"Potty training"?

[Crested]

Ok... I've been really sick this week (actually I can't remember when I've been this sick) and 5 minutes up equals for me 30 minutes rest, but I'm on the mend thanks to antibiotics.

Anyway... I'm in the middle of puppy feever and I'm still wishing and hopeing to get a pup this summer, allthough the summer is not long here anymore and I started thinking... It took eight months to get Ben completely house trained (But he had the whole "I have to mark my territory over and over and over and over and over again), so I thought I'd ask you guys what YOU think is the best way to "potty train" a puppy and how did that work for you? :D

/Crest

[Guest Anonymous]

Hands down--crate training. It is faster, safer and FASTER. Did I say faster? :lol:

[DogPaddle]

Crate training, someone home most of the time, frequent trips outside, a shedule, eagle eyes and possibly pup attatched to someone by a longish line . . . if I start talking about getting a puppy again, EVER, someone remind me of this, please.

[courtnek]

crate training is the way to go, providing someone can let the dog out every 3 to 4 hours. If not, you can enclose them in a bathroom with newspapers or doggy pads (dogs are attracted to them to pee) and have their bed on the opposite side. Any room with a tile floor will do.

Then, when you get home, take the doggy pads/newspapers outside and
put them down where you want her to pee, and then praise her big time when she does. As she gets older and her bladder gets stronger, you can start taking away the pads and papers and just take her out to her spot.

You have to pick a "proper" spot for her to go, so she knows what you are trying to tell her with the pads/papers. Enclose her in her room with a baby gate, not the door, so she can see out and doesnt feel trapped.

Freebee did not like to be crated. She destroyed the crate in no time, so we used the bathroom method and she was good with that.