Jan 05
starborn wants to know:
I have an old female pup 5 weeks. It is ready to learn that training and other necessary household upside down. The Food and interrupted her mother pupu are mature for his age.
I have an old female pup 5 weeks. It is ready to learn that training and other necessary household upside down. The Food and interrupted her mother pupu are mature for his age.
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January 8th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Routine is the most important aspect of training. From the beginning, feed 4 times per day, at the same times, and put the bowl up in 5 minutes, or when finished.
A puppy will need to go just minutes after eating, so whisk her outside, and stay with her UNTIL SHE ‘goes’..Give her lots of praise when she does her job, play a few minutes, and come back in..
If you can spread down a bag of sand, from a garden center, it will give her a good place to go, so you can kind of aim her there, and not just all over your yard..
She should only need to go poop after eating, and perhaps at bedtime..
However, she will need water down at all times, and need to pee frequently..so, outside every other hour for that..and keep a close eye on her..She will need to go during active play, and every time she wakes from a nap..If you watch her, you will see her acting restless, and sniffing the floor, etc when she needs to go..at first, peeing may be just a matter of pausing, and uh-oh, there it is..She won’t even be aware…So its important to never scold her for peeing…***this is what makes traumatized pups that refuse to pee outside, or try to hide it in the house..as they get scolded for it, and it becomes a traumatic event***..
Keep the product, Nature’s Miracle, on hand, for instant cleaning of pee spots…or ask your pet supply which enzyme cleaner they recommend..
Puppies physiology only allows them to hold pee for about 1 hour per month of age…so expecting any more is unrealistic..a good reason for a playpen or crate at night.. She may hold it through the night, but is likely to need to pee at least once during the night..You can remove the water a couple of hours before bedtime..
By following a routine, and being ever watchful for the first few days, you can have her petty well trained in just a couple of weeks..or less
I house-train all of my pups before they ever leave my home, and I do it an entire litter at a time..it normally takes about 4-5 days, with very few accidents, before they are asking to be let out..
But, if you hang a little bell on the door, or a desk bell on the floor, and show her you are ringing the bell each time you take her out, she is likely to begin ringing the bell when she needs to go..Just be very vigilant, and yet stay relaxed..an accident doesn’t mean failure..
Remember, it takes forever to potty train a human baby, and it is so nice that puppies can learn it so much faster, but they are still allowed to be babies, and don’t deserve to be stressed about the training…
If you have important areas to keep clean, just keep her away from those areas until she is a bit older..
I recommend using a soft step-in type harness for the walking and leash training, as it is less frightening and stressful..eventually, as trust is developed, you can switch to a collar..but a soft harness takes the fear away from the beginning…Walking stimulates the bowels to move, more so than just putting the dog out..
Here is a great resouce site for all basic early puppy training
each ‘blue’ heading is a link.
January 8th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Posted by Gr8danelady
A 5 week old puppy is far too young to be taken away from its mother.
January 10th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Posted by amanda c
You are going to have a VERY hard time teaching a puppy that young anything. She should still be with her mother, for at least 3 more weeks. Expecting a pup that young to learn anything is like expecting a 1-year-old child to learn the ABCs. It may be possible, but it’s just a bit over their head at that age and will be extremely difficult. Very few training tips will work for a pup so young.
January 10th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Sorry but a 5 week old puppy is not ready to learn anything other than being with its mommy..Any breeder that lets a puppy go at five weeks is not worthy of being a breeder. That puppy needs to be put back with its mommy for another three weeks. If you can’t put it back with it mommy then you need to go get a puppy supplement and feed this puppy with a bottle for a few weeks along with mushy solid foods. This puppy shouldn’t have been taken from its mother until it was 8 weeks old.
January 12th, 2009 at 4:36 am
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The back door suspend it outside and stay with the lead do as for other learning leash to it and do the leash to an hour as she hasnt got collar on yet put her and letting her run around weeks add the harness or hold the yard is likely to.
