Hello everyone,I am new to this forum. I purchased my puppy from a pet store in Feb and he was already paper trained. He is now six months old due to the fact that I do not always have an opurtunity to walk him and beacuse he is left home alone,I still encourage him to use the paper. I did not have any problems with him going on the paper until two weeks ago he stopped using it for number 2 he only pees on it. I dont know why but I cant seem to get him to use it for both anymore. If anyone has any suggestions I would really appreciate it. thanks again.
Paper Training- need help
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Well first of all you probably got a puppy mill puppy and they aren't raised in great conditions. They tend to be a lot harder to housetrain so that will be an obstacle for you.
What kind of dog is this? I'm not a fan of teaching a dog to pee in the house but I guess it works for some people. You need to walk your dog at least once a day so why don't you start doing that and see how the housebreaking goes.
What kind of dog is this? I'm not a fan of teaching a dog to pee in the house but I guess it works for some people. You need to walk your dog at least once a day so why don't you start doing that and see how the housebreaking goes.
many chihuahua owners litter train there dogs, simply because its easier and their dogs are smal enough for it, you can get special litter and litter pans for it,
what breed of dog do you have?
maybe ask about litter training on a chihuahua forum and they could tell you how some of them do it, i know quite a few people on this forum: chihuahua-people.com have litter trained their dogs!
what breed of dog do you have?
maybe ask about litter training on a chihuahua forum and they could tell you how some of them do it, i know quite a few people on this forum: chihuahua-people.com have litter trained their dogs!
My husband litter-trained our chihuahua, and when it's subarctic around here in the winter, we all appreciate it. During the summer he never uses it - we walk him 3-4 times a day, but he can't stand the cold winters.
Saje - I agree that for most dogs, litter/paper training is a sorry excuse for a lazy owner, but littertraining CAN work for some dogs. Our chihuahua is 3-legged, and as he gets older it's harder for him to go outside. He has limited mobility as it is, and without the litterbox he'd be suffering in -20 degree weather!
Plus, a bonus! Dog pee doesn't smell nearly as bad as cat pee.
Saje - I agree that for most dogs, litter/paper training is a sorry excuse for a lazy owner, but littertraining CAN work for some dogs. Our chihuahua is 3-legged, and as he gets older it's harder for him to go outside. He has limited mobility as it is, and without the litterbox he'd be suffering in -20 degree weather!
Plus, a bonus! Dog pee doesn't smell nearly as bad as cat pee.
I think that paper training is an easier step towards teaching your dog to go outside. Puppies need to go out a lot, paper training is great for all those times that they don't make it out.
It also teaches the pup that there are place where "going" is acceptable and places where it is not. After the pup is paper trained (I did it with both of my dogs) it's a heck of a lot easier to teach them to go outside. Think of it as a "transitional stage".
My girl did that too. She would poop about a foot from the paper. I don't really know if this is why, but this is what I told myself.lol
She was about 6 months old, and getting bigger. The paper was on a linoleum floor. I think when they squat to go poop the paper slips and it's very uncomfortable, so they know their supposed to go on the paper but it's uncomfortable so they try to negotiate by going as close to the paper as possible. I never got her out of the habit, but she did get to the age where she could hold her poop long enough to go outside. I'm sorry I don't have any suggestions as to FIX the problem but I HAVE experienced it as well and that's the explaination I came up with.
It also teaches the pup that there are place where "going" is acceptable and places where it is not. After the pup is paper trained (I did it with both of my dogs) it's a heck of a lot easier to teach them to go outside. Think of it as a "transitional stage".
My girl did that too. She would poop about a foot from the paper. I don't really know if this is why, but this is what I told myself.lol
She was about 6 months old, and getting bigger. The paper was on a linoleum floor. I think when they squat to go poop the paper slips and it's very uncomfortable, so they know their supposed to go on the paper but it's uncomfortable so they try to negotiate by going as close to the paper as possible. I never got her out of the habit, but she did get to the age where she could hold her poop long enough to go outside. I'm sorry I don't have any suggestions as to FIX the problem but I HAVE experienced it as well and that's the explaination I came up with.