Potty Training Trouble

[tkcro]

Hi everyone, I have a CC puppy who is currently 11 weeks old. I know it is still super early in the training process but we are still having problems with him peeing and pooping in the house. We take him outside 30 minutes after he eats and almost every 30-40 minutes during the day.

Anyone have any tips on making potty training a little more successful?

 

[Nik]

Yes he is still very young so expect accidents to happen. When he isn't in his crate keep a very close eye to him maybe even keep him on leash inside all the time so you can catch him before he potties and run him out. Every time there is a successful potty outside do a super happy excited celebration dance and lots of "good boy good boy". Make sure he knows what an awesome fun good thing it is to go potty outside.

 

[Bailey's Mom]

Potty Training! OMG, it's like suddenly believing in psychic abilities...suddenly you are a mind reader...and you know, beyond any human understanding that your pup needs to go. Mine doesn't ring bells or bark or whine...she just leans in and looks at me and the intensity grabs me and I know. My Grand-pup dances around and draws you to the door. Every dog is different. Trust your instincts...and Never Ever Punish. If they fail, it's because you didn't hear their telling you. Listen. You'll feel psychic, but failing that...potty every two hours just to make sure and do, as Nik tells you, THE HAPPY DANCE! Dogs LOVE The Happy Dance. They Love The Approbation! And, Mine loves the "Cookie" that follows. Dogs March On Their Tummies...Treats Matter.

 

[Courtney H]

The only thing I don’t miss about having a puppy is going through potty training! Yes, he’s still very young and accidents are to be expected. Two of my dogs took to bell training, my female did not! Every pup is different but you will learn to understand how they act when they need to go out. Keep him near you when he’s not in his crate. One thing I did that seemed to help is that when they woke from a nap, I’d say “do you want to potty or poopy?”, and then I’d take them right to door. When they did their business, I’d do the happy dance with a lot of “good boy/girl, going potty” praises, and a cookie to follow! Try to put a bell on the door and ring the bell before you open the door to let him out, and then after awhile make him ring the bell with his paw instead of you doing it. Don’t give up on it! Sometimes it takes awhile. But as training goes on and you see your pup asking to go out in a way other than using the bell, then he probably won’t ever want anything to do with it.

Good luck!

 

[DennasMom]

What they said ^^

When I would see accidents in the house, I would gently scold the accident (not the dog... the pile...). Don't over-sell the "bad" pile... or you risk the puppy making the connection and trying to hide any pile-making activities. But... There are some puppies that do need to know where NOT to go, as well as the good place TO go.
Then take the puppy outside (if you didn't already), and make sure any puddles or piles outside get praise, and the act of making them outside = PARTY.

Then, just do it over and over again... consistently... for the next 5-6 months, and you should be close!

 

[tkcro]

Thank you so much everyone! He has already improved so much since I posted my original post! He is even finally catching on to hitting the bell which has made it that much easier for all of us!

 

[Steven C]

Hi everyone, I have a CC puppy who is currently 11 weeks old. I know it is still super early in the training process but we are still having problems with him peeing and pooping in the house. We take him outside 30 minutes after he eats and almost every 30-40 minutes during the day.

Anyone have any tips on making potty training a little more successful?

We have a young Corso now too. LOL 11 weeks?? Go to Costco and get several large bags of Northern quilted and some bleach clean up, preferably a case. You have a long way to go on a pure bred Corso. Uff these dogs are not even close to a GSD or a Lab with potty training. Not sure why, but it has taken us every bit of 5 months she is going on 7 and 1/2 month now and almost there. I am with her all day long and there are two Poodles in the house also fully trained. Perhaps its a dominant thing doing what they want to do. Its not a stupid thing because they train amazingly well, especially the females imo.

It could be that they don't think its wrong while other dogs can't stand to be near there own pee.

You will start to see the signs and if you make any pit stop on the way out it will be too late. We have become expert pee cleaners, thankfully only ceramic tile.

 

[TylerDurden]

It‘s pretty interesting to see that there seem to be so many breed specific differences when it comes to potty training. Also, some people say that Mastiff‘s are the easiest to train, while other say they are the hardest. Based on my (limited) experience, I would say they are somewhere inbetween. We had to go through potty training while living in a large apartment complex. There was more than enough space, the facilities were dog friendly, and it was very nice overall. However, running outside has always been interesting. I agree that the smallest "pit stop" will most likely lead to an accident. Defi nitely not a fun experience, but a puppy who gets it under those circumstances will just do fine in a house. The hard training is really starting to pay off at 5 months of age.

 

[Boxergirl]

I've had a lot of different breeds of dogs and honestly I think potty training isn't something that has anything to do with breed. I feel it's more about the individual dog itself. I believe any accidents in the house are the fault of the human, not the dog. If they have an accident either you (generic you) aren't watching them closely enough, have allowed them freedoms they haven't earned, didn't move fast enough, etc.

 

[Steven C]

I've had a lot of different breeds of dogs and honestly I think potty training isn't something that has anything to do with breed. I feel it's more about the individual dog itself. I believe any accidents in the house are the fault of the human, not the dog. If they have an accident either you (generic you) aren't watching them closely enough, have allowed them freedoms they haven't earned, didn't move fast enough, etc.

Could be, I was only speaking of my experience with a Golden, 2 Poodles and a Doberman vs my 2 Mastiffs and the differences were not even close. Only the mastiff dogs took an obscene amount of time for us while the others learned quickly. The Golden learned in 2 -3 weeks crazy fast, the others were like 1-2 months max and the Mastiff were both 8 months of age hopefully!! Now as far as other training goes, my female working CC is amazing and learns fast indoors.

Just my personal experience is all.

 

[Jarena]

It is interesting reading through all of this. I would have never guessed there would be such a big range when it comes to potty training the same breed. I have my first mastiff now, she is a 9 month old Cane Corso. I brought her home at 8 weeks old. She was faster to potty train than any dog I’ve ever had. She mostly got it after only a week or two, every accident she had was our fault. Not paying close enough attention to her potty signs. She was so easy to potty train!

We didn’t use the actual leash for training, but we used the same idea. She wasn’t allowed out of our sight for the first couple of months. If we couldn’t actually see her, she had to go in her crate. We would even yell from room to room “the puppy is coming your way”! We were very strict about it too, even running to the mail box, taking a shower, starting laundry downstairs, or making coffee in the kitchen, she either came with us or went into her crate.

Good luck to everyone potty training!