Advice on toilet training...please.

[belly]

Tara is the puppy who had the squits following worming last week and your advice (scrambled egg) worked a treat...so I thought you may be able to help again.
She was from our local Greyhound rescue and was nearly 14 weeks when we picked her up. We have borrowed a crate from the centre and for the first few nights she was clean and dry...bless. Then of course we had the episode with the wormer and the squits...shes all better now. But, since then she seems to think its ok to pee and poo at night. I have nt put her in the crate for the last 3 nights as tbh I would rather clean up off the floor rather than be hosing her and her bed down 1st thing in the morning. She also likes being with my other 2 dogs (2 year old greyhound and 3 yr old springer spaniel).
She is fed 3 times daily on dry food (pets at home's own stuff as it had the best ingredients list I could find) her last feed being about 6 pm. I walk her at about 8 pm (later if hubby isnt working nights).Last night i did her usual walk at 8 and then sat down to look at tv and she disappeared into kitchen to leave me a double gift.....aghhh.Hubby got in at four this am and she d left him a gift too.
I have owned dogs for years but have always had older dogs (accept harvey the springer who was 16 weeks but from somebodys home, and clean and dry at night...well mostly lol).Tara is 16 weeks old today and I understand she was late coming away from her litter pack. She is doing really well in the day....but the back door remains open for most of it when somebody is home....so just the odd accident.

 

[frannieuk]

Hi, you may find that actually leaving her in the crate overnight will make her less inclined to mess, especially once she realises that her tummy is feelingg better! I have a 19 week pointer x husky and she was struggling to get the idea about overnight toileting so we followed the vets advice and bought a crate. The theory is that they don't like to mess their own den, and it has seemed to work for us. Our pup gets her last walk as late as possible, even if it's just a run in the garden just before we go to bed and is let out again as soon as we get up. She is pretty much dry now and it has only taken a week to get her to this point. Hope this is some help, although there are people with far more experience on here who will probably have different advice! Good luck

 

[random_rider]

Yeah ditto above about leaving her in the crate over night! because maggie had a lot of mess in her crate when we first had her and we would have had to give her the tunyest fuss to avoid having pooy hands! We had to pick her up in a towel she was so bad jum[ing around the pen! She would then get a mini bath to get all the gunk off and be ace in the day and go on paper! This only lasted a week or 2 but now shes perfect and waits til wereup and tak eher across teh road for a wee and shes fine! So stick at it and all will be good in the long run! x

 

[CAYLA]

I would also revert back to the crate...by the soundsof it she has passed motions in the crate, however u need to be persistent and consistent with her.....u need to assosiate passing a motion in the garden or whilst out for a walk with praise/treat and maybe a command.
I would try to keep her space to roaming the house to a minimum until she gets into a routine....and try not to let her go out of sight...if she tottles of into another room, follow her and is she crouches to relieve herself...break the behaviour by calling her name and re-routing her towards the door.
make her last meal a light small meal and feed her as early as u can before bed time.
Sometimes dogs/puppies can urinate and deficate in the crate due to seperation from owner/stress/anxiety.....this will/should calm the more she gets used to the crate.

use the crate through out the day to practice the routine.....i.e place her in..pop out then return and let her straight into the garden...no fuss or praise then straight out...watch her from the window as if u stand out with her she is likely to want to engage in an excitable greeting....when she crouches to deficate or urinate quickly go out and slip her a treat and make a fuss as she is finishing as u dont want to break the actual time of her relieving herself.
Good luck

 

[katiejaye]

I agree with the crate, my puppy is only 9 weeks old and he sleeps in a crate overnight and he never messes in it. The breeder I bought Wooster from said that young dogs respond better to praise than being scolded when toilet training. Since I have had Wooster (just over a week) I take him outside immediately after he eats and when he poos outside I praise him and give him a treat. I take him outside to pee every 30mins or as often as possible and praise him when he does his stuff. Now when he does his business he immediately gets excited as he knows a treat's coming. He's now stopped pooing inside the house during the day and night. We are still having peeing incidents but they are becomming less frequent and he's really catching on.