How To Train A Dog

What am I supposed to do with my puppy at night and during the day?

Ok kinda weird quesiton but I just got a puppy he is about 5 months old. I got him from a well known breeder about 4 weeks ago.. Anyways, Im trying to house train him. I understand he is a puppy and he wont be fully house trained for a while but im not really sure what i should be doing? Im home almost all day everyday cause i work from home. Sometimes i obviously have to leave my house though. Im not sure where to put the puppy when i leave, im never gone long but when i leave he potty’s everywhere! Its starting to make my house stink really bad! I try to take him out to go potty at least every hour some times more often then that, but he is still going a lot in the house. Also at night he sleeps with me. I still make up about 4-6 times at night to take him potty outside. Usually when he starts to move it wakes me up and i get up and take him outside. But no matter how many times i take him out at night i still wake up and he has peed and or pooped on the bed and all over the floor. I think ive washed my bed sheets every single day since ive had him. If i dont sleep with him he is on the floor and just goes potty on the floor then i get to get up and scrub the carpets off. My friend suggested that when i cant have my eye on him 24/7 that i should put him in a cage but thats not fare for him to be in a cage all night and sometimes during the day. even though he is small and the cage is huge! I dont like that idea. so what am i supposed to do? any suggestions? i have puppy pads and there are about 100 of them all throughout my house lol, he never goes on them. i cant keep waking up everymorning and having to scrub my entire house down? what did you do?
Also, he isnt going potty an unusual amount its normal and im feeding him 3 times a day small amounts. (right amount for his size) So he’s not over eating or anything.

Close relative’s dog -not house train. Is it ok to tell her to get out of dodge?

My uncle’s wife asked my mom to dog sit her new Maltese-poodlepuppy that she got 3 months ago. They never house train this dog and now he’s peeing and pooping all over the house for the past 3 days that he been there. Is it wrong to tell my uncle wife to take her dog home? How could she expect us to take care of our untrained dog. When we first confronted her about training her dogs because we don’t want our husky to pick up a bad habit she laughed like she thought i was joking. She keeps saying that he’s just a puppy. Puppy my ___. You had him for 3 months now lady. My husky was house trained from day one. One day she decided to spend a night at my parents house and she went into my room to sleep and she let her dog sleeping on my bed and the dog peed on my comforter.

My mom told her never to drop off the dog when they’re not home or when the husky is home. She just ignored my mom’s request. One they my mom got home from work around 10pm and the dog was already there making so much mess. She called her sister in law and she said have to drop the dog off at 1pm because she have to go a birthday party and she didn’t want the puppy to stay at her own house because he will make too much mess.

Incident that pushed me to the edge***

Last night we went to drop off my Siberian Husky. It was our weekly routine to drop him of every Sunday night so that he can stay with my parents while I’m at work. My uncle’s wife was informed that her dog cannot stay there while the husky is in the house because my husky will not tolerate it. She didn’t pick up the dog. I have to end up taking my husky home. My dog was crying on our way home because he thought my parents got a new dog and abandoning him. Then she have a gut to call me at 1 in the morning asking how my dog is doing? And being all b*tchy about how she fear that my dog will eat her dog. I said F you lady. That’ s my parents house and my dog grew up in that house. And that room that you slept in is still my room even thou i have my own place. and that bed that you let your dog peed on, my dog still sleep on it when he’s there. So my fiance gave it to her. He bitched her out because he knew that my parents were too nice and kind. Plus last year when my mom lost her job she borrowed $500 from my uncle and his wife but when she tried to return the money my uncle said don’t worry about it. Ever since then his wife been taking advantage of my parents.

Was it wrong of us to tell her to get the f*&@ out of our parents house? Today both me and my fiance took a day off of work to shampoo the carpet for my parents cuz the house stink so bad. My parents shouldn’t have to put up with that. I wrote her a check for $500 and mailed it to her this morning. I had it.
I spent a lot of time training my husky from day one. I don’t want him to pick up a bad habit from that stupid dog.

No, I don’t feel like it’s my job or my parents job to train her dog. She’s an irresponsible dog owner.

Why does our puppy have accidents only when we are home?

