How long did it take you to house train your puppy?

my dog was housebroken in four days ... i got her at 8 weeks and took her outside every 2 hours around the clock for four days ... when she could not be supervised she was crated ... crated for four hours a day, four days a week until her first birthday ... she has had one accident in 12 years when she was 4 months old ... you should crate train the dog ... my first dog i did not crate train and it took 8 months to housebreak ...

The day I get a 7 week old. They go in a crate when left alone. As for when out of the crate, it is sort of a hockey stick thing, many accidents at first, but after a couple of weeks they become less and less often until one day you realize you can't remember the last accident. I think the technique the owner uses if the most important factor in how soon a puppy is housebroken. For what I have done with 21 puppies, see my answer at http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201103...

I would hope your mix is coming from a shelter or rescue and not a breeder. Still, I question how much better dog world is served by the breeders that vehemently denounce those deliberately producing Labradoodles. Fiends, producing what people want. How dare they?

Yes, breed does make a difference in how long it takes to house train a dog. So does age of the puppy. My Cairn took only two weeks to house train, while my Sealyham took nearly a month. Cairns are known to be easy to house train, Sealyhams are known to be difficult. The Bichon I had years ago, took nearly two months...they are known to be very difficult to house train.

If you are very persistent with it, you can usually house train the breeds you mentioned in two or three weeks, so I'm guessing that the two combined won't make much difference toward extending that time.

As a puppy, you won't be able to safely leave it alone all day until it is several months old....its bladder just isn't fully matured, and it's sphincter muscles aren't fully strengthened to totally control the bowel all day. Generally a small breed puppy can be left alone most of the day at about age 8-9 months without much danger of "accidents." Larger breeds may need up to a year, because they don't fully mature until they are over a year old.

Be careful "crating," if you choose that method, leaving a puppy in a crate all day can not only cause your dog to begin using its bed as a toilet, it does a lot of physiological damage to an active puppy. Once it starts using its "den" as a toilet, you may never be able to totally house break it. Also leaving your dog alone all day before its body is mature enough to hold its urine and bowel all day can cause it become confused. It is far better to use a doggy daycare, a neighbor who will let it out, a neighbor or relative who will look after your dog at their place while you are at work, or make arrangements at work to split up your lunch and breaks so you can go home a couple of times to let it out....if that is practical.

My dog didn't take long to get the concept of going pee outside, but it was at least a good 3 months before I trusted her 100%. I personally like crate training a dog at night or when you are not home so they arn't running around the house.

One was already trained the other dog i got at 11 weeks old and he was fully trained by 4 months old ,

Once he was potty trained if i went out i left him in his crate and after 5 months no accidents .

When I got my puppy @ 4 weeks old, every time he ate or drank water, I would take him out side. When I was home, I would take him out about every 2 - 4 hrs. When I left he was always crated. He never went in his kennel. So I would say always take him out after meals and before bed time. He was a Schnauzer & learned very fast.

We now have a Puggle, & my husband trained her to ring a bed when she wants out. Now he has a cow bell on the outside door for her to ring when she wants in. To get her to do it, he used training treats. She was house broken when we got her @ 11 mos.

Hope this info is a help and congrads on your new puppy!!

My last few dogs have been housetrained within 2 weeks, except for occasional accidents.

I don't, however, leave puppies out of their crates until they're not only reliably housetrained, but also past the chewing stage because they're teething. I trusted my puppies when they were around 8 months old, but dogs are all individuals. You'll have to wait until you think your puppy's old enough, and leave it out when you know you're only going to be gone for a short time.

I had a black lab that I house trained. At adleast 3 months I could fully trust her..very smart dogs indeed :))