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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 535614" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I have a method that works well. I have no clue if it's what others do or not. I'm not going to tell you that you'll never have an accident, because they're babies and that's just gonna happen once in a while for whatever reason. I don't worry about accidents up to about 18 months........although normally a pup of mine is accident free by 8 wks at the latest. But there are times when you'll miss their signal for whatever reason.......or they'll play too long and need will be so urgent they won't have time to give you the signal or you won't have time to get them out ect.......which is why I don't expect them to be truly accident free until at least 18 months. </p><p></p><p>I set up a feeding schedule. Usually morning (early) noon and evening (early enough they have plenty of time to poo before bed)</p><p></p><p>They potty every time they eat and drink. Food and water is not left available while house training. They don't do without, I just control it because they have to potty after. Know what I mean?? </p><p></p><p>After a nap, they potty. </p><p></p><p>After any length of time in the crate, they potty. (I want them as youngsters to associate coming out of the crate = pottytime) </p><p></p><p>After a longish play session, often I'll potty them. </p><p></p><p>Bladders are tiny and can only hold so much. Bowels will usually move after a feeding......and I use this to my advantage. So much so that my dogs still take a dump after eating. lol </p><p></p><p>Oh, and crate them whenever you can't watch them. </p><p></p><p>This greatly limits the opportunity for those random accidents. But they will happen once in a while. I've been doing this with Maggie since she got here. So far, she's doing really well with it. Although I knew her previous owner was feeding them when we got there and I saw her eat, but evidently she didn't get to eat much because she would not get happy in her crate.......and because she'd settled down before and all other needs were met, I went ahead and tried feeding her (waaaaay later than I normally would) and she was hungry. </p><p></p><p>I don't punish for accidents. I don't even scold. I do a puppy just as I would a toddler. I clean it up and try harder to watch for their signal next time. Some puppies catch on faster than others. Some puppies have control sooner than others, just like toddlers. </p><p></p><p>House training has only been an issue once with all the dogs I've had. We adopted her at 3-4 months and she couldn't get it out of her head that outside was for play and inside was where you potty......and I tried for months. She was rehomed with a wonderful family who had a huge fenced back yard for her. Made me sad......she was actually a brilliant dog, She just couldn't learn not to potty in the house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 535614, member: 84"] I have a method that works well. I have no clue if it's what others do or not. I'm not going to tell you that you'll never have an accident, because they're babies and that's just gonna happen once in a while for whatever reason. I don't worry about accidents up to about 18 months........although normally a pup of mine is accident free by 8 wks at the latest. But there are times when you'll miss their signal for whatever reason.......or they'll play too long and need will be so urgent they won't have time to give you the signal or you won't have time to get them out ect.......which is why I don't expect them to be truly accident free until at least 18 months. I set up a feeding schedule. Usually morning (early) noon and evening (early enough they have plenty of time to poo before bed) They potty every time they eat and drink. Food and water is not left available while house training. They don't do without, I just control it because they have to potty after. Know what I mean?? After a nap, they potty. After any length of time in the crate, they potty. (I want them as youngsters to associate coming out of the crate = pottytime) After a longish play session, often I'll potty them. Bladders are tiny and can only hold so much. Bowels will usually move after a feeding......and I use this to my advantage. So much so that my dogs still take a dump after eating. lol Oh, and crate them whenever you can't watch them. This greatly limits the opportunity for those random accidents. But they will happen once in a while. I've been doing this with Maggie since she got here. So far, she's doing really well with it. Although I knew her previous owner was feeding them when we got there and I saw her eat, but evidently she didn't get to eat much because she would not get happy in her crate.......and because she'd settled down before and all other needs were met, I went ahead and tried feeding her (waaaaay later than I normally would) and she was hungry. I don't punish for accidents. I don't even scold. I do a puppy just as I would a toddler. I clean it up and try harder to watch for their signal next time. Some puppies catch on faster than others. Some puppies have control sooner than others, just like toddlers. House training has only been an issue once with all the dogs I've had. We adopted her at 3-4 months and she couldn't get it out of her head that outside was for play and inside was where you potty......and I tried for months. She was rehomed with a wonderful family who had a huge fenced back yard for her. Made me sad......she was actually a brilliant dog, She just couldn't learn not to potty in the house. [/QUOTE]
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