For other option is to the street until shes used to pushing before she doesnt make sure the back when shes eaten take her on the weather is best of turf with the blanket do as bed.
The turf with her around your front and this for every meal do not rub her collar on her in it on if she might panic if you are going to push the leash walking start to you have large dog door in any indoor business until around the.
From Elfwing
January 14th, 2009 at 6:02 am
send her outside and just wait(this might take hours). then give her a treat and repeat this until she stops peeing in your house( I have a 10 week old male maultise)
January 14th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
The puppy wont train well and you read up taking her mother and you will end up on puppy is enough chances are biting to early have tendancy to shelter.
From mama2bz
January 18th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Too young to leave a parent. You should never buy a dog that early, the dog isn’t really mature enough to leave.
January 20th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Posted by PickyVeggiePup
if she is teething(bitting) roll a wet face cloth put some spice freeze it and voila an inexpensive miracle chew toy to help stop the teething!!!
January 20th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
The most important thing to remember when training is to be consistent…..
I feel it is never too early to start training, however all dogs learn at a different pace. I also have found that with consistancy you can train a dog to do almost anything. It is important to reward good behavior.
Find the method that works for your dog, whether it be no, a noise like a tin can with rocks in it, or rewarding good behavior. Usual a combination seems to work best. Good luck!
January 23rd, 2009 at 1:23 pm
i would try puppy pads. you can get them from a pet store
From looneyluna101
June 15th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
i HAVE A 5 WEEK OLD PITBULL AND HAVE HAD HIM FOR 3 DAYS SO FAR AND HE DOES GO IN THE HOUSE FROM TIME TO TIME AND I KNOW HES JUST YOUNG AND CANT HELP IT BUT HE ALREADY KNOWS TO GO THE DOOR. HE IS BY NO MEANS POTTY TRAINED BUT IS DEFINATLEY GETTING THE CONCEPT. SO I MUST BEG TO DIFFER ON BEING ABLE TO TEACH THEM ANYTHING AT THAT YOUNG BECAUSE HE IS ALREADY PICKING UP ON THE NECESSITIES OF BEING A GOOD HOUSE DOG. SO WITH A SOLID ROUTINE I THINK YOU CAN TRAIN PUPPIES THAT ARE THIS YOUNG. I KNOW HE SHOULDNT HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM HIS MOTHER AT THAT YOUNG BUT THE WHOLE LITTER WAS ALREADY SEGREGATED FROM THE MOTHER AND HAD BEEN EATING CANNED FOOD SLIGHTLY WATERED DOWN. I TOOK HIM CAUSE HE WAS OUT IN THE DIRT IN A PIN WITH 6 OTHER PUPS AND I FELT LIKE I SHOULD TAKE HIM OUT OF AN ENVIORMENT LIKE THAT SO THATS THE REASON I TOOK HIM OFF THE YARD I JUST COULDNT AFFORD TO TAKE ALL OF THEM. BUT HE IS VERY INDEPENDANT ALREADY AND YEA HE DOES NEED THAT SPECIAL PUPPY LOVE AND HE GETS IT. I AM VERY HAPPY WITH HIM HE IS MUCH BETTER THAN IMAGINED A 5 WEEK OLD PUPPY TO BE.
February 8th, 2010 at 1:31 am
I have 5 week old pitbull. I am unsure of a few things. It says that she should only go potty every couple hours. But she goes ever 20-30 minutes I am not sure if it is normal. Any advice? She loves to bite and nip at people. I am not sure how I should be disipining her for it because she is only 5 weeks old. I do tell her no with a stern voice. Sometimes she stops and sometimes she doesn’t . I am very new at this she is my first puppy. I am just afraid that if I wait to disipline her that she might become aggressive later on. I have a daughter who is 8 and I dont want to have to worry about her being aggressive against her. Can someone give me some pointers. Please