[HELP!!!] House breaking a Brittany Spaniel(Updated)

[Mystery Man]

Any advice? This dog is 8 weeks old and hyper, hyper, hyper! He's a little goofy too but we love him just the same.

He pees.

A lot!

Right now we only take him outside to go potty. Then its a hearty "good boy!" and its back in the house. He now starts running to us for a pat on the head when he's done. He's learning the word "NO" and his name, "Joey" (my daughter named him, she's five cut her some slack) and he difinitely knows when he's peed in the house its bad because we (gently) push his nose in it with a scolding. Nothing rough.

Any other advice? How much water should we be giving him during the day? Any other tricks of the trade?

I'd love to hear! I beg, help me save my brand new expensive carpet!!

 

[GlassJaw]

Did you do any research on breeds before you got him? All the things you cite are classic examples of spaniel behavior. They are extremely active. I would say contact your vet and ask for a recommendation.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Any advice? This dog is 8 weeks old and hyper, hyper, hyper! He's a little goofy too but we love him just the same.

If you are lucky, KidCthulhu will find this thread and help you.

Some things you're doing right, some things you're doing wrong. The scolding for the peeing really only works if you catch the puppy in the act of piddling. You know, dogs don't really have the cognitive capacity to understand why they're being punished after the fact. He can't correlate the punishment to the behavior.

As someone who DIDN'T do it right the first time, trust me-- you do not want to screw up the Housebreaking portion of your puppy's training. (We just recently replaced the last of the carpet from our house with tile, at great expense. Which really just means he pees on the tile or the hardwood, but at least the house doesn't smell like pee anymore.)

Get used to the idea of crating the puppy when he can't be supervised.

Do a google search for Housebreaking a Puppy-- plenty of info out there.

 

[Mystery Man]

Did you do any research on breeds before you got him? All the things you cite are classic examples of spaniel behavior.

Oh definitely and I love spaniels period, they're my favorite dog. I grew up with cocker spaniel but my mother was the one who housebroke her, I was much too young at the time.

Joey is a very outgoing energetic sweet-natured goofball who is very well behaved most of the time. He's great with our kids too, who do most of the playing with him so he's a very happy little guy.

 

[Mystery Man]

The scolding for the peeing really only works if you catch the puppy in the act of piddling. You know, dogs don't really have the cognitive capacity to understand why they're being punished after the fact. He can't correlate the punishment to the behavior.

Indeed, we only scold him and even then its a mild one with no soothing after the fact (he has to know that what he did was wrong) and only when we catch him doing it.

 

[Turanil]

Any other advice?

I recommend to bring the dog to a Chinese restaurant.

 

[der_kluge]

Kill it and take... er wait, dogs don't have any loot. Nevermind.

Seriously, the big mistake you made was buying a boy dog. They tend to want to mark their territory all the time, so they'll pee a little bit everywhere. This is why female dogs tend to be a bit more expensive. They don't do that.

Other than that, it sounds like you're doing the right stuff. They sell some stuff that makes dogs not want to pee there. You can also put their toys in the places where they have peed, so they won't view it as a toilet anymore. Or, move the food bowl around. Dogs won't pee where they eat.

 

[Mystery Man]

You can also put their toys in the places where they have peed, so they won't view it as a toilet anymore. Or, move the food bowl around. Dogs won't pee where they eat.

Those are great ideas thanks!

 

[DaveMage]

When I first saw this thread, I thought you were trying to house-break Brittany Spears...

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

When I first saw this thread, I thought you were trying to house-break Brittany Spears...

Well, she is whelping a litter, from what I hear.