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[HELP!!!] House breaking a Brittany Spaniel(Updated)
- Thread starter Mystery Man
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Kahuna Burger
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random thoughts. Most dog professionals call it house training now, not house breaking. The reason isn't just a nicer sound, its a question of training the dog to pee outside rather than just breaking it of the habit of peeing in the house.
Do the crate thing for sure. Dog comes out of the crate and goes straight outside. If dog pees outside, "Good Boy!" treat and inside play. If dog does not pee outside, back into crate, wait half an hour, repeat. Make sure you set a time limit on how long you will give him before bringing him in, and do not let him run loose or have a lot of outside play time until he has a handle on this. He needs to associate the outside, going pee and getting rewarded. I cannot count the number of puppy owners who let their dog out to romp about and then it comes back in, remember it needs to pee and goes on the floor. :\
Outside of being crated at night, one rule of thumb is that at puppy can hold his urine for one hour for each month old he is. So make sure you are taking puppy out every two hours when you are at home. If he doesn't pee when you take him out, again, wait in the crate for 30 minutes or so.
8 weeks is very young. He is not going to be house trained at that age. So use the crate to control the peeing in the house and strongly reward outside peeing.
Oh and get some Natures Miracle or other enzematic cleaner for the spots where he has peed. You have to get all the smell up or he sees the spot of a former accident as a big "PEE HERE" beacon.
Do the crate thing for sure. Dog comes out of the crate and goes straight outside. If dog pees outside, "Good Boy!" treat and inside play. If dog does not pee outside, back into crate, wait half an hour, repeat. Make sure you set a time limit on how long you will give him before bringing him in, and do not let him run loose or have a lot of outside play time until he has a handle on this. He needs to associate the outside, going pee and getting rewarded. I cannot count the number of puppy owners who let their dog out to romp about and then it comes back in, remember it needs to pee and goes on the floor. :\
Outside of being crated at night, one rule of thumb is that at puppy can hold his urine for one hour for each month old he is. So make sure you are taking puppy out every two hours when you are at home. If he doesn't pee when you take him out, again, wait in the crate for 30 minutes or so.
8 weeks is very young. He is not going to be house trained at that age. So use the crate to control the peeing in the house and strongly reward outside peeing.
Oh and get some Natures Miracle or other enzematic cleaner for the spots where he has peed. You have to get all the smell up or he sees the spot of a former accident as a big "PEE HERE" beacon.
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