Dogs don't like to potty in their beds, so if you are not watching her a crate is a good babysitter. We put bells, (like a dinner bell) on our door handles. We ring the bell everytime we take the puppy potty, and eventually she will learn to ring the bell when she needs to go out. At 6 months old, she should be able to hold her potty for several hours. Routines are important. Your dog wants to please you, so when she does go potty outside, make a big fuss, and maybe even give her a treat. Let her know that going potty outside pleases you. They usually learn potty training by 8 months old, so keep at it. She needs to go out after she eats, when she wakes up, when you get home from work. and if she is sniffing around, it might be a good idea to take her out just to be safe. Labs are very smart, so she should learn fast. Give her plenty of time to go potty. A common mistake I see with people is that they don't wait long enough. The dog might pee really fast, but it might take 10 minutes before she is ready to poop, so don't bring her in too soon.Rescued 6 month old female lab puppy from pound, need housebreaking advice.?
You may need to regress to the beginning stages of housebreaking. Devise a feeding and elimination schedule for her, so that she is going outside at relatively the same time every day (I would begin with every 2 hours at first). Praise and reward her when she eliminates outside, and remove food and water an hour before bedtime to help her make it through the night. You may want to explore crate training as an option as well, as it can aid in housebreaking and provides the dog a safe and secure place to relax when you can't supervise her.Rescued 6 month old female lab puppy from pound, need housebreaking advice.?
You should probably crate train her, which is an easy and effective way of preventing her from having accidents in the house. When you're home with her, don't let her walk around the house unsupervised. You need to watch her closely at all times for signs that she may need to go outside. There's a good technique called ';umbilical cord training'; where you keep the dog on a leash with you when she's in the house. This helps you to be sure she doesn't wander off for a few seconds and have an accident.
If she does have an accident, you can't correct her unless you catch her doing it. Be sure you clean it up with a pet odor neutralizer so she's not drawn back to the same spot to go again.
When she goes potty in the right place, praise her and play with her. If you take her out and stand in one area until she pees or poops, then run and play with her after she goes, she'll start to want to go potty quickly when you take her out, since she knows that playtime only comes after she takes care of business.
Good luck with her!
Accidents will happen... so buy the cleaner that removes the smell out of your floors. If a dog smells that it went there once it is more likely to go again. If you show your adoption papers to pet stores they will give you coupons or % off. Petsmart and Petco does this.
Take the dog out at crucial times (upon waking up, 5 minutes after drinking, after eating, and just before bed). If you are playing with him hard she will need to be taken out. Also if she gets excited. Look for signs that she has to go. Walking around sniffing. Sniffing in circles especially around an area she had a accident.
If you catch her releving herself inside, say no and pick her up and take her outside. If she goes outside as well praise her. Clean up the accident inside but do not punish her. If you do not catch her in the act it does no good yelling at her, just clean it up.
I adopted a 5 month old male dog from the pound. Our first purchase was a dog crate to put him in. When he is not being supervised by us he is in the crate. Immediately upon taking him out of the crate he goes outside to ';p';. Also within a few minutes after eating. I take him out regularly during the day.
Crate train her for at night .. and Be a schedule freak.. Take her out first thing in the morning, 10 minutes after she eats, and every 2-3 hours to the EXACT same spot. it will take a week or two but she will get it. also remember at 6 months she still isnt grown so her bladder isnt capable of long waits. just like a todler, when she has to go it nearly already to late so if she runs to the door. Get her out
The only thing that helped me with my shepherd was to put him in a crate while I was at work. When I'm home, he's out of his cage, so I would take him out at least every hour. I would take him in the bedroom with me at night, and close the door. Dogs generally won't go to the bathroom where they sleep. When my dog was a little pup, I would get up about 3 times during the night to take him out. He's almost 4 months old now, and I don't have to take him outside during the night anymore. He is totally housebroken. Hope this helps and good luck!
When I was housebreaking my dog what I did was take it out every hour and when your at work leave it in its crate. Praise the dog when it goes to the bathroom outside. Keep the method up and if you have a doggy door that really helps
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