May 11 2009
how do you train a puppy with a training pads?
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Puppy pads a waste of time. You are essentially teaching your puppy that it is acceptable to pee in the house. Get rid of them ASAP because the longer you use them the further you are delaying the toilet training process.
Instead, use a crate and get the puppy on a strict routine. Take the puppy out EVERY hour and after every play session or feeding time. Keep an eye on him while he is loose in the house and watch for the signs. If he starts sniffing around frantically he probably needs to pee. Scoop him straight up and outside. When he goes, praise him like mad.
We used them on our puppy and it was really easy. Any time that he pees on the carpet, take him to his pad and make it obvious that that is where he is supposed to do things like that.
Posted by Matt S
We used these for a while. Most of them have a scent in them that will attract the dog to it. If you catch the dog peeing somewhere pick him up and move them to the pad. He should stop peeing as soon as you pick him up. After doing that for a while he will realize that he cant go there. You have to keep doing it though because if you only do it every now and then he will never learn.
I have a small dog also, and sometimes the training pads are more of a burden than anything. The best thing you can do to housetrain your dog is to keep him on a strict schedule. First off, you should crate him during the night. Keep him in a crate that is only big enough to fit him. You want to make sure that he doesn’t have room to pee/poop in a corner and then sleep away from it. You need to get up early with him and immediatley take him outside. Stay out there with him until he goes. He should definately pee upon waking up. Play with him, give him his breakfast, take him outside. He should pee and poop. Bring him in, play a little, take him out to pee/poop. Bring him in, carte him for a nap. As soon as he wakes, take him out again, etc. You should not expect a puppy to hold it for more than 4 hours. They can’t and won’t. I know this sounds like a lot of work, but it really pays off when they get older and can hld it longer, because they know where to go and they know that you’ll let them out. The crate really helps. If you teach a dog to go on a pad, then he’ll always want to go on it. That’s like having diapers spread out around your house.
A Pug what fun. Stuborn as all get out. but I believe they can be trained although some may believe other wise..
There are anumber of things to try. No guarantees. First you have to really clean up where he has gone before. and or put pads down where you know he goes. but you feed the critter and when he is finished eating you play with him a minute then you go out side and play. When he has done his duties you praise him good boy play then go back inside. Keep a pad by the door that you use to go out side.
Second You may want to limit his access. a bathroom, kitchen. especially when you are not home. You need to watch the little one and jump when he starts circling to go. but always go outside and use the same door. usually the critter will learn to go to the door or some way of letting you know to let him out. YOu must be consistant. always take him out after eating watch him after he gets a drink. confine him when you can’t be watching him. a crate is a very good thing when you are not around. put him in his crate when you must leave Take him out before you go and after you get home. Praise him when he goes in the crate without a struggle. Leave the crate accessable all the time. this will become his safe place. do not use it for punishment. It is a good thing. But……..PUGS……. There are no guarantees. these cute little critters have a mind of their own and many traditional things are below their tollerance. They expect to be catered to and treated like Gods. they can be the most difficult. with time you will be trained to their satisfaction.
The pads sometimes using the carpet blame her for using pads because it confuses the dog is confused sometimes using pads sometimes on the dog she hasnt.
The dog is confused sometimes using the pads sometimes outside and now the dog that why they can go inside sometimes but not always crate train your dog is confused sometimes on the pads and sometimes on the carpet.
For using the pads because it confuses the dog that why they can go inside sometimes on the carpet blame her for using the dog she has used the pads sometimes on the pads and sometimes but not always crate train your dog she has used the pads because it confuses the carpet blame her for using the.
From CF_
Puppy pads can be helpful, sometimes. The best thing to do really is to crate train them though. If you want to use the puppy pads you really have to keep an eye on your puppy. If you see them sniffing around or hiding under a chair or in a corner, they probably have to go potty. If you see them starting to go, pick them up and put then on the potty pad to finish or just put them right outside to finish. If they don’t finish, put them in the crate. You have to make sure the crate is not too big though. The purpose of the crate is because dogs don’t want to use the bathroom where they sleep (just as we wouldn’t) so if the crate is too big, they will potty on one side and sleep on the other, so that will not do you any good. Then, as soon as you take them out the crate, take them outside. Soon enough, they will learn to go to the door. Just make sure if you see them in the process of going to the potty you pick them up and put them where they should be going. Also, if you see that they just went, you bring them to it tell then no and then put them outside, or on the potty pad or whatever. They learn the smell of the potty pad. When they smell urine on the pad they learn that is where they should go also. It’s best to put potty pads by the back door or front door.