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| Hello I own a Shih Tzu cross, she took ages to toilet train. It does take longer for the small inside dogs to learn to go to toilet inside and out. Most other dogs are outside all the time so it is not so confusing. Take the time to walk the dog and praise for doing its wees and poos. If accidents happen - say nothing - don't get angry just clean it up properly so it can no longer smell to the dog. Don't use amonia to clean as this will encourage the dog to toilet in that spot. You will soon find the dog gets it - my dog now only goes inside if shes stuck there for more than 12 hours. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Just wondering if you are going to breed her or not? my mum had the same problem with her male sh tzu for 5 years as well?? it was so funny my dear old mother started to put nappies on him!!! strange lady my mother.. but as soon as she had him desexed, he has only did it twice since - once when he was scared of the thunder storm and once when mum was not quick enough to let him out. Good Luck... |
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| short periods of time if she has been trained to the area. This means she has been given pleasant experiences there and she is comfortable and not fearful there (see Crate Training Your Puppy). Many puppies can sleep in crates or these other areas overnight if the owners are willing to get up and take her to eliminate if she needs to go. If the pup must be left for very long periods of time, longer than she can be reasonably expected to hold her waste, then she should be placed in a larger area such as the kitchen, laundry room or other area where she can have a rest spot, play area, water and an elimination area. Papers or elimination pads should be put down for her to eliminate on. Never punish after the fact. Puppies will have some accidents no matter how good a job you do in training her. If she is caught in the act, actually squatting to eliminate, don't yell at her, hit her or kick her. Use your verbal reprimand word, such as "eh", merely to interrupt the behavior (no need to shout). Then simply take her to the door, saying, in a neutral tone of voice, "Let's go outside". Take her to the appropriate place and let her finish her elimination, as you encourage her with your "Go potty" phrase. Yelling, hitting, making loud noises or other punishments don't help with house training and seem to cause fears that can actually disrupt the house training process. If she wasn't caught in the act, don't yell, hit her or do any other punishment. The dog will not understand what she is being punished for. Even taking her over to the mess and then delivering the punishment will not help. She will not make the connection between the behavior that produced the mess (squatting and eliminating) and the punishment delivered minutes or hours later. At best the pup punished after the fact will only learn to avoid messes and become fearful of the owners. Even if you come on the mess just a few seconds after it happened, taking the dog outside will not help. Simply clea ... |
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| Make accidents difficult. The best way for you to do this is to supervise the puppy constantly. Keeping her with you by leashing her to your belt or to your chair, or putting up gates or closing doors to keep her in sight. Letting her run free, unsupervised is an invitation to disaster. If she has frequent accidents in the house, she may begin to develop preferences for those locations which will make it harder for her to learn where she should eliminate. Many puppies have a natural aversion to eliminating in small areas where they spend a lot of time such as a kennel or crate, a small area of the kitchen, laundry room or bathroom. Sometimes the puppy can be left in these areas for short periods of time if she has been trained to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rules for House Training Puppies Try to be consistent in your routines with your puppy. Young animals, like young children, do best when they have an established routine for feeding, play, naps and elimination. Most mammals need to eliminate within 1 hour after eating. Scheduling regular meals can make it easier for you to guess when the pup needs to eliminate and then you can take her to the appropriate spot for elimination. Reward good behavior. Take the puppy to the place where you want her to eliminate at times when she is most likely to need to go -- first thing in the morning after waking up, last thing at night before going to bed, after each meal, after naps longer than two hours or after play periods of more than 20 minutes. When taking the puppy out, you should ask " Want to go potty?" or " Do you want to go outside?" or some other phrase to try to get her excited to go out. When taking her to the spot where she should eliminate, you should stand with her and tell her " Do your business" or "Go potty". When she eliminates, praise her lavishly but quietly and give her a tasty tidbit. It is very important that you reward her for going in the appropriate place. This is how she establishes her preferences. |
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| You have done most of the stuff I did to get my dog to pee outside! I like to suggest Dr Harry you never know he might be able to help. But the thing that worked for me was the putting him out after eating and telling him to "have a wizz" I would wait until he did and say have a wizz when he did he connected the two. And NOT letting him back in until he had done something.Even if he slept in a dog carrier inside because he didn't at night. Hope you have some success. |
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| I have a 10 month old Shih Tzu who refuses to be toilet trained.. from the time I got her up until now I will take her out for 30 minutes & after she plays and has a meal and tell her to go wees and she wont do it.. So we got 'Puppy House breaking spray to encourage her she still wont wee.. We got the Sheets for her to wee on then gradually move them outside and even that doesnt work.. As soon as she comes inside she will run and wee somewhere wont scratch to go outside nothing. She will be outside for 5-8 hours sometimes and will wait to come inside before she wees.. if we leave her outside she will just hold on.. Its getting to the point where my parents are fed up with it, I am aswell.. what the hell can I do or can I put her somewhere so they can toilet train her and pick her up once shes trained? |
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