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[Carissa]

So I just got a puppy almost a week ago and she have been potty trained by the breeder before to do her business in her pee tray. However, she doesn't seem to be doing so and kept sleeping on the pee tray and she would do her business elsewhere in her cage. I would find her dragging her food bowl and toppling it over onto the pee tray as well.

I've tried observing her and trying to say "NO" to her immediately after she peed in the wrong spot but she doesn't seem aware of it. She was too excited the moment I get close to her to scold.

I also tried spraying those training aif that supposed to make her pee in the spot it was sprayed on but she still doesn't. I also tried replacing the pee pad in the pee trag to the one she had just peed on but she still continues to not pee on the tray.

Any help please? :( thank you!

Edited by Carissa, 16 January 2019 - 12:15 PM.

[FloorCandy]

You'll find that even when breeders say puppy pad trained, it's not accurate. Often the puppies are kept in a crate or playpen, so the pad takes up most of the space, hence why they're using it, theres no other choice.

All the behaviors you described are typical puppy behaviors. You need to train the puppy with rewards for going potty where hes supposed to. Puppies at 8 weeks can hold their potty for about 1-2 hours, and every week in age after that, they can hold it an hour or so longer. You should crate train the puppy, because most wont choose to potty where they lay and stand, so a small space causes them to hold it in.

Take the puppy out to potty every hour at first, and work up from there, by the time your puppy is 4 months old he should be able to hold it thru most of the night, and should reliably go where you tell him (outside or on a pad etc.)

[Carissa]

You'll find that even when breeders say puppy pad trained, it's not accurate. Often the puppies are kept in a crate or playpen, so the pad takes up most of the space, hence why they're using it, theres no other choice.
All the behaviors you described are typical puppy behaviors. You need to train the puppy with rewards for going potty where hes supposed to. Puppies at 8 weeks can hold their potty for about 1-2 hours, and every week in age after that, they can hold it an hour or so longer. You should crate train the puppy, because most wont choose to potty where they lay and stand, so a small space causes them to hold it in.
Take the puppy out to potty every hour at first, and work up from there, by the time your puppy is 4 months old he should be able to hold it thru most of the night, and should reliably go where you tell him (outside or on a pad etc.)

Currently she is in a cage/crate and her area is pretty small with the pee tray. However, she does her business everywhere but the pee tray. So I can't seem to find any opportunity to be able to reward her for doing it right.

I placed the pee tray on the right side of the crate and she peed on the left. After seeing that she always peed on the left, I tried changing the pee tray to be on the left. But she peed on the right side instead afterwards.

[nebit]

First, you don't want to train the dog to pee in her crate. A crate is a no-pee zone. Second, if she has enough space to pee in one corner and sleep in another- the crate is too big. What kind if puppy is it? If it's bigger than a toy dog, you'll likely be better off just housebreaking and teaching the pup to go outside.

 

And this age, that means VERY frequent potty breaks (every 30-60 minutes) where you take the puppy to the "right" spot and reward heavily when they go, then give them some free time and play when you go in. Inside, if you can not actively watch the puppy very closely, then the puppy should be in it's crate, which should be just big enough to stand up, sit down, and turn around. Take the puppy out immediately when it leaves it's crate. If your puppy pees in the house- it's because you were not watching it well enough- that's your fault, not the puppy's, the puppy doesn't know better. Keep a strict routine, and the puppy will learn quickly.

 

Keep in mind the max time they can be expected to hold their bladder is about an hour for month of age, at 8 weeks I'd take them out much more often, but even once they "get it", until their adults you have to keep them on a strict schedule and bring them out frequently, just gradually lengthening the intervals until they're full grown.

 

If this puppy is a toy dog, that may alter things a bit- toy dogs have tiny bladders and often can't hold it nearly as long as bigger dogs can.

[nebit]

Currently she is in a cage/crate and her area is pretty small with the pee tray. However, she does her business everywhere but the pee tray. So I can't seem to find any opportunity to be able to reward her for doing it right.

I placed the pee tray on the right side of the crate and she peed on the left. After seeing that she always peed on the left, I tried changing the pee tray to be on the left. But she peed on the right side instead afterwards.

If you're going to pad train, when you catch the puppy going in the "wrong" place, interrupt it (pick it up mid-stream if needed) and place the puppy in the "right" place. Then praise. During the day, you should place the puppy on the "right" place at the same frequent intervals as if you were going outside. If you cant watch your dog so that you can see her peeing in the "wrong" place and correct it, the dog needs to be in the crate instead.

[Joanne01]

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[lil BIG dwarf]

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[Rezorios]

Well, I had the same situation with my dog when she was little, she wrote in one place and then lay down in a puddle and in the end, she stank terribly and I had to wash her with shampoo, I found a good shampoo in one blog oodlelife.com that was able to kill the fuse of urine. Over time, my dog learned to walk in the tray and the problem disappeared, in principle, you can repeat just buy a dry shampoo that does not require flushing with water and try to constantly move the animal to the place where it should go the toilet and then immediately remove it from there and block the passage. I hope you can solve the problem.

[zerotwo]

Well, that could happen because of a couple of things. Either the breeder lied to you and kept her in a crate or playpen, or she misses her ex-owner, and she just doesn't accept you and the new place in general. I know it might sound a bit too rough, but that could be true. You could try to train her with clicker puppy training. I did that with my puppies, and everything went fine. We had a similar issue with our french bulldog, and this training helped us a lot. Now, she is only peeing outdoors.

Edited by zerotwo, 15 November 2021 - 11:09 PM.