I need help

[Anthony Leong]

Since I bought home my puppy on Thursday night, she never once pee or poop outside.  She would pee and poop everywhere inside my place.  She only hit the jackpot twice on the wee wee pad.  I wish she would do it outside or on the wee wee pad more often.   Also, if I put her inside the tent. she won't stop crying or whining.  Last night I had to put an extra bed inside my bedroom, because my neighbors can hear her crying and whining all night long.  She just doesn't like being alone, she want to be next to somebody all the time.  I need help!!

[Anthony Leong]

The tent is my crate. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Na--y6rnaiA

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I don't like this at all. For one thing, the puppy cannot see out when the front flap is closed. There are "windows", but they are up high and the whole thing looks dark and very confining. I would bet it seems strange and isolating to her, too. It I would get a plain old collapsible wire crate that she can see out of all sides.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Yep.  Not being able to see, would make any dog  Not A Happy Camper

[Oliver & Elizabeth]

LOL

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

 

I have seen these. I like them. But....this might be where you are having problems.

Please read about CRATE TRAINING.  With this tent, you can not resize the tent to make is small enough for crate training.

You see, a puppy will not soil in an area that is its bed.  So, you need to make the sleeping area just large enough to lay down. No more.  This tent holds up to a medium size dog if I remember.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Can you go to the pet store and purchase a crate that can be sectioned off as the pup grows> This will help you so much. Later on, you can use the tent

[Oliver & Elizabeth]

Potty training was probably the most frustrating thing ever--at first for every potty outside we got one inside! It gets better but it takes time, Oliver wasn't reliable until he was 5-6 months old. I used the Ian Dunbar method of training, if you go to his websites he has his books available free for download. They have a lot of awesome tips! I probably referenced this book five times a day in the first weeks.

www.dogstardaily.com

We used a wire puppy playpen instead of a crate at night (Ian Dunbar "long term confinement" concept), and used the crate for "crate time" for hour periods during the day. Perhaps she can't see you when she's inside the tent and is getting anxiety. I had to sleep within Oliver's eyesight for his first week home.

P.S. She is soooo cute! :)

[Julie and Charlie]

I read once that the key to house training was a function of "making sure your dog has to go"- in other words, there are certain events--waking up in the morning, after mealtimes-- that either require or trigger the urge in puppies. And of course, sometimes puppies just decide to go where they want to if you don't supervise closely enough.

Once you have success- and you should have multiple successes per day- I recommend using your yummiest, but safe for puppy treats immediately.  You'll have to keep them by the door or in your pocket or whatever and as your puppy is finishing, give treats and give one or two after as well. Also, this is the time to start thinking about an elimination command/signal to speed up these visits if you should ever have to go out in the cold or rain later. But don't utter the command unless your puppy is just about to go- like for instance, getting into the squat.

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

I think the best potty training advice I followed was to take the puppy out after every time he slept, played, chewed on a toy, or ate/drank. Which translates into about every 15-20 min like Adina said.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

When you can catch a puppy having an accident, you have a real opportunity for teaching. If you find the accident after the fact, all you can do is clean it up. But if you can catch them in the act, you can stop them and correct them. Not yell, punish, or scold, but  a loud "ah ah ah!" or "no no!" while at the same time grabbing them and getting them outside to the potty place. If you do this right, she will perform outside, because clearly she had to go. Then, when the puppy finishes what she was doing in the right place, you praise her to the moon and give a treat. The message is "Potty inside, bad! Potty outside, very good!" A puppy will not automatically understand what she is being taken outside for otherwise. And having pee pee pads indoors just confuses the issue. Pottying indoors is pottying indoors, whether it's on a pad or the carpet. You need to convey to her that all pottying must take place outside. I firmly believe it does not take months to housebreak a puppy, but there are two parts to it. One is teaching the puppy where she should go; the other is teaching her where she must not go. So catching them in the act is a great opportunity.

Get rid of the pads. And when you take her outside, walk, don't just stand in one place while she sniffs around. If by any chance you are using a retractable leash, get rid of it. Take her outside and walk, preferably in places where she can smell that other dogs have been there before her. Put some small treats in your coat pocket so you are ready to reward her the minute she goes.

[BG and Gavin]

Just to add, when you take her out first thing in the morning, scoop her up and carry her out so she doesn't have the opportunity to stop and squat along the way.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

And to reiterate what someone else said, you must use an odor neutralizer like Nature's Miracle on the places where she has gone indoors, and really saturate the areas, don't just spray them. Just cleaning it up is not enough. You may not be able to see or smell anything, but she can, and she will return to those spots.