We have an 8-month old yorkie/maltese/rat terrier mix. She was incredibly difficult to house train, but we did it! I am usually off work 1 week day per week, so on that day I am usually home with both our dogs all day. (The other one is a 5 yr old min pin mix who never has accidents.) The only time our puppy ever has accidents is when we are home. We get no warning whatsoever. She’ll just squat and tinkle right next to you! Sometimes ON you. It happens on the bed, couch, carpet, just wherever she happens to be. She doesn’t cry, dance around, or show any sign that she needs to go. What is the deal with this, and how can we stop it? I take her out very often throughout the day while I am here, but it doesn’t seem to help.
It’s not an excited thing. It’s just completely random. Like earlier today- I was walking around, straightening up, and I look down to see her right next to me, popping a little squat. Completely random!
She was spayed at the end of June. When she does have the accident, it’s a full bladder’s worth sometimes, and others not so much. As soon as I see her do it, I give her a sharp “NO!” and pick her up, just like I’ve always heard/read to do. It’s most definitely not an excitement thing. We crate trained her. When she does go potty outside, we praise her while she’s in the act and continually on the way back in. She sometimes will go to the front door and cry, so she knows what she’s supposed to do – she just doesn’t sometimes, but only when we are here with her.

kennel training a puppy?

so here it is …i just got a 6 week old puppy and we need to house train him. hes a toy poodle and he LOVES being around people.
but he HATES it with hes alone.

*im only 15 so i have to be at school from 8AM-4PM

*my parents have work ALL day so they cant let him potty
during the day

*he has to be in a kennel during school hours

*he has the most anoying yelp when hes alone =[

any ideas on how to train him or where to put him during the day until i can get home?
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any ideas on how get get him to stop crying in the middle of the night b/c hes alone?
-his kennel is right next to my bed-

i really need your help-DESPERATELY-ive only slept 8hrs in the last three nights…. =

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH

Partner and myself *wanting* to get a puppy but work full time and not sure if its fair…?

Hey,

My partner and myself are late 20s and live in a decent sized bungalow, we have been thinking about getting a pup for a while, but i have heard and read LOTS of conflicting reports about if it would be ok or not keeping a dog. I will try and give you all the details to get a fuller picture of what we want to offer it as well as where we may be lacking in what a dog needs.

I leave for work at about 7:30am and come back around 4:30pm, my partner works 10 minutes bike ride round the corner, and leaves for work around 8:00am and can come home for lunch to take it for a quick walk (15-25 mins) then would be back at work until about 5pm…

Now one thing that everyone seems to keep repeating is that they need to take a wee/poo every few hours when they are young, which may be a problem to begin with as we would only be able to pop back at lunch time for a bit, so it would be alone for about 2x 4 hour periods during the day. Personally we would not be angry if it has a few accidents, as its our own fault for not being there as often as we would want to be, however im sure it wouldnt want to be trapped in a room with a big poo for a while if it cant hold it…

My plan is to get up about 6am and take it for a walk/run for about 45 minutes, then my partner would take it for about 30 minute walk at lunch time, then when i get back take it for another walk for about an hour (probably longer). On weekends we are at home pretty much all day apart from when we need to go shopping (lets say 1 hour out of the house), so we can take it for longer walks and spend more time training it then.

Currently this seems like it *may* be enough for a puppy, and i cant see us changing jobs anytime soon but should that happen we may not be able to get to it at lunch times, but i couldnt see that happening anytime soon.

The puppy would initially be kept in our hallway which is 12×5 (ft) with laminate flooring, which we would put toys and bedding in for it to sleep and hopefully some sort of toilet area (away from the bedding). Then maybe open up the kitchen too and keep child locks on the cupboard doors, although im hoping it wouldnt start eating the table or chairs or demolish anything else in the kitchen (Although im sure it will)…

My main worries are for the dog being alone for so long and getting enough exercise, i dont mind the mess and if they cant hold something in thats fine, given time and training im sure that would sort out. Oh we are also currently looking at a Labrador mainly because it seems to be one of the best *family* pets that is fun, caring and intelligent, as we may be having children in the next few years and dont want a dog that could be a danger to the children as you hear lots of horror stories these days.

We dont really have any dog walkers in the area we live, and no day care for dogs, so for the foreseable future we would only be able to offer the dog our time outside of working hours (well the brief visit during lunch time)…

Depending on the answers im sure i will have more questions, but im a bit baffled as to how so many people can own dogs when they take up so much time, as surely most people work full time like ourselves, so maybe im just over estimating their needs…
Thanks for the comments so far, we are more than happy to get an older pup we just wanted one that we could bring up from start and watch it bloom (although granted we may not be around to watch it too much most days)

What sort of Age do you think we would be looking at to get one that should already have bladder control down?

We have a small back garden area, its fine for a puppy but a bit too small for it when it grows older (which is why i had planned for the nearby parks for most of the dogs exercise during the week).

As far as the dogs mental state and physical state goes, are we all pretty much agreed that it should be fine being left alone for 4 hours at a time? as im thinking more long term than just when its a puppy, and once its bladder is fine and its grown up a bit more will it be ok to stay alone for so long? (maybe its not acctually that long, but seems like it)