My Papillon Wont Potty Train? What Do I Have To Do?
September 11, 2009 by admin
Filed under Care & Training Q&As
i have a 6mths papillon ive had her since she was 3mnths and i take her outside to go potty but right wen she comes inside she will use tha restroom idk wat to do? my parents get mad alot for it! she is a great dog she is very crazy & loves to run &play i wouldnt trade her for any dog i just dnt know wat to do anymore & also if i open the front door she will run off but if i open da back she will just run around but if she finds a whole she’ll run off do u know how i can stop her from running & hope she’ll just walk next to me. if yha can answer both of my questions dat will be great!
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keep her on a leash and tied to you at all times. if you can’t supervise her then she needs to be crated. she also needs to be on a feeding schedule and a potty schedule. she will get it but it takes time.
If you bring her inside and she goes potty do you take her right back outside? She might think that potty means she gets a free pass back to her favorite yard. Do not reward her with a trip outside for using the potty inside.
Papillons are very bright dogs, so do not doubt that she is incapable of learning! There are plenty of dogs that have tougher times than others, but the best method is pure consistency.
You should be taking her outside and stay outside with her until she goes. Sometimes it takes a good while, but you should always take her out within half an hour she drinks or eats to avoid any accidents. If you have holes in your yard that she can wiggle her way out of, you need to be outside with her and watch her – or just be out with a lead on her.
She sounds like she has an awful lot of energy. You can play her out if you take around a walk a day, or a few little walks. Be sure when you talk her on a walk, that you respond to her. She’s still young and a small dog, when it becomes too much for her – then it’s time to rest.
Good luck!
For her running off and such:
1) put her on a leash
2) take an obedience class, it will not only help train the dog, but it will help train YOU on how to handle the dog
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For housebreaking:
Consistency, consistency, consistency.
And positive reinforcement. And a schedule.
Don’t bother with newspaper/pee-pads. They just slow down and prolong the process, and confuse the dog. You train the dog to the newspaper/pee-pad, and then you need to retrain it to go outside. It’s better to just have them go outside from the start.
Take the dog outside first thing in the morning. When you feed the puppy, take it outside about 20 minutes later. Take it out before bedtime. And when it uses the bathroom outside, give it a treat.
Also take the dog out every hour or two during the day, to give it an opportunity to relieve itself. (More often if it is a young or small puppy.)
If the dog uses the bathroom inside and you don’t catch it in the act, do nothing. (Well, clean up the mess, but do nothing to the dog.) The dog doesn’t understand why it is being punished after the fact, it has forgotten all about it’s mess on the floor by then.
If you catch the dog in the act, say “no!” or “unt-uh!”, and promptly take the dog outside. When it finishes using the bathroom outside, give it a treat.
You need to watch the dog constantly. Tie the leash to your belt-loop if you need to, so the dog is always by you. If you cannot be watching the dog for some reason, but it in it’s crate. A dog typically won’t soil it’s sleeping area. (Crate training is a wonderful tool when housebreaking a dog.)
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