Comments on: 20 Tips for How to House Train a Puppy

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:13:27 +0000

I just adopted 2 pit bull mix brother and sister, the girl keeps going potty in the crate i know they are only 9 weeks old but is there anything that i should be doing differ. They are on a schedule but she keeps going potty in the house and in the crate. The foster parents said they were crate training her but i really don’t see it. The boy is a love he waits to be taken out, but just recently he sees her and does the same thing. We have a 1 years old shitzhu and i guess we got super lucky bc he would go on the peepee pads and then he would just go outside. I guess i shouldn’t be comparing but i need help. i guess i just needed to vent about the puppies. Any feedback will be very helpful.

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:17:36 +0000

Nikki Ellis,
I just got a 5 month old minpin, my question to you is, when you put her in her bed after her accident (potty in house) how long did you keep her there? My girl, she will pee on her pads in the designated doggy room, but the minute I let her out to play, she pees or poops on the carpet, even though I have puppy pads laying around. And I have read that they will use the same spot. Not my girl, its a different spot every time! Even when she pees outside, she never uses the same spot. What can I do?

By: Azadeh

Azadeh — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:29:52 +0000

I have a apple head chihuahua name Lilikoi, shes about 3 months old, she knows the newspaper in her box is where she goes potty but sometimes when it is right by her, she ends up popping right in front of it on the carpet…I must say I admit I did make her smell the spot she soiled in and told her that was a naughty thing she did…and I was also told that flicking her nose would be a good training method when she makes an accident. I mean shes spoiled, she sleeps on the bed with me, and cries when I place her in the bed I bought her and will cry if I leave her there to sleep in…Im trying to get use to sleeping by herself and the areas of her sleeping area, and her poopy/pee box right across from her…but I feel bad when she cries! ): I need help!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:08:23 +0000

I have a 3 year old Min-pin mix and I feed her twice a day early in the morning and afternoon before 4pm. and she still poops and pees in the house. i don’t understand why she holds it. she has a doggie door and a huge yard to go in. my 3 other dogs have never gone in the house. I have had my other dogs since they were puppies and now there 6,7,& 8, have never had a problem with them. only our new dog is the problem and we got her a few months ago and have been trying everything we can think of to correct the situation. please help. we cant take it anymore. we rent our house and and are expecting a child and I hate peeing and pooping in the house

By: Joyce Salaz

Joyce Salaz — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:30:54 +0000

I don’t know my website, But we have 3 chihuashuas that are smelling up the house. I also need to know what takes the smell out of the furniture.

By: phyllis mishoe

phyllis mishoe — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:16:37 +0000

I have an 8 week old rat terrier. She does fine when i take her outside to relieve herself, but when its time for her deficate she will do it in the house. I have puppy pads out. she will urinate on the puppy pad, but i cannot get her to deficate on the pad. What am i doing wrong? I need help.

By: Nikki Ellis

Nikki Ellis — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:51:11 +0000

Hiya Savannah,
I had the same problem with my Puppy. She is now 6 months old, i rescued her when she was about 2 months old. When i first got her she was terrified of the crate, so i decided to keep putting her in it and thought she would get used it, but she never did in the end i just put a dog bed on the floor, and she sleeps on it. Most Puppies have anxiety about being left on there own, especially when they have had quite a few owners, So try a dog bed instead of a crate. With the Weeing, i used puppy pads to start off with and she used them fine, but when i removed them she just weed in the place that puppy pad was, so she didnt really understand it at all. Everytime i took her out for a walk she would hold it and wee as soon as we got inside. So when i had a weekend off work, every 30 minutes i took her outside and as soon as i got inside i put her in her bed, as i knew she wouldnt wee on it. i kept doing it until she weed, and eventually she realised that if she weed outside then she could come in and run around and play. But it took be a good 3 months to train her, and she still has accidents now and again, you just have to be patient. Hope this helps.

By: savannah

savannah — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:07:45 +0000

I have a problem I have a 8mth old chiweenie…he was rescued from a puppy mill (do i cant use a crate he terrified) then taken to a woman who had 15 dogs (all very well mannered) but she never really made them go outside in grass only on sand like stuff.I am having a very hard time potty training him he uses puppy pads just fine. But i think they are gross and dogs shouldnt learn to use them. He is terrified of everything. The leash especially. I let him drag the leash around the house for 20 mins at a time to reassure him its not going to hurt him. But when i get him outside all he does is sniff around for 15 mins then i bring him back inside and he uses the puppy pad…how do i get him to potty outside PLEASE HELP ME!

By: ope

ope — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:42:52 +0000

hi i have a 4yr old minpin and he poops and pees in the house and i have tryed to tell him that it is not ok and that does not work anyone have any ideas to help me out he was 3yrs old when i got him from down south PLEASE help

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:05:09 +0000

thank you for this information because my father is trying to get rid of my puppy because he keeps having accidents in the house but he is only 5 months old