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kmmt10


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help girls! Boo is just not getting it. As i have said many times before i know it doesn't help that we are at work all day - but when he is home all day and in "his" room and at night too he uses the pads with no problem.  Even in the morning when i go in there to get him i don't let him out of there till he goes.. but once he is out and on the weekends and evenings when we are home he still chooses to go anywhere he wants and not in his room on the pads!!! The one place he loves is the bathroom rug - now, i will give him the credit of going in to the right room but........ (ha..ha..)
So someone had mentioned to me about liter training him? Has anyone ever done this and what do you think of it??? Should i try it or keep working with the pads??? He is 5 months old now and i thought it might start getting easier!

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when peanut was five month old i think he tried to test me. That time i was trying to get hime housetrained as well and he knew that the only plays for him to pee is outside because everytime when we went outside he peed right away but he still did in inside the house sometimes, right next to me!!!!
Well i told him NO, dont do that, grapped him and put him outside. (Where he peed right away)
He did that a couple more times until he finally stopped peeing in the house.

I took me a long time to get him housebroken, so dont give up he is going to learn that the only place for him to pee are his pads.

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 Hey Kris. I know the snow has really sucked, but I would also start taking him outside, hes old enough, as long as hes not out too long, it seems normal for them to potty outside and they think they need to mark there territory. I would just start tring that and see how he does. does he seem to just want to pee or does he ever want to mark in the house? Good luck, let me know what you decide to do?

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kmmt10


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Selena,
Thanks! Here is the funny thing - he will pee on the pads all time. its the other he will go where ever!! I was thinking i would try to take him outside but i have to get out there and clean our back patio off as its up to our thighs in snow!!! ha..ha..ha..
i will give it a try!! another thing is everytime i open the door to see if he wants to go out there he'll come to the door and then once he feels the cold air he runs the other way!!!



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Before I got Ellie I had heard that little dogs take a longer time to housetrain than larger breeds.  I just thought 'Pah!  That sounds ridiculous!  Why would it be different for smaller dogs than large?!'  But it is!  I'd say it took Ellie like 8 months to be fully housetrained!  I guess, what I'm trying to say is, dont worry, it's kinda normal for toy breeds.

It sounds to me like you are giving Boomer too much freeedom when you are home.  I think he probably gets confused by that; I dont suppose for a moment he is doing it on purpose.  Dogs, by nature, want to please their 'alphas' so I dont think it's intentional or vindictive. 

I had a similar problem with Ellie.  I had a pen for her at night and was slowly opening it up and making it bigger to the point where the pen had gone and she could be trusted not to foul the bedroom at night.  Well, apparently (according to Ellie!) I rushed the last stage and she didn't know where she was meant to go, so I had to take a step back.  I reduced the size of her pen for a little while longer until I felt she was ready, at which point I reopened it.  Now she is fine. 

I would suggest giving Boo less freedom of the whole house to begin with.  I know it's hard, if you're at home you want him with you, but for the sake of his training I would restrict his running ground for a little while.  He'll soon get the message because he'll want to be with you too.  Make his initial space small, then gradually get bigger and bigger til he's allowed in all rooms.  

As for the cold part, well I know how much snow you've got right now, but I would really be making him go out.  Put on that cute lil coat you've got him and one for yourself and go out with him.  Dont come back in til he's relieved himself.  It may take like half an hour, but he's got to realise you're the boss and you can outlast him.  Having a trigger word helps.  I developed one by mistake with Ellie.  I got her when it was very cold and snowy and whenever I took her outside I'd stand there shivering telling her 'Quickly!  Hurry up!'  It was a mistake, but having a pee/poop command is great!   I'd recommend it to anyone.  

Anyway, sorry that turned into a bit of a novel!  But I know just how backbreaking this time is for you and so wanted to give you as much advice as possible!  Let us know how you get on, wont you?

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My pups are doing so good with their puppy pads, Blaze and Brody are going to the pads all the time. I don't change the pads only once a day. That way they can smell the poop and pee and know it is on the pad. After they get the idea you can change the pad more. Also if you see he is sniffing around or circling around trying to hunker down then get him to a pad pronto. Then before you know it he will be going on his own.

-- Edited by whortonwho at 21:34, 2007-03-07

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I have to agree. It sounds gross but don't change the pads to often. The smell helps them. If you find some pee, no matter how old, show it to him, and then make him smell it, (not rub his nose in it), take him to the pad and make him stay there while saying "you pee here". It sounds really dumb, but if you do it over and over, after a few weeks it works! I have two chi's and they were both really hard to train. But now they seem to get it "most" of the time. Good Luck!

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Jess, when using that theory, do you keep a pee pad in the pen with them or... ?

Corona's almost 6 months old now and the only way we prevent accidents is by taking her outside every hour... which I am NOT prepared to do for the next 12+ years of her life! lol She seems fine to hold it when she's in her crate for up to four hours (or overnight), but otherwise, she just goes when she has to go. Unfortunately, she also thinks pee pads are a toy now and will tear them apart in seconds. doh

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