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This post was written by Puppy House Trainer on December 24, 2008
I have a 6 week old female mix breed puppy. Is that too young to start house training?
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No start training the puppy as soon as you get it home. The pup needs to know right off the proper place to go it will start going in the house and be harder to train. Good luck
As someone who was forced to use wee-wee pads before training my dog to go outside…. I’d say avoid them where possible. We had to use them bec our little guy was too young to go outside, we live in NYC where there are a lot of dogs and we don’t have a yard. If you have a yard, I’d wait a few more weeks before trying to housetrain your pup. There are limits to what they can be expected to learn at this young age.
The house breaking process it helps lot when the puppies the house breaking process it helps lot when the accident if the house breaking process it up and usually reward the puppy kibble ive trained puppies this way.
The momma dog anyways ive always had adult dogs to their new homes around 810 weeks old the momma dog anyways ive always had adult dogs to help teach the momma.
From paintedrain2
never to early
From italianmafian1313
i really messed up with my dog. my yorkie was so small as a new pup i couldnt find a collar or harness to take him out with and we didnt have a fenced yard. We have had a little success with the puppy pads. My dog will always poo on them if he is inside the house. But we havent gotten the pee thing worked out yet. My advice to you is to YES!! – start young!! Take your dog out every 2 to 3 hours and watch her after meals. If you have a fenced yard, I would let him out every 2-3 hours for 30 minutes in the beginning – let her get used to pottying outside. That could depend on the size of your dog though. My yorkie’s bladder was tiny as a pup. If your dog is larger, you can wait a little bit longer.
Posted by puplovetft
She was really too young to even leave her mother and litter mates as yet but no it’s not to early to start her training. Don’t use newspapers or pee-pads unless you plan to teach her to do her business in the house. If you want her to do it outside, start teaching her that way now. If you’re concerned about disease and you don’t have a yard, put some doll socks on her feet, and wash her feet off when you bring her in.
Housebreaking In A Hurry
The Five Things You Must do to Housebreak Any Dog In A Hurry
Every professional dog trainer knows that there are five keys to succesfully housebreaking your dog. Ignore any of these five keys and you’ll be dooming yourself to many extra months of housebreaking misery.
1.) Correct the dog any time he has an accident in the house. Keep him confined to either a crate, or a dog run outside when you can’t supervise him.
2.) Praise the dog anytime he eliminates outside.
3.) Establish a specific spot, and a command you repeat (such as Get busy!) while you’re waiting for him to eliminate outside.
4.) Set up a rigorous feeding and watering schedule, and take him out immediately after he does both.
5.) Use an odor neutralizer, such as a product called Nature’s Miracle (you can buy this at your local pet store, or through a mail order catalog.) You’ll need to make sure that whatever product you’re using is an enzymatic cleaner, meaning that it actually ‘breaks down’ the urine or fecal mater on a microscopic level, rather than just masking the scent.
The pads do work if you stick with it. This means watching the puppy almost constantly and putting them on the pad whenever you feel they are going to go potty. Try to discourage her from chewing them as you really don’t want her to ingest the plastic. Reward her whenever she goes on the pad; try not to punish for having accidents. That will just scare a puppy that young. Good luck
Start training him now.
Potty pads do work. I put them outside on my patio, so at night I just set her outside and she goes on the pads.But she will not use them in the house, only outside.Newspapers are messy and you don’t want to teach them to pee on your newspaper if they see it sitting on the floor.
Take the puppy out about every45 min to an hour. Always take them out after eating. If he starts sniffing around you need to take them outside.
Crates help a lot with house training. Mine sleeps in a crate at night but I do take her out during the night.
The trick is be consistant in every thing you do!
I brought my pup home around Christmas time and I had bells hanging on my back door. Every time I took the dog out she would hear the bells ring. After a short period of time she started ringing the bells when she had to go out. They are still hanging in the same spot for two years now. The whole key to potty training is to take them outside often and reward them for going potty outside. If you catch them getting ready to potty inside, take them out immediately and positive reinforcement is the key. I have been lucky with my dogs and this method has worked for me. The bells are good because the dog will eventually ring them and let you know it’s time.
By all means start training now, puppy pads work good. You can go to petsmart or any place like that. they have a pet training liquid comes in a little eye dropper bottle put a couple of drops on the paper or pads, put the puppy on it let her smell it. If the puppy does not go on the paper pick her up right away and put her on the paper and make her smell it again continue to do this until she gets the idea, it don’t usually take a couple of times. good luck start right away
Okay dear it is never to early to start I think any way. Just get some newspaper or if you have funds they have puppy pads that have a scent. If she still chews on them just have paitence she will not like being sprayed with water.There are lots of other cool ways to try and help. Go to Petco or petsmart.com. Hope I could help. Shy
NO!!! The sooner you start the easier it will be. The most effective way is crating. In the beginning they need a lot of supervision. Feed on a schedule and take her out on a regular basis, especially after naps and play. You should not leave her unsupervised and loose in the house until she shows sign of understanding. If she does have an accident don’t reprimand unless you catch her in the act. Accident sight need to have all smell erased so she won’t be encouraged to return to that spot. Good luck!!
Puplovet has pretty much covered it, except for the correct the dog when she potties inside.
Your puppy is too young to be away from her mother and litter mates, let alone be potty trained.
If she makes a mistake inside, clean it up, deodorize it and forget it.
Just take her outside when she gets up, after every meal, before bed – and every two hours or so if you possibly can.
Praise, praise, praise is the key – take her to the same spot all the time and praise her loudly and a lot when she gets it right – she will learn eventually, but she is far too young to get the hang of it completely.
How did you ever get a 6 weeks old puppy???
That’s illegal to even sell in most states. You have an infant on your hands – act accordingly.
Weewee pads are convenient, but then you will probably end up dragging weewee pads all over the yard to get her to go outside eventually, what I ended up doing with one puppy, she was convinced only weewee pads were the proper place to piddle, so I just kept dragging them further and further out the door into the yard.
NOOOOOO!! pee-pee pads dont work i had them once with an old dog. it makes them thank it is ok to pee in the house!! no you should start potty training them early.
It’s not too young to start training, but it’s too young to leave it’s mother and litter-mates!
Pee pads work for some, but some dogs take it as it’s ok to go in the house…so, it’s really up to you if you want to try it.
Your best bet is a consistent routine. Take the puppy out about 20-30 minutes after eating consistently. Don’t let her go more than 4 hours (that young, I’d say even 2 hours) without going out to potty. When she goes outside (or where you want her to go), praise her a lot and give her a little treat. Try to be patient…it may take her a while to learn what you’re trying to say, but she’ll get it eventually.
See links below. All good instructions on housebreaking
its never too soon to start potty training in my opinion, you just have to keep after it and be very consistent. as far as the pee pads, i hate those things, it just tells the dog, go ahead, pee in my house its fine. and they DO. When my shih tzu was that age i just made sure tyo take her outside every little bit, day and night, its alot of work but it pays off in the long run.now she goes to the door and lets me know every time she needs out, and as puppy gets older it will have to go out at night less and less until he finally sleeps through the night.