Friday, September 14, 2012

Dog Health Questions: Potty training a 2 month shih tzu?

here is a pic: http://i26.tinypic.com/nguj3k.jpg

aww its so cute right :) the names CHOG. and its my sisters dog
well since my sister still has school i take care of it cause its already my summer.

so the dog is a Shih Tzu Princess Type and about 2 months old [it was a gift fo my sis' bday]

how do i potty train it? well i was just wondering how do you teach the dog to poo/pee in one specific place

cause when we woke up this morning WOAH! there was pee and poo everywhere.

uhm.. help me :) i need things that i can do on my own and not go to some dog training school.

since i am usually upstairs of my house and Chog is downstairs i can't always let it out to poo/pee cause i can't really tell when.

thank you :)

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You helped me and I'm gonna pay u back!..:) Here I found s good website 4 pottytrainings:

http://www.dogtrainingbasics.com/PottyTraining.htm tips: Since u still have a puppy it can still hold its bladder,,, The key to success is the timing of IN and OUT. Young puppies take IN food or water and usually within 15 or 20 minutes, they pee or poop OUT.

another website: http://www.training-dogs.com/potty-training-dogs.html here you can download or recieve free dog training tips: http://www.dog-trainer-pro.com/pottytrain.htm When potty training your puppy or your sister's,it takes time so be patient......make sure you have loads of time to take care of it specially when potty training it.When you caught your dog or puppy in act go punish it.When you him doing it well or does it,praise it and give a reward so later on it will realize that he/she wants the reward.It also take months till it get used to it.When you want your puppy to go potty you can also teach him/her to understand the meaning of "go potty"....or"go"........after it give him/her the reward........if u need some few guides go to this site,hahaha....it's my favorite site www.petplace.com you may wanna learn cpr for dogs if urgent......:P..............make sure lng na he/she has a space where to go potty and erase all the marks(such as smells even the tiniest bit of oder which we cannot smell) where he/she went potty on the wrong place.....!!!!!Chat uli tau aaaaahhhh....:))!!!!!

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  • ok, keep the puppy with you at all times.
    (yeah, i know it is hard, but it is easier to know what he is doing when you have him with you)
    if he starts to poo or pee on the floor, firmly tell him NO.
    then before he finishes, take him outside to the spot you want him to go and wait until he finishes his business.
    then tell him "Good dog!!!!"

    that is how i have potty trained all of my dogs.
    some have picked up on it in 2 weeks, others it took a month.

  • Dogs usally need to goto the toilet when they wake up and after eating. You dont need to buy a training pad you can just put a couple of layers of newspaper down and when the dog has finished eating or sleeping take it over and put it on the newspaper. Worked fine for my 8 week old puppy

  • Well your first problem is you. You can't let the dog out because you can't tell? If it isn't potty trained, it's not going to know it can't go inside and i'm not so sure you're realy up to it. You have to be consistant and watch the dog very closely. The easiest way to potty train is to get a crate. So yes, it will cost you money since you don't seem willing to let the dog out all the time.
    If you're still not going to buy a crate, the key to house training is positive reinforcement. You need to take the dog out every 3 hours, plus right after meals, right before waking up and right before bed. Also, remove all food and water about 6:00, this will keep them from doing their business all over during the night. Each time you take out the dog and she goes, give her a treat or praise her or both. You need to take her out the same way everytime, and on a leash so you can make sure she's using the same spot. When she does happen to go inside, do not rub her nose in it or smack her or anything like that, dogs live only in the present and this will confuse them. If you do catch them in the act, make a loud nose or throw a pop can full of pennies in their area (not at them!). This will startle them, they'll stop and you can rush them outside. If you don't catch her, just remove her from the room and clean it up when she's not watching. You will want to buy a good carpet cleaner, they continually go in the same place because they still smell it. Keep in mind that puppies do have accidents and probably will for awhile, but if you associate going to the bathroom outside (if you play or go for a walk after she's gone to the bathroom), the dog will enjoy it and try to please you.

