She goes on the pad about 1 out of every 4 times. I would love it if she could go on the pad all the time but I don't know how to teach her to do it. PLEASE HELP ME!!
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Let her sniff her pee on the pad. She will know that she has done it there. It will take time to teach her. Tell her to go pee pee on pad and then take her to it. That is how my mom trained her pup.
If she's going only once thats great, she knows what its for!! Just keep on training her, don't give up , you just have to keep working with her!! It takes along time to train them but if you keep it up she will learn!! I use paper for my dogs. The pads didn't work for me or them!! Newspaper! Look it up more on the web about housebraking or paper training yor puppy!! You 'll get the ideal ! good luck!
If you see her going somewhere else,quickly pick her up and put her on the pad with encouraging tones. over here..good girl etc. and a small reward (not a whole treat but maybe a piece of one))when she finishes is always helpful
I don't want to sound obnoxious or mean, but Don't Do It.
Without question the most effective way to housebreak your dog is to crate train it. There are dozens of books and trainers that will give you more information, but the basics are this:
Eating or drinking stimulates the puppy's need to go.
The puppy will not soil it's own sleeping place.
Consistent praise or punishment will imprint in the puppy's mind what is appropriate or inappropriate behavior.
Don't forget that the dog's mom also praises an corrects the puppy, using "dog language," i.e. a growl or the mom using her mouth to pin the puppy from the neck, or licks and squeaks for encouragement or praise.
To crate train, initially when the dog is alone at home, when you're sleeping, or when you can't watch the dog, put her in the crate. When she is let out of the crate, she goes straight outside- you should watch and praise her when she goes. Right after eating, she goes outside and goes and gets praise. If in either instance she doesn't go, she goes back in the crate for 15 minutes. Then go outside again, repeating the cycle until she goes. It should only take a few repetitions of this cycle until you don't have to watch her outside- leave her for a few minutes, then let her in.
When she's inside, she MUST be watched. If she goes, a firm "NO" is given, pick her up by the scruff of her neck and put her outside. If she gets away with peeing or pooping in the house, she doesn't learn. There's a balance between prevention (letting her out so she doesn't even have the urge when inside) and correction (you don't want to punish her a dozen times, but a couple of corrections aren't bad because it gives her guidance as to what is proper behavior).
I've housebroken some pretty difficult pound puppies and some ultra-easy Great Danes, and crate training works.
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Here is my newspaper training tip.
Find some of your dog's pee and poop.
Put a bit of each on a sheet of newspaper.
Put the sheet in a stack of 5-10 sheets.
Your dog should smell its pee/poop and
think that this is its toilet place.
Hopefully it will continue to use it.
Dogs general prefer to go where they went before.
The smell is their clue where to go.
A clean pad has no smell, no clue.
Put a dirty one under it.
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