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disaster puppy
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I just got a new puppy. He's 1 month and a half and a yorkie. I don't know what to do, he's horrible. I tried to walk him. And he won't walk he's too small plus its too cold outside. I bought him puppy pads so he can pee and do his "business" on but he doesn't. He does it everywhere around the house. My mom hates it. Its starting to smell horrible. (The house) and she wants me to give him away. I don't want too cause I love him plus I paid so much money for him. And if she knew she would make me return him. As far as she knows I got it for "free". But anyway, how do I train him? What do I do? I already bought him the spray that smells like pee so I can spray it on the pad and he can know where to pee on. But he doesn't do it there. He does it everywhere and that's a problem. What do I do? Please help. I don't want my mom to take me away from max :( thankyou!
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Before getting a dog the FIRST thing an owner mustdo is learn how dogs behave. I seriously suggest you read up on your dog psychology. It seems you are treating the dog as a child and not as a dog. You show a dog love with boundaries, discipline, exercise and food. Last of all is affection.
Unless you're going to freeze to death then its not too cold for a dog. They need once a day. Either give your dog several half hour walks a day or fewer hour plus long walks a day. Buy a collar for around the neck. Relax your shoulders and arms, hold your head high, dog on a short leash and force him to walk. Keep him in toe with you. As you learn more of behaviour then you will notice good and bad behaviour on walks.
Youll need to recognise how they use their eyes, ears, head, whole body as well as what theyre really trying to say to you.
Let your dog outside every two or three hours to do his business. When he tries to do his business in the house then gently and calmly (but firmly) scold him and show him where to do his business. He will make mistakes but he will get the message if youre consistent. Only correct at the time. dogs never live in the past. if you correct him after, he wont know what he has done wrong.
Being outdoors will have smells of other animals. he'l naturally want to mark his territory and when he does well, really praise the crap outta him for doing the right thing. Dogs respond well to consistent discipline.
Do your homework and learn how to be a proper pack leader!
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Puppies take time and patience
1, Pee-Pads are good training in the winter but don't get your puppy used too going to the bathroom indoors or when you do outside training he won't go to the bathroom.
2, A bit gross, If your puppy poops take a napkin pick it up and put it on the pee-pee pad. Here you leave a scent and puppies sometimes have a tendency to go to the bathroom where the scent is.
Monitor your puppy, If he attempts to drink water or eat keep an eye on him it won't be long before he has to go to the bathroom. When he does pick him up and put him on the pee pad. IF, You decide to bring your puppy outdoors you can always swing by a pet store and buy him a jacket to keep him warm.
Like Witty said below, Puppy training will take a few months you have to be patient. Overtime he will get the hang of it.
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First off, a month and a half is barely old enough to function for a puppy.
Peeing is going to happen. House training a dog can take a few months. Get some strong cleaner for the floor like 409, get carpet cleaner if you've got carpets. Put newspaper down and don't give him free roam of the house. When he realizes that peeing gets you upset he will try to get out of your vision in order to do his business, and you'll be dealing with this longer than you really want to. Have tons of paper towels on hand, and clean up any area he pees in immediately. The smell will only encourage him, you want to clean up his leavings asap.
Now. Getting him potty trained.
Young dogs can hold their bladder for about an hour per month of age. If you see him drinking, check your watch. Take him outside in about forty five minutes to go to the bathroom, and stay out there until he does.
Feeding should be on a schedule. Give him food he can eat, let it stay there for an hour or so, then pick it back up. This will teach him that meals come on a schedule and that he has to eat when food is put out for him. Try to keep the times the same daily, this helps the dog acclimate to the schedule of the house. Three times per day if possible. Leave water out at all times and just try to pay attention to when he fills up the tank.
Now, how do you teach him where to go? You keep him in sight at all times. When he begins peeing on the floor, immediately pick him up and take him to the puppy pads, even if he's still peeing. Once he is on the puppy pads, praise him with words you want him to get familiar with. "Good pee!" works well, and will help build his familiarity with the word so when you want him to go to the bathroom you can tell him "go pee" repeatedly and he'll begin to get the idea.
Whenever possible though, take him outside instead. You don't want him too used to peeing indoors. Dogs are den animals, they will not go to the bathroom where they consider to be "home" for them or their "pack" which is your family. Your goal is to teach him that the entire house is the den.
