Papillon Training.. ?
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i have a 5 month old papillon puppy ,
& she hasn’t been doing so well with the potty training.
my whole family has really been trying ,
& we have another dog that is potty trained ,
& so we take them out all of the time ,
but we always catch her peeing in the house rightttt after we let her out.
she just isn’t getting the hang of it.
can anyone help me ?
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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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Your puppy should be let outside to potty just before you retire for the night. Likewise, as soon as she wakes up in the morning, the first thing your pup will need to do is relieve herself. You should waste no time in taking her outside as soon as she awakes. When your pup hears you get up in the morning, it will be her signal to wake, so attend to her before going about your morning routine. Some pups may cry that they need to go outside at the first sign of light, and if you want a dry floor, it is usually necessary to immediately respond to their needs.
Your pup will also have to relieve herself shortly after a meal, and will need to urinate more often during the summer when her water intake is higher. As soon as your pup finishes dinner, place her outside for several minutes until she potties. At other times, you may notice your pup sniffing the floor for a suitable place to relieve herself. He may whimper or start to squat. Scoop him up immediately and place her outside.
Praise him when he relieves himself outside, and she’ll get the hint
Papillons are notoriously difficult to house break. We have a boy who is almost 3 now and he still occasionally has ‘accidents’ mainly in spots where we used to use potty pads. I would go straight for the great outdoors and skip potty pads completely, as I have learned they only confuse the dog. Crate train, be consistent and praise the heck out of the dog when it does the right thing.
5 months old is still super young so your pap will need to go a lot. Take her out after she wakes up, after playing, and after she eats. Reward her with lots of praise and even a treat after she potties outside. When she has an accident indoors do not get angry at her, rub her nose in it, ect. Simply keep trying, she’ll get it eventually.
I also have a papillon and they are very hard to potty train, it really takes time and routine, I tried giving her a small treat after she did it correctly, and that seem to get her more regular about it. But again it took her a few months to get it down, and she is not stupid, papillions are very smart and territorial and likes to be the “boss” and so you get the attitude of they can do anything, anywhere. But after “alpha” dog is established they will be great family dogs.
keep her on a leash and tied to you at all times. if you can’t supervise her then put her in a crate. use lots of praise when she goes outside and make sure you are walking her on a leash outside and long enough for her to potty. sometimes dogs will urinate a couple of times while they are outside. unless you catch her in the middle of the act you can’t punish her.
just keep going she might not understand that outside is best when she does go out side and go toilet praise her with a treat straight away.
im still having to do this with my 8 month old jack russ/chi mix some just take longer.
also when you catch her peeing inside tell her NO but dont yell and put her straight back outside. mine likes to pee in my mums room lol but she does go outside too lol
hope ive helped.
pee pads are amazing!!! i do not let my dogs outside to pee or poop anymore ever since a man tried to steal one of my babies while i was walking him ON A LEASH in my front yard!!!! so started them on pee pads and all 3 of them caught on sooooo quick!!! never have an accident anymore!!!
train her nicely and if she does it again then tell her no and when she needs to go leave her outside(but not for too long) and shell feel lonely so shell no not to do it again thats what i do with my dogs
I have a 7 month old, very active Papillon. I love him! I adopted him about a month ago. He was rescued from a puppy mill and lived in terrible conditions. When I adopted him he was afraid of everything and I mean everything. He was a challenge to train. We went out every 2 hours and I kept the leash on him almost all the time he was in the house. One time as I did my hair he even started to go potty right there. I ran him out the door to the yard. Im sure that was a funny picture. He was just as upset as I was. It took a bunch of time and love but now we are on our way to winning the battle. I started small treats when he went outside. This works great with Elvis. He loves praise. When he starts sniffing around I say “do you have to go potty?” and then I walk to the treat jar. Works like a charm. The thing is getting him to tell me he needs to go. He has only barked 2 times at me for outside. Hoping this will get better. ALL of this is worth it. Elvis fills all the spots in my life that were empty. He makes me laugh and smile. Its like he knows me inside and out. I wouldnt give him up for anything. Keep working at it. The web is a great place to learn I have spent a lot of time searching for information and its helped.