  • It NEEDS to be crate trained and a puppy that young needs to be taken outside every 30 minutes until you learn it's potty routine. Praise her when she pottys outside and ignore it when she goes inside. Try using a command word or phrase she can associate with going pee outdoors and poop outdoors.

  • Awww, so cute :) I agree w/ everyone else, he needs to be crate trained! I would suggest having the puppy on the same level as you are, it will make it easier. Preferably the level w/ a outside door that you can get to fast! Take Chog out about every hour, after he wakes up from a nap, and about a half hour after he eats and put him in the spot that you want him to pee/poo in. If he moves, just keep putting him back to that place till he goes. When Chog goes, PRAISE like wild!!!! Make sure he knows that that was a good place to go to the bathroom. If you see Chog going in the house pick him up say "NO" and take him outside to that "special place". I say "go potty" when I want Cassidy (my puppy) to go to the bathroom. I would also suggest putting a leash on Chog so that you can catch him when you need him and so that if he's/she's going to the bathroom inside and you don't want to pick him up you can kinda "drag" him outside. Hopefully Chog will stop going if your making him walk. Hope this helps!! :)

  • Really cute puppy but he is going to look really bad if you don't get the housebreaking taken care of. You cannot train him if he is down and you are up. He must be with you. First put him on a schedule something like this:
    6:00 AM Get up, take Chog to go potty
    6:15 Give Chog his breakfast (you go get showered and dressed for the day.
    6:45 Take Chog out to go potty again.
    7:45 Give Chog a drink and take him out again.
    Continue to give Chog a drink and take him out about every hour to hour and a half. He does not get to just eat or drink because a puppy will go potty 15 minutes after he eats or drinks so you have to know when he is eating or drinking.
    12:00PM Give Chog his lunch and another drink. Continue to take him out on a regular basis.
    5:00PM Give Chog his dinner. Continue to take him out and give water until about 2-3 hours before you go to bed than just pick up his water but continue to take him out until bedtime.
    I strongly recommend crate training because most dogs will not mess in the place where they sleep and it will prevent the messes from being everywhere. If you are not crate training then you must keep your puppy with you. He cannot train himself.
    House training a puppy is the first step in training and I really hope you will find someone to help you train your puppy in his doggy manners. Puppy kindergarten is really a lot of fun for you and for your puppy. Think about it.

  • the dog is sooo cute it looks like how mine looked when it was a baby but..ne wayz i have a shih tzu i trained my easily i just took her outside and she went to the bathroom and she just got used to it and now she looks at the door when she has to go just becareful cause shih tzu's have this thing for eating theyre poop..

  • Have you heard of crate training?to start your puppy he or she should only be allowed to stay out of the crate after he business is done,when it wakes up,first thing is take him outside,a pup of 2 months may need to go more often in the night,I wouldn't recommend newspaper,if you have a male and once he is trained and you have newspaper on a coffee table the newspaper smell will have him pee'n in that area.worse when he cocks his leg watch out.the pads are cheap,if he misses the pad and pee's some where else take the pad and dab some of the pee on it,then as you pup is on the pad keep saying softly good boy/good girl,keep the pup on the pad,if he/she tries to get off keep putting the pup back on till it does its business,then reward even if its his own kibble,if you don't have a crate,create a den,small area of the house blocked with a training pad and fresh water and its bed,make sure water isn't so close to pad,and then give more and more space
    I used to have my puppies in a toy playpen at night in my room by my bed,and a pee pad,he would cry,i would pick him up put him on the pad he usually did pee,but only a quarter size amount, and back in the toy playpen,during the day we used the crate,(rabbit cage)works great,there are so many sites for potty training your pup,
    here is a site you can go to
    http://www.perfectpaws.com/htrp.html
    if it doesn't show up as a link,copy the link and paste in address bar

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