Help! One Week In With 14 Week Old Puppy. We Can't Get Him Outside Quick Enough. Already Messed Up (boy Now That Fits!) By Rubbing Nose In It, Etc, So Now, Is It Too Late To Try The Crate? I Bought A 3 Ft. Adjustable Pen (no Top) And It Worked One Day, But He Can Climb It, So Should I Buy A Crate? Also: How Much Should A Puppy Eat?

I know very little about puppies. But please do not rub his nose in it. Nor yell and scare him. He will develop a deep distrust in you and your training will suffer, because he will be to afraid of you. https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/dogs/information-articles-our-dogs-expert-labman-53153.html Check back in tomorrow Labman and others can be more specific with you, I am afraid it is late and not many people are online.

Follow the link posted above to the sticky. It answers many common questions. Housebreaking is much more difficult if the puppy has problems leading to having to go very urgently. Take any records you were given, and a stool sample with you to the vet. When you call for an appointment, be ready to say when he had his last shots if any.

Did your parents rub your nose in it?

You take the dog outside on a regular basis say once an hour to start. Even if you have a yard you want to have him on a leash at first. When he goes you pat him and tell him good boy and give him credit. Some people give food which I strongly discourage because you teaching a lifetime trait here. When he goes in the house you simply say, not yell, bad dog or no or ignore the behavior all together.

Any behavior you want to teach your dog you ignore the bad behavior and give a lot of praise for good behavior. Dogs want to please there owners so they will respond to positive reinforcement. You have also only had the dog a week so you have to give this time.

Okay, now, I got the puppy last Tuesday. Been a week. Took him out every hour or less, except he slept all night every night, in pen by my bed. He pees every 15 minutes during the day! And no, my parents did not rub my nose in it, but after four days of pee all over the house, we tried what every older person that has ever said anything to us about puppy training said to do. Let him smell it and then took him outside. Well, he peed outside, came back in and peed again.

serioussister, please take a good look at labman's link. There are a number of books on his recommended reading list that you should take a look at. Don't listen to anyone about training methods that hasn't trained a dog in the past 5 to 10 years. The rubbing the nose in the pee is a negative reinforcement method and you will continue to have problems. If your puppy is able to hold in his urine all night long and then during the day he is peeing every 15 minutes, then he is reacting to you and the training methods you are using. He is becoming a nervous wreck because he understands you are upset but doesn't understand what you want from him. Positive reinforcement training, as everyone else here has stated, is the way to go. You need to ignore the bad behavior, reward the good behavior. Your dog will respond to it. Praise him when he does his business outside. Get excited, tell him "Good Boy!" in a happy & excited voice, and pet him. If you don't catch your dog peeing inside and just find the puddle, ignore it and just clean up the mess. If you do catch him in the middle of it, say "No" firmly or say "ah ah ah" in a staccato voice to get his attention focused on you, pick him up and get him outside quickly. When he pees outside, again, praise him. He will eventually make the connection. Training is all about time and patience. For certain issues, it may take hundreds of correction before your dog "gets it." If he is peeing outside, then peeing again when he gets back in, keep him outside for a longer period. Exercise him and make sure that he has fully emptied his bladder. He might also be a very dominant little dog and is already beginning to mark his territory. If you haven't done so already, you do need to bring him into to a vet for a full health check. He needs to be up to date on his shots. If he contracts Parvo virus, he can die from it, so follow your vets lead. Speak to your vet about how much food to feed him. Write up a list of all your questions and bring it with you to your appointment so you don't forget anything. During the next few months, talk to your vet about when he/she recommends neutering your dog. Usually it is around 6 months of age. As your dog ages and matures, he will continue to want to mark his territory. Neutering usually helps curb this problem.

Let me emphasis not correcting him unless you catch him in the act. Be gentle about carrying him out. Once out, He may be afraid to go in front of you. Letting him move around will get things going again, and then the praise.

You are right in emphasizing that labman. serioussister, it is very important when a dog does something we don't like, that we remain gentle and calm. Our tone of voice, our body movements, and our inner frustration levels are all easily read by dogs, and they will react to it. Puppies are easily scared by sudden movements and our frustration/anger, even if we don't outwardly show it, they can feel us tensing up. So, you need to remain as calm and gentle as possible at all times. When you feel your frustration mounting, gently pick up your dog, place him in his crate, and walk away. Do something else that you need to do for yourself. When you feel you are in the correct frame of mind to work with him again, then go back to training. If you do this, I can assure you that you will make much better progress with your training.

The problem you have with rubbing his nose in it is he thinks you dislike his pee and poop {which you do} but he will then go and do it in places were you can not see.. I have a 10 week old pup and at times I feel as though were going back wards but I have a routine with him now and I try my upmost to stick with it and its slowly working... plenty of praise and noise when he diddles outside is great.. good luck and stick with it.