I just got a 3 year old Jack Russell and I'm having trouble house training her?

Yes, JRTs are smart dogs and you can absolutely train her to pee outside.

Get rid of the puppy pads, do not let her pee inside on anything. They work for some dogs but they are, like newspapers, making a one-step process into a two-step process.

Pick a place outside that you want her to pee. Female dogs tend to pee on the same area (which is why they also kill lawns) all the time.

Put her somewhere and then thoroughly clean any areas that you suspect she peed in with a fresh bottle of enzymatic cleaner like nature's miracle. If you are unsure, try using a black light at night all through the house. You need to remove all traces of scent from her perspective.

If she is going behind the couch, move the couch against the wall. If she is going under the bed, put things under there so she cannot get underneath.

Put her on a highly regulated, strict schedule of eating and drinking. She does not need to have access to water all the time and should not until she is housebroken.

As an adult, she can hold it through the night and for 8 hours during the day. Ideally, start training her when you can be with her 24/7 to get her used to the new routine. If you can't take time from work, start Friday afternoon and go through Sunday.

Regulate her food/water intake, take her outside every couple of hours if necessary. Keep her on a leash with you or in a crate when you cannot watch her. Take her to the same place outside. When she goes, pop a treat into her mouth and give her lots of praise. Let her play outside, take her for a walk and then come back in and continue the regimen.

If you have to go to work, place her in a crate or a very small bathroom and come home at lunch to let her out. As an adult, she should be able to pick this up very quickly. If she has an 'accident', put her somewhere and clean it up with the enzymatic cleaner.

Shelter dogs that have been allowed to pee on concrete have problems initially as well. There is no reason that with strict discipline your dog can't be a clean dog very quickly.

creat training is the best way to start. Get a creat nothing to big or it will pee in there as well. dogs won't pee were they sleep. Since it is a older dog it will take a bit more time and patience. Anytime you can't watch the dog put it in its cage. Praise it lots when it does go outside, maybe even carry a few treats with you. You can also try keeping it on a leash with you. Take it outside frequently like after every meal when it wakes up and after playtime just like you would do for a puppy it will learn eventually. It will just take time.

Keep her in small place like maybe a bathroom or buy her a cage when your not home try to take her on a leash for long walks after she eats or drinks maybe that will help. About the previous owners they probably never took their time to train her when she was young. Good luck.

I would make a schedule to let her out every so often. Make it the same time each day, probably right when she wakes up and throughout the day, making sure she goes before you go to sleep. If she is used to going outside, she ( hopefully) wont feel the need to do her buisness inside. Also, if you have carpeting, clean out the pee marks with a special de scentizer. Dogs like to go the same place more than once, so if she can still smell it, it will be like a teaser.

Good luck!

why the hell at age of 3 is she not housetrained? that is ridiculous..its not your fault i'm not mad at you, but the stupid people that gave her to you.."she responded to the puppy pads"? what does that even mean..geez..well they should never be allowed to have a pet again, but you have her now, and bless you for taking her and please don't give up on her..you can house train her..you need to be very consistent about training..take her out every hour while you are at home..this way you can see how often she needs to go and how long she might beable to go..when your gone she needs to be in a crate..this will become her home and i find that when they respect that then they respect your home as well..at first, again just to see how long she can last, i wouldn't leave her for more than 3 hours..if you can have someone come over and releave her..give her a treat when she goes and even putting her in the crate..leave her a toy she likes that she can't destroy in the crate. i would become her shadow in the house..don't leave a room without her and don't her leave a room without you..keep a very close eye on her. if you catch her trying to go, quickly pick her up and take her outside..some dogs will keep going some get startled and stop until you get them outside. if you catch her as she is finishing and you know there is no time to get her outside, i would firmly tap her on the nose and say "no"..i would put her on a food schedule as well..she can only eat and drink when you give it to her..she needs to rely on you for everything..its vital..if its always out at first they take advantage..she needs to learn respect for you..once she eats and drinks i would take her out about 30-45 min later and encourage her to go potty..its all about consistency..good luck!

I used to have a Jack Russell. They seemed like pretty smart dogs but my dog wasn't. He ate EVERYTHING!! I put him in a crate with a towel to lay on and he ate the ENTIRE towel piece by piece!!! He ate my panties, he ate my favorite shirt. He was just crazy so we drove him to the country (Georgia) and now he lives with my mom in law and he roams freely. He eats up peoples gardens, fights squirrels, and has a carefree life. He was too hard to train!!

First of all, that age is just right because you 're supposed to start training at the age of 3 months old. Oh well, better late then ever, right?

You have to keep training until she gets it right praise her if she does it right and don't shout at her if she did it wrong. Instead, try the training again.

Things need time, so be patient. teach her with love and a caring heart. That is definitely what you should do.

TRY IT !!!

Crate training sounds like what you need

http://www.inch.com/~dogs/cratetraining.html

Yes it will take more time but is a possibility. Please try a professional trainer at this age if you cant handle it.

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