You do this by taking him outside, when he's a little older (two and a half to three months, probably) you should take him outside every time he pees in the house. If he continues peeing outside, praise him with whatever your familiar word choices are. When you take him outside and he goes to the bathroom, praise him every time. Use simple words so he understands your meaning.
Now, a word on praise. The advice given to me about puppies is that you really need to emphasize it. Don't praise him calmly, make a big deal out of it. The exact words I were told were "if you wouldn't be slightly embarrassed to do this on a downtown street surrounded by people, you're not praising enough". Treat him like peeing outside is the most wonderful thing in the world.
Do not use treats for this. He needs to learn to train based on words and praise alone.
Another thing that will help is crating. Remember the den animals thing? Dogs actually are comforted when there is a space somewhere that's "theirs". You need a crate big enough for him to stand up in comfortably, and turn around in without having to squeeze himself around. Wal mart has cheap dog crates which should be more than big enough for a yorkie pup. You'll probably want to get a smaller one and then buy a bigger one as he grows into a more adult dog.
The crate needs to be a safe place. A happy place. Get him a chew toy that he can keep in there. Put a towel inside for him to lay on, clean it every week. When he's young, check it every time he comes out to see if he's used the bathroom on it, wash it and replace it if he has so his den stays clean. Sit down next to it sometimes with the door open, reach in, and pet him inside the crate. Once he's learned his crating command and you can tell him to go in there, tell him to go in and pet him while he's in there. If he tries to come back out calmly tell him "no, go to your room" or whatever and let him know that interacting with him while he's inside is not an express invitation to leave.
If he cries in the crate before you know he can hold his bladder, take him outside and give him bathroom commands, then bring him back inside and put him back in the crate. Crate him immediately after going to the bathroom sometimes so you can see how he's acclimating, if he still keeps crying leave him in there and use a quiet command like "hush", but don't let him back out. He has to get used to being in there.
Don't use the crate for punishment. Don't be angry about getting him to go in. It's alright to put him in there when he's being a pain in the ass, or to keep him locked up while you clean his messes, ect. Just don't put him in there "angrily". Establish a command that coincides with him ending up in the crate, we used "Go to your room" and the puppy learned where he was supposed to be when we said it.
The crate needs to have positives attached. When he goes in of his own accord, give him a treat some of the time. Not all of the time, you want the crate to be a place where good things happen randomly, so the association is created without an expectation of it happening every time.
Crates help with potty training because he'll quickly establish "this is mine!" and dogs do their best not to pee where they sleep. He will try to hold it while he is in there when he can. By the time he's six months he might well be able to hold himself all night. Until then, do not shut him in the crate all night. Put him in the crate, and put the crate in a small area with the ground covered in newspaper/puppy pads/whatever, so he can exit to go to the bathroom. You're not going to want to get up every hour to let him out, just expect messes in the morning.
If he goes in the crate on his own, don't shut him in unless you need to. Let him go take a nap and come out as he pleases. And again, every once in a while when he goes in on his own give him a treat and let him continue napping or whatever.
You probably want to look into a decent cleaner without a scent for cleaning his crate, dogs noses are sensitive, so don't use something that will hurt his senses while he's in there, the smell will last alot longer than you personally can smell it.
"Inside" and "outside" are also good words to use. Whenever you take him to go pee, or outside in general, say "Lets go outside!" and the same when you bring him in and "inside". Eventually you might see him circling or looking uncomfortable and you can ask "do you need to go outside?" and he'll hear that key word and go to the door. Dogs are pretty smart, ours learned that when I put my sandals on it meant I was leaving the house, and would see if he could go outside.
Be patient. Negative reinforcement will be largely misunderstood, if you find a puddle and shove his nose in it he won't really get it. Instead teach him what he's supposed to do, and reward him with treats or attention and praise when he does right. Establish regular patterns so that he knows what will happen and what is expected of him in the household.
In six months you could easily have a dog who knows and likes his crate, who can be left in there overnight or while you're gone if necessary without it being a problem, who will go in himself for a nap without you having to close the door, and who won't piss all over the floor.
Just remember the cardinal rule, either keep him contained in a small area he can pee in and you can easily deal with it until he's trained, or keep him within sight at all times. Get a baby gate, they're pretty cheap, don't give him the ability to run into a different room to relieve himself, so you can act every time you see him try and take him outside asap.
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