How do I housebreak my puppy?

Small dogs are harder to house train than larger ones.

Small dogs can’t hold it as long as larger dogs, they get cold easier when it is cold or rainy outside making them not want to go out, and a house can seem so big to them that they think going potty on the other side of the house is as good as going outside.

Crate training is the best way to housebreak your dog. Dogs will not void where they sleep. Get a dog crate (a cage actually) and make your dog’s bed in it. Keeping your dog in the crate will force it to hold it until you take them out. When your dog goes in the right place outside be sure to reward and heap praise! Dogs don’t mind sleeping in confined spaces so crating them overnight is a good idea to ensure you won’t wake up to any suprises. Of course you have to be reasonable. If you crate your dog overnight take them out first thing when you wake up. If you can’t supervise you dog for a few hours in the day crate durring that period. If you crate durring the day be sure to take your dog out every couple of hours!

Sometimes dogs have reasons to void in the house. We had a well trained Chihuahua that got jealous when we brought our daughter home from the hospital. That dog started to poop right in front of our daughter’s bastinet. Our current dog is a Papillion who is generally trustworthy but doesn’t like to go out when it is cold and/or wet outside so we have to crate or watch him at these times.

first off that is hilarious! second off this is the deal! when you get up in the morning take the dog outside for a piss! then feed it outside if need be because right after it eats it will want to poop for real! after that you should be cool! 12 hours later take the dog out again for a piss then feed for the poop extraction process and you should be good to go! follow that schedule and you should be good to go! trust me dogs do not want to defacate where they intake!

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When I first got my dog, he wasn’t housebroken either. Like Mandycats said, you might try the Puppy Pads. My dad got those when we were training my dog; what we did was placed them in specific spots around the house until Fletcher (my dog) was used to going on them. Then, we slowly started moving them closer and closer to the door that leads into our yard. Eventually, we got rid of them entirely and would just open the door whenever Fletcher walked to the door. He learned to just walk over to the door when he had to go out, and that solved it for us. I hope that was of some help; best of luck!

One idea is that you could watch to see if he has a special spot that he goes to when ever he feels he has to go poop, find that spot because dogs are compelled to go near the same place, once you find it buy puppy pads and put them where your dog goes keep repeating this and then take it outside and show him that he should be pooping out side, he might wanna do it out there if the puppy pads are out there and then start gradualy taking them away. it worked for my dog i hope it works for yours…….GOOD LUCK!

well idk we had to house break her first for a little because she didnt have all her shots. We just kept a close eye on her and when we would see her we would grab her(pick her up) and run her over to the paper where she would do her stuff and we would praise her shortly after she got all her shots we then did it where we ran her down the stairs outside and praised her she got it fairly quickly thank god. So I hope that might of helped some now our apartment is quite small so running her to the spot was really quick we also live on the second floor or a building with stairs so n oneed for elevator wait. Good Luck