Need puppy house training advice…is it too late to crate train?
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I don’t think it’s to late to crate train her, she wont like it but since she’s so young she should adjust, she will probably cry for a night or two but it certainly is a lot easier then cleaning up her messes every morning. Good luck I’ll bet she’s adorable.
You can teach her to sleep in a crate eventhough she is 5 months, just use treats.
When she goes to the bathroom outside, give her treats. When she goes to the bathroom inside, say bad dog and put her outside to do any buisness.
Try to keep rewarding her when she goes outside, eventually, she will get it that you get treats to go outside and not inside
It’s never too late to crate train! Your dog is still a puppy anyway. She will likely protest initially, but give it time. Crate training does work wonders.
It’s never too late to crate train, especially a puppy. I have 4 dogs (had 5 but 1 just passed away). Out of the 5, only one was a planned purchase. The rest were all rescues. Even at their older ages (all were over a year), I crate trained them. They were not destructive or making a “mess” in the house but it’s always a good idea to have a secure area they can go to and/or be in when you need them out from under foot. Also, if you ever had to board them, they would need to be comfortable in crates.
Train away!!!
hiya i cant really answer the part about chewing…as my 6 and a half month lab is doing exactly that door frames skirting boards and wallpaper etc ..we are about to start crate training aswell. With regards to the toilet training is there anywere else she can be kept when you are out and try abit of vinegar on the places she uses the most to hide her scent
and good luck from a fellow lab owner
I don’t recommend using training pads for this very reason. My suggestion is A. try spraying something on that area of the floor. (there are many sprays you can find at the local pet store made so that dog doesn’t like the smell.) She will go to that area, smell it and not want to go potty there any more….hopefully. But it sounds like the idea is pretty ingrained in her so far. If all else fails, put something there…like furniture. If you ever catch her in the act…make sure you are firm with her and say NO! Hope that helps!
Maddie R
problem of pad training
you need to start over like a new puppy
take out to potty, praise
crate when you can’t supervise
Its not too late to crate train her at 5 months. We crate trained our boy at 6 months for the first time. In one day! Just be prepared, it may take longer.
First, let your pup investigate the crate, put HER bed in there and maybe some blankets and toys. Make it nice!
Ok, throw some treats inside, when she goes in to get them, praise her! “Good girl!!!” Do this a few times until she gets the hang of it.
When she starts to go in on her own, add a command. We used “Go to bed”. Then take it to the next step. Try closing the door. Only for a second. To recap this step, she goes in first with out the treat while you say “go to bed” then you close the door for a second then you open the door and give her a treat.
Then after you get that step, try latching the door only for a second. Unlatch, open, praise,treat, repeat.
When you feel comfortable, latch the door and take a few steps away and then go immediately back. Open door, praise, treat, repeat.
Next, walk away. Varied time, varied distance. Do not return to let her out if she whines or barks. Wait until she quiets down, then let her out, praise, treat and repeat.
Good luck!
This answer requires that you take a few steps back to analyze what you could do different to stop this behavior.
First, acknowledge that your dog does not know this behavior is wrong, see pad training in the hall when you are not present, or sleeping.
Two, this is the dog’s familiar area that probably still has some scent, this is the dog’s territory.
Three, a dog will need relief a few hours after it eats or drinks, just like us humans. So limit the feeding and drinking times to at least 4 to 6 hours before bedtime. And of course, take the dog out for relief at bedtime.
Another trick that may work in your case is to “always” take the dog to the same small area for relief, probably the area you brought the pad to from the house when you trained her. Call this place a name that your dog can associate with as the “relief place”, a name like “the run”. Make the dog walk through the area in the hall when you take her out for relief telling her “lets go to the run”.
Dogs are creatures of habit. Create a habit for relief that your dog will recognize with time, always taking her to the same spot, verbally associating the spot with the action.
Within 4 days, I was able to open the door and tell my dog to go to “the back” and it would go by itself for relief in that special spot and come back for her treat on her own.
If you think you may need coaching in this area, I found a site that specializes in training. You may want to check this out
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Good luck.
Crate training is the best and its never too late to crate train. We have a Great Dane and couldn’t afford a big enough kennel so what we did was take the area under the stairs and place a baby gate there. Viola! a kennel. (it cant be too big though, only big enough for them to lie down in so they don’t pee in it.)
Pee pads are a very bad idea, as im sure you now know. But crate training is definitely the best idea. If you have a multiple floored home or even just a lot of floor space, try cutting it off, so shes all ways where you can watch her. Maybe try putting a baby gate at the head of that hall way.
My dane is 5 months too, and we were having a lot of problems. During the day and when where home, the baby gate goes at the bottom of the stairs and when shes downstairs, she wont pee or poop because were there to watch her! she went from pooping once a day in the house and doing a bunch of little pees all over to Not ONE accident at all in the house at all! when we go out, she goes in her ‘kennel’ and when were there she stays downstairs with us! Its the best potty training technique we’ve ever used! I highly recommend that you purchase a cheap little baby gate.
At 5 months old you’re puppy is now realizing the difference between right and wrong, so she knows that she’s not supposed to pee there (that is if you tell her “Bad Pee!” when she pees in the house) but she just finds it easier. My pup (Felicity) dosnt like the winter cold, so she allways pooped in our hallway upstairs, but no more! out side with her poop filled intestins!
Good Luck! I really hope this is helpful!