Thread: pup toilet advive

hm... personally what worked for me was that my dog lived for in a crate at the very start before I moved him in a kennel with a run. The crate was just big enough for him to sleep in it comfortably but small enough for him not to be able to poop or piss without sleeping on his feces.

I've found my dog can't stand his output well let alone sleep in it, others I've spoken to say the same. With puppies if they had enough room they will do the business in one corner and sleep on the other end, if they don't have enough room to do that, they'll start to whine and bark to be let out.

My approach was, have it in a confined space (crate just the right size), each time he was let out of the crate he was taken directly to the lawn to do his business before having any further interactions with me or anyone else. No games, no hugs, no kisses from kids or cute girls, everything had to wait until he was finished with the 1st and only thing that he had to do as soon as he comes out of his crate.

I did that for the first week or so and from there on he got into the habit that he does his business on the lawn because he was given only that 1 option.. I do remember him letting it loose in the house couple of times at the very early days mainly when I didn't pay attention to him or felt confident he got the hang of things, I'd give him a growl or I'd pick him up and take him outside to finish his business (the negative consequence for the undesired action). He soon realized that the only place he pissed or pooped was a green patch with grass.

Funny enough my backyard was paved and had a small patch of grass. the paved section was spotless, my patch of grass very soon became patchy yellow.

Just bear in mind I was 19 at the time and had 3 months of uni summer holidays when my dog was 12 weeks. I literally spent 24 hours with the dog for the first month - I had time to muck around.