Puppy keeps going in the house! Ahhrrgg!!

hensley258 · 09-09-2006, 02:00 AM

I have a 10 week old Whippet pup that I have been relentlesly working on house breaking. After three weeks of this training I am absolutly no further with him than before I started.

I have read every training manual and book regarding house training I can find and I have applied the same techniques used by other pup owners that have had no problem.

What's wrong with my Whippet? He is still going on the carpet as if he has no clue that it's not allowed even though I have trained him to know it not allowed!

My last two dogs had no problem learning this! Are Whippets just not able to learn how to go outside?

opokki · 09-09-2006, 02:11 AM

Can you describe the technique you are currently using?
How have you trained him to know he is not allowed to go on the carpet?

The key is to teach him where you want him to go rather than where you don't want him to go. At 10wks of age he is too young yet to be able to control his bladder so its easiest to try to prevent accidents as best as you can while, at the same time, praising him for going in the correct location.

Are you using a crate? How often do you take him outside to elimiante and how much freedom does he have while inside?

Cheetah · 09-09-2006, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by hensley258

What's wrong with my Whippet? He is still going on the carpet as if he has no clue that it's not allowed even though I have trained him to know it not allowed!

He is just a baby. If he is still going in your house, it means he in fact really doesn't have a clue that it's wrong. He does not know it's not allowed, or the would have stopped. Also, at such a young age, sometimes they just forget.

I agree with crating, and I would also suggest tethering him to you when he's free in the house so he can't run off and potty where you're not watching. Also, he must go potty after every meal,after drinking a lot, after excessive play, after napping, after coming out of the crate. Really at 10 weeks old, he can't hold it for more than 2 hours.

I didn't even get my corgi till he was 12 weeks old, and he had to be taken potty every 3 hours, and after every event I just mentioned lol...

Sister · 09-09-2006, 09:44 AM

You also might want to try keeping the puppy on a leash with you while in the house, so you can anticipate and stop when the puppy starts to soil in the house. Make sure you take it out every hour on the hour as well.

Cheetah · 09-09-2006, 01:09 PM

^ That is what tethering means. >^^;<

Melos · 09-09-2006, 02:36 PM

I agree with tethering. If anything, you should be able to begin to pick up on the dog's signal that it needs to go out.

TinyStar · 09-09-2006, 04:14 PM

Definetly nip it in the bud now. We had a dog once that kept getting passed about in it's puppy years that no one wanted to train and we finally couldn't keep him in the house for it.

alundy · 09-19-2006, 09:51 AM

I think at this age, it may be too much to expect your pup to go stand at the door or alert you when he needs to go out. You should just take him out every hour or so regardless, and stand outside with him to see if he needs to go. Give lots of treats and praise if he does go, and if he doesn't need to after 10 minutes outside, go back in and try again in an hour.

Once your pup is a bit older (not much longer), he will then be used to going outside with you to pee, and will start to indicate when it is needed (probably by standing near the backdoor).

Until then, he should never be out of your sight - you have to be there to catch him sniffing and circling and immediately get him outside. While you are busy - showering, sleeping, etc, he should be in his crate (of course take him outside before crating).

maggiemay · 09-20-2006, 08:38 AM

I know exactly what you are going through. i have a 9 month old toy poodle. I got her when she was 9 weeks old. She is just now getting the hang of going outside in the last month. IT is very fustrating I know. I would put her in her crate and she would use it in it. I thought dogs werent suppose to do that. That was her bed and she wasnt suppose to use the bathroom in it. Well finally she stopped. I think she was just too young to really understand where she needed to go to the bathroom. JUst be pateint with your dog and he will get it I promise. The crate training works great. Maggie loves her crate now. She sleeps in it at night and stays in it duting the day while I am at work. If she drinks a lot of water in the morning before she gets in her crate she might have a accident. I do control her eating and drinking though. I think that has a big part of it. For a little while I switched her to Science Diet untill she stopped popping so much. Now she si back on Pedigree and is doing great. Good Luck and Hang in there he will get it eventually. Its not an over night process.

nicky12 · 09-28-2006, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by hensley258

I have a 10 week old Whippet pup that I have been relentlesly working on house breaking. After three weeks of this training I am absolutly no further with him than before I started.

I have read every training manual and book regarding house training I can find and I have applied the same techniques used by other pup owners that have had no problem.

What's wrong with my Whippet? He is still going on the carpet as if he has no clue that it's not allowed even though I have trained him to know it not allowed!

My last two dogs had no problem learning this! Are Whippets just not able to learn how to go outside?

hi hensley .i also have 2whippets and had my first when he was 12weeks old.when i first had him i just took him to the yard every 30/45mins regardless of what he was doing including sleeping through the day and everytime he done his buisness gave him a treat ..but if he didnt go he wouldnt get one he soon got the hang of it. so ansa to your question are whippets not able to learn to go outside .yes they are able to learn to go outside you just need to perservier trust it will pay off in the end

blackgavotte · 09-28-2006, 12:36 PM

a 10 week old puppy should never have free run of the house. You were lucky with the other ones, I would say. Keep the puppy confined in either an exercise pen or an enclosure of some sort. Continuously take the puppy outside, every hour or so, and praise him when he performs. When you come back inside after he has performed, he can have the run of the house for maybe another half hour or hour, then either back outside or into his enclosure again... don't force crate training on him this young, and you also have to be very consistent and observant of his food, bowel and bladder needs...