Toilet training a puppy?????

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I'm collecting my new miniature jack russel puppy in the morning, and it's been a while since i've had to toilet train a puppy. Whats the best way of doing so?? least stressful way for her and me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
 
Congrats on your new pup :D

I have been very lucky, in that shiba pups "ask" to go out at about 5 -6 weeks old, so toilet training is so easy.

A friend who had a jack russell said it took a long time to train her pup, hopefully your pup will pick it up nice and quick :D

Good luck :D
 
I've heard people say that JRTs can take a while to house train but mine was sorted completely within a week :) A crate is massively helpful as Cayla has said.

Can I ask out of interest, does anyone know at what age pups really have bladder control?? Friends got their springer at just 6 weeks (I know, I know!!) and he didn't seem to have much control at all so took a while to train because he just couldn't hold it, whereas we got Stan at nearly 12 weeks and he seemed to have much more control so much fewer accidents.
 
I always toilet train by taking them outside everytime they wake up, after having something to eat and after a busy play session. Stay in the garden with them even if it takes a long time for them to go, when they do go, lots of praise. If they do have an accident and you catch them in the act then reprimand with a firm no and put them straight outside, ONLY if you catch them in the act, there is no point reprimanding if you dont see them doing it! At night I crate them and have them in my room with me, that way you can hear them when they wake up in the night and need to go and you can take them before they have an accident.
 
I crate trained Harley. If I wasn't supervising him he was in his crate.

Other than that I took him outside every 30 mins!!! (twice in the night the 1st week, once a night the second week then he slept through) If I tried to leave him to onece an hour/mealtimes/visitors etc he would have an accident. So he went out every 30 mins.

I collected him at the end of Nov at 8 weeks and he was 95% trained by Christmas!! :) He only had an accident if he went to the door when I went to the kitchen or something.
 
Start as you mean to go on, Outside! Don’t go down the puppy pad newspaper route as then you have to train them off them so effetely training twice.

Ours get taken out after meals, a drink, play time, a nap and every 20 min in-between, don’t make a fuss about any accidents and don’t expect the pup to hold it self for hours over night, ours go to bed at 10.30 after their last wee for the night, we hold all water from 4omin before bed time so they go to bed with an empty bladder, then are up again at 5am and straight out for a wee, carry the sleepy pup out if you have to esp. if it’s a long way to the door, establish with all the people in the house what the go wee command and stick to it and use this each time you take the pup out to relieve its self. And a crate at night that isn’t too big that they can poo or wee away from their bed, should be just big enough for the pup to lie down on its side and to stand up with had raised fully
 
I think people are thinking of newspaper/pads as a means for the puppy to "pish" on, that is not what they should be used for! they should be used as a guide for the puppy to head towards (placed strategically at the door).... where you want them to tell u they want to go out (the door) of which ever room u are in with the puppy at the time, your job is to watch the puppy head for the pads/newspaper and "get up", and either walk to the door hence letting the puppy walk through it towards the final exit door (back door) or scoop it up when very little and take it out yourself.
Don't underestimate the use pads/newspaper, they should not be used as a lazy means of allowing a puppy to constantly do their business on them but as a guide to learn the puppy where to go/head in order to finally be let out.
I used pads for rescue puppy spaniels, as soon as they stepped foot on the pad, I would scoop them up and take them out, until they would stand at the spot (at the door) in which the pads where and look up at the door (hence them teling me they needed out, and me getting of me fat butt and letting them out):D
They where clean in no time.

I would expect a puppy to have accidents (be it fewer and fewer) right up to six months of age, people expect pups to be "fully clean" far to soon, I have known folk stress out when a puppy is still having accidents at 8 weeks :eek: at this stage they are just beginning to learn, and indeed as suggested the smaller breeds are renound for their lengthy toilet training process compared to the larger breeds, I have never seen such a clean and easy breeds to train as rotts and akitas as puppies, compared to cavs/shits/yorkis/j.r.t's, but then I have seen some very easily trained smallies too, it's but in the majority smallers are harder.
Whippets are actually not the easiest to toilet train, prob due to their cold arse "I don't really wanna go out" tendancies.
 
My border collie type was FULLY toilet trained after just one week- she taught herself to go out the cat flap and as she was bred on a farm she was already used to going outside :)
 
Yep expect accidents and when they do happen, get a newspaper or magazine roll it up and hit your self on the head and say I should of watched the puppy! :D sorry couldn’t resist.

Bladder control generally doesn’t kick in until 16 weeks, and if its a dog then sometimes when they hit the dreaded teenager stage and the hormones are flying they try and pretend they have forgotten everything you have taught them.
 
My Jack russell was 'clean' within days. She only has an accident when it is our fault as we don't open the back door when she goes to it to go outside.
 
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