Housetraining

[Amy Murphy]

Hi there, I am a breeder and have 4 older puppies that have not sold yet.  How do you train 4 at a time with five adult dogs in the house, all of whom need to potty as soon as we get home!?  Has anyone tried to housetrain more than one puppy at the same time, what did and did not work?

[Lynda Kamrath]

I would assign a puppy to each of the older dogs and send them out together. Might work. My puppies always had an older dog to train them and they learned from the older dog. Are the older dogs free in the house? Where are the puppies when you are out of the house?

[Amy Murphy]

When we're away all older dogs are in crates and puppies are in two larger pens and have started crate training. Great idea about pairing them up!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

We have a doggy door and the adult dogs lead the pups out.