please help?

i've been pee training my 3 month old lhasa apso for more than a month now. believe me, it's a lot harder to pee train a pup than to poop train so better stretch your patience a bit more. one helpful tip that i've tried is this, after your pup pees outside take the pup inside IMMEDIATELY and give the pup a treat. don't give the treat while you're outside, take the pup inside first. this way the pup will think that if he pees outside he will be rewarded. i've been doing this for more than a month now and my pup can already pee on command. i just tell him " go wee wee, good boy" and he does in less than a minute. afterwhich he rushes inside the house to get his treat. try it, good luck!

The leash idea is a good one, but here's another. One problem I've seen with people trying to housetrain their pups is that as soon as the dog potties outside, they go back inside. Puppies get smart to this really quickly and take a much time as they possibly can outside. Then the owners feel, enough's enough and bring them back inside...where they squat on the floor.

So, here's what you do: take her outside, if she doesn't urinate within a few minutes, bring her back in and put her in her kennel (see comment about kennel size below)---but only for a few minutes (3-4, not 20-30) then run her right back outside. Chances are, as soon as she comes back in, her first thought will be, "Oops, but I still have to go." If you can get her urinating outside, let her play for a bit afterwards. Dogs learn by what happens directly after what they do, which is why reward based training works so well. You can also give her a treat when she potties outside. But showing her her accident will do nothing, except possibly make her afraid of you. Make sure you're cleaning up her accidents with a product made for pets, b/c not all floor/carpet cleaners were designed to break down the enzymes that they can still smell, even when you can't see them.

If she's urinating inside her kennel, chances are it's too big. Did you buy the kennel so she could use it when she's an adult? If so, you may have to block it off a little, b/c if she can pee over there and sleep over here, it's too big. To work as housetraining aids, kennels need to be just big enough for the puppy to stand up, turn around, and lay down.

Also, you could take her to the vet and make sure nothing medical is going on. After all, then it wouldn't really be her fault.

Well if she is having accidents in the house, then she is obviously not being watched like a hawk. If you cannot watch her then she needs to be put up. Given a chance she will obviously have accidents in the house. If you need to then connect her to a leash that you have attached to you at all times so you know where she is. Puppies will have to go to the bathroom: after waking up, eating/drinking, and playing hard. Also, keep in mind that she is still young, it will take some time. All dogs are different and just because she is having trouble now doesn't mean she won't get it. Make sure you are consistent and remember if you are not watching her PUT HER UP. Given some time she will learn. Keep in mind that rubbing her nose in it will do nothing. You telling her no after she did it won't work, she'll only wonder why you're saying, "NO". If you catch her in the act take her outside asap. If you haven't noticed any abnormal discharge in her urine I would not be as concerned about a UTI, but you could always have her checked by a vet. I would call around and ask if there is a vet that specializes in behavioral issues and go see him/her. Good Luck, and remember to get your dog started on vaccines and heartworm prevention.

9 week old pup so you got her at 7 weeks. I know a week early doesn't sound like a lot, but it is to a puppy. She would have benefited from that extra week with her litter-mates. Be that as it may, in all my years of having a puppies and dogs I've only had one puppy that got housebroken in 2 weeks. I thought that was amazing to be honest, most puppies can take up to 3 months to be reliably housebroke. She *might* have a UTI. Some of the signs of that would be trying to urinate but producing very little urine. I'm not saying don't get it checked, that's just *one* sign and it might very well be worth checking out. But puppies drink a lot and consequently pee a lot.

At her age she should be taken out (you with her) every hour, every time she wakes from a nap, immediately after meals and 1st thing in the AM. PATIENCE..don't scold excessively. A NO! and immediately take the dog out is all you need. CONSISTENT...do the same every time and do it fairly. SUPERVISE..if she has an accident and you don't catch her, get a newspaper, roll it up, and hit yourself in the head for screwing up. And above and beyond all UNDERSTAND if she's having accidents it's because she doesn't understand yet, and her understanding is all up to you and how well you are consistent, supervise, patient and fair

P.S. When I say supervise I mean supervise as if she's a toddler in a room full of Ming vases! Every time you miss that accident (catch her in the act) you miss an opportunity to teach her, and that's your fault, not hers

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There is no point in showing her the mess after she's had an accident. She'll understand you don't like the mess but she won't associate that with the ACT of making it. Trick is to catch them doing it as they're doing it ;) Clean the mess up with something that makes it so *she* can't smell it. You can buy the enzyme cleaners, but I've always used a water/white vinegar mix and it works quite well

Alright well 2 weeks is nothing relax a little. Is her crate too large for her she should only be able to stand and turn around thats why they have the kind that splits into sections for training purposes. Also youmust make everything routine. A puppy is very high maintenance and should be on basically an every 2 hours being let out sort of schedule and then eventually they do get it. I used to work at a shelter and most of the time we would not adopt out a puppy that needed potty training to a home where there wouldn't be someone home most of the day to take care of it.

How old is she?? If shes a pup yet give her some time. If u see her going pick her up right away and bring her outside. Also if she pees there in the crate or wherever in the house put her nose in it. She wont like it but hey she will soon quit. I had 2 labs years ago when they were puppies and they kinda did that until we put a stop to it. If u still have trouble talk to your vet.. She will outgrow it. Good luck

Is it cold where you live?

Our girl, who is fully house trained starting going in the house at night.

We couldn't figure out what was going on.

She then started acting unusual....not eating well, real lethargic.

We took her to the vet and found out she has a bladder infection.

Our vet told us when it's cold outside, a lot of dogs won't fully empty their bladders because of the cold, so they will wind up peeing in the house and wind up with bladder infections in some cases.

You could take her to the vet and have her examined.

Edit: Shadow didn't have a discharge with her bladder infection. It did get a darker yellow and had a stronger odor to it that usual.

It sounds to me like you might not be taking her outside frequently enough. I found with my female lab that she had to go outside about every half hour until she was about 3 months old. We got into a routine of taking her out and not letting her back in until she had gone, once she caught on (only took a few weeks), if we forgot to take her out she would cry at the door to be let out. Asisdes from that it sounds like your doing everything else right... Maybe a vet visit should be on the cards?

She may have a Urinary Tract Infection. These are all the symptoms. Just take her to see your Veterinarian, and have them run a urinalysis. If she does have a UTI it should be easily cured with antibiotics, and it will be much easier to finally get her fully potty trained. Good Luck!

Whatever she pees on or poops on in the house, your whatever you clean it up with put it outside.. ALMOST, show her the accident "within seconds of the act if you catch it" and show her to the door...

Best of Luck Potty Training can be hard...