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8 month pup is not taking to house training

  • 05-01-2011 11:05pm
    #1
    lcrcboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 562 ✭✭✭


    We have a 8 month soft coated wheaten terrier pup so far he has been a nightmare with house training he seems to have the idea of peeing outside but when it comes to taking a dump for some reason he seems to wait until we are back inside and not looking and then he goes, its starting to wear on my patience and basically Im just wondering does anyone here have any good tips with dealing with this

    please help Im sick of smelling it and stepping in it :(:(
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  • #2
    andreac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭andreac


    Do you bring him outside after every mealtime and stay with him until he goes? Do you reward him when he goes outside?
    You need to reward him and encourage him to go outside and stay outside with him until he goes.
    Most dogs will go straight after a meal or when they get up in the morning so you need to be aware of this and try and catch him before he goes.


  • #3
    Cherry Blossom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,975 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    Go back to absolute basics and crate train him from scratch. There are dozens of threads on here on crate/house training if you do a search for them.


  • #4
    boxerly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭boxerly


    mmm I have a 3 year old bichon who on occasion pees and poops in my house?She was trained the same as my 2 boxers and all of my fosters and strays and yet will still do it?She is a very strange likkle dog indeed :rolleyes:


  • #5
    Cherry Blossom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,975 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    Bichons are notoriously hard to toilet train, my friend has one and had problems also. There was a thread a good while ago specifically about a bichon with similar issues.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=133168

    Read my second post on page 2, this is what worked for my friends fella.


  • #6
    boxerly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭boxerly


    Thanks was begining to think it was me or that she was mad or something:Dsmall dogs are so much harder than big ole slobs IMHO of course :)


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  • #7
    pitbull_fanatic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 213 ✭✭pitbull_fanatic


    best thing you can do is leave him out until he goes for a dump. watch him out the window. as soon as you see him going, go straight out with a treat and give it to him as he's going. then bring him in. sounds retarded but my pitbull used do the same and at 1 year old was still doing it. so i did what i explained above and in about a week he was on the money. now i just say go toilet and they jump out of bed, i leave them out and they dump on and straight back in again!


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