Help, we purchased 3 lab puppies and are having a difficult time with potty training... We have tried everything, crate, reward, every 30 min... It is very cold where we are, but as soon as they come in within 10 minutes they pee again! I am going nuts help
My goodness, you are brave, three pups Welcome to the forum first of all . How old are the pups ? House training can take an age I`m afraid and is always harder in winter months when pups are reluctant to leave a warm home to step outside . Its a case of sheer perseverance , its tough with one but with three it will be so much harder, sorry . You are doing the right things re outside, making encouraging noises and a reward if they perform, ignore if they don't . Many people, myself included, found it useful to use a trigger word , maybe wee, or pee , and use that word every time they do get it right , word association really . Sorry I cant offer any more suggestions, apart from stick at it , the penny will drop .
Hi and welcome to the forum. You are certainly going to have your hands full for many months with 3 pups at one time. As Kate says there is no magic wand to help toilet training it just comes down to perseverance and time as bladder control improves. Make sure you use one of the special cleaners to neutralise any accidents indoors and lots of praise, treats and fussing when they do pee outside. They will get the hang of it. Please tell us more about your pups - how old? what colour? boys or girls? names? Oh and when you get time (if ever with 3 pups) we love puppy photos
Oh Em Gee, THREE pups?! How old are they?! I have two litter mates, but brought Willow home at 8 weeks and Shadow at 14 weeks - by this time, the toilet training was almost complete, and I just had to deal with the odd accident where I didn't read their signals in time. The most helpful things to remember are to take them out after every meal, every drink, every time they play and every time they wake up. Those are the main triggers. You'll probably find that they start to sniff the floor and/or turn in circles immediately before going to the toilet - you have to be really quick if they do that, because it's imminent! You need eyes in the back of your head with one, so with three - well, buy lots of Simple Solution (or other enzymatic cleaner) and lots of kitchen paper. Also, how much free space do they have to run in? Dogs learn not to go to the toilet in their den, but it can take a while for them to realise that their den extends to the whole house. So, at first, Willow was confined to half the living room, then, once she was consistently clean in there, we moved the barrier so she had the run of the whole living room. Then the hallway etc etc. I also makes keeping an eye on them easier when they're in a smaller space! If they're small puppies, you just have to remember they're only babies - you wouldn't expect a human baby to hold its bladder or to understand when and where it needs to go, so you can't expect it of a puppy, either. They will get it (quicker than a human baby!!) but it does take a lot of patience and learning to read their signals. Good luck and, as Rosemary said, try to share some photos if you have the time!
Hello I have just joined the forum today. We have two female litter mates, girls, nearly 11 weeks old. Our two 14 year old labradors sisters died last year so it has been a while since having puppies again. The potty training is very slow as the fierce wind and rain does make it harder to stand outside for any length of time with them so we can praise them on time but they are making some progress but keeping them away from carpet areas as much as possible. They can last four hours during night and I get up and take them outside but every night is different, sometimes used pads very well and other times wee on the floor. I will have to find the solution which was mentioned to spray where they have wet, as have been using either soapy water or disinfectant spray. I absolutely adore them. Cheers
Wow - that is amazingly brave! Photos needed!! Toilet training takes time and some pups take much longer than others however you approach it. I have had three pups (not together!) The first, Tatze was reliable by 12/13 weeks, the second - Gypsy - was pretty much clean and dry by 10 weeks old (!) the latest, Twiglet, was 17 weeks before she stopped indoor piddling! (but she is now, at 8 months absolutely brilliant and goes on command whenever I ask her) Here is a link to an excellent article - http://www.thelabradorsite.com/house-training-your-labrador-puppy/ .
It's certainly not the norm to buy three puppies. Are they littermates? How old are they? It takes special care to raise 2, potty train, separate them for other training and so on. You have your work cut out for you. Do you have three crates? But, fosters who take in rescues often get several puppies at once and breeders, hopefully, start to train their litters. You just have to do everything three times. 30 minutes may be too long in times of high stimulation, as in when you are playing with them. My last puppy was a winter puppy, in a winter of exceptional snow and cold. If anything I think the cold speeded up the process, out, pee, get it over with, back inside. Especially the twice a night outings. Why did the winter puppy have to be the one who needed out twice a night? Why couldn't he have been like the spring puppy, who didn't need out at night at all? LOL.
I have adopted 3 female puppies, now 2 months old and insanely adorable- Pharonic Hounds, native street dogs in Cairo where I live. I have been caring for the mother and arranged to let her sleep in our parking lot since she was born 1 year ago (in our building parking lot) and the rest of her litter and mother were killed by poison. Now of her own litter of seven, 4 were killed by cars as they toddled into the street and I had to take the remaining 3. These dogs are extremely intelligent and beautiful and sturdy. Packs of them roam wild everywhere in Egypt. The mother considers herself my dog but she loves her social life and is the queen of her pack as she is fed and protected by me. But now I have these puppies, they are almost completely weaned. I built a crate for them outside. I tried to bring one up to my small apartment on the 6th floor and it was yikes too stinky poopy peepee..and she cried every second she was not with me- hated being alone. They are happy now together and i take them out 3 times a day to play.. Today I put little collars on them which they didn't mind at all.. But winter is coming and I would like to eventually be able to train them and bring them inside... Was thinking leashes in a week .. but potty training..??? How
