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How do I stop this from happening?
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My puppy is 11 weeks old. The breeder trained him and his littermates to go to the bathroom on pads. I am trying to teach my dog to go to the bathroom outside. I have a pad in the house and if he starts sniffing or goes near it, I take him outside. Sometimes I'll take him outside and he'll go and 15 minutes later he'll pee on the mat. What am I doing wrong? How do I stop him from going on the mat after I take him outside? I like having the mat there just in case I'm not paying attention to him and he needs to go.
Re: How do I stop this from happening?
Take him outside after everything he does - wakes up from a nap, finishes playing, finishes eating, anything. Sound very excited when he goes outside - YES puppyname, good dog puppyname and also add a potty word for outside. Sometimes even treating them as they go or right after is a good thing.
Lots of praise and positive reinforcement will teach him good behaviors.
You have to choose. You have to either have him master pottying outside by just going outside or decide to keep using the pads. Once he has mastered outside and is consistent with that for a long time then maybe you could try using pads for rare occasions but you're confusing him. Our youngest came from her foster mom's with puppy pads. Personally I hate those things and we never used them. We took them away immediately and started training her to potty outside. She was either crated or tethered to one of us (leash around my waist that attached to her harness) at all times. We set the timer and brought her out every 20 minutes and praised like crazy when she pottied outside. She learned real fast!
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We are having the same problem with a 1yr old dog we just adopted from another owner. Except not on pads - I honestly think his previous owners let him go to the bathroom inside becuase they were too lazy to put him on a leash, take him down 3 flights of stairs and walk him. It's frustrating; I feel your pain! We crate him when we can't keep him in our sight & move him outside if he starts to go inside so he knows where he's supposed to be.
Agree with PP that you should remove the pads immediately. Your pup knows these are "okay" and will continue using them if they are there. Just continue bringing him out and praising him like crazy when he goes outside. It will work, it just takes A LOT of time.
This is a crucial age. Take him outside before he even thinks he needs to go. Take him after he drinks and eats, before he wakes up {yes, you need to wake him up and take him out, not the other way around. if he wakes up, he'll more than likely go right away and it'll be too late} and set a schedule during the day when you're taking him out.
If you're home alot, I would suggest this:
Start with taken him out every 3 hours on the hour. I know this sounds crazy, but it's really going to benefit you in the long run. After a few days of that schedule, extend the durations.
You'll also want to set a time in the middle of the night to take him out. This sucks for a while, but if you can get it to where he ONLY goes outside, he will get use to it, and he won't want to go inside. If he does, you also want to make it clear that it isn't ok to go inside. Firmly say "NO!" clean it up, and take puppy outside asap.
Also everytime he goes outside, praise and reward him immensely.
good luck!
I did this with my puppy at 10 weeks old. She's 7 months now and completely house trained.