in mind because you don’t want them to EVER pee in their crate. As they get older, they can hold their urine much longer. Tucker is good for 8-9 hours now in a crate when he has to spend the night in one. Good luck and you’ll get there. Frenchies ARE stubborn, but trainable. They’re not near as hard as Chihuahuas to housebreak!