Does he do it on purpose?

We've had our dachshund for about 2 months now and he's still not housebroken. We keep him in the kitchen since the rest of the house is carpet and we put down puppy pads for him. We take him outside to go out and he just chews on sticks and runs around. He's only peed twice outside for me. Both times I praise him and tell him what a good puppy he is. Other than that, he just goes inside, sometimes on the pad, sometimes not. And about 90% of the time, he shreds his pad to pieces and then drags it into his kennel.

We would like to put him on a schedule, but for a 5 month old puppy, how long does it take after drinking for him to have to pee? How often should he be going outside? His normal amount of time outside each time is about 15 min, but I've taken him out for as long as 45 min with no piddle, only to take him inside and he pees in the kitchen. Any advice?

Well I have a puppy too only that he is a different breed but.... i use this websites schedule and it seems to work like a charm. just adjust the times to your schedule.

You need to be sure to remove the scent entirely where he has peed on the floor by using bleach or ammonia. Otherwise, he will continue to pee where he had peed before. When I have a new puppy (8 weeks old or so) I leave them in a cardboard box with sleeping material in 1/2 and newspaper in the other 1/2 when unsupervised. The dog won't pee in it's bed and will pee on the paper. Then I take the newspaper outside. Next I remove the dog from the box when it first wakes up from a nap and take it immediately outside near the newspaper. The dog will smell the paper and pee outside. When the dog is inside you must watch vigilantly and grab the dog and rush it outside whenever it begins to squat before it pees on the floor. I have owned several dogs for their whole life span and have never taken longer than a week or so to housebreak a puppy. If you have let it get this old you have your work cut out for you. The main thing is to first remove all the scent of urine from your house or you are sunk. Then start from scratch using that method.

Sounds like the puppy has way too much freedom having the entire kitchen. Instead of giving him the kitchen, how about crate training him? He'd need a crate that isn't so large that he can pee on one end and sleep on the other. They don't like to soil their "dens".

I'd have him on a schedule of taking him out every 2 hours during the day. And crated at night, and have the crate in the bedroom, so that you can hear him when he whimpers that he needs to go out, so that you can get up and take him out immediately. He needs to learn to be able to trust that you'll take him out when he needs to go.

When he's out of the crate, he must be on a leash at all times, attached to you. He has no opportunity to fail this way. You will see him start to circle to go potty and can take him outside immediately.

I baby sat a 10 week old schnauzer puppy for a week for a friend, and we didn't have a single accident in the house by following this method.

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

... When the dog is inside you must watch vigilantly and grab the dog and rush it outside whenever it begins to squat before it pees on the floor. I have owned several dogs for their whole life span and have never taken longer than a week or so to housebreak a puppy.

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Same here Dale! Attention is so important when it comes to potty training. Scoop up the pup and run outside telling the pup that he pees outside...outside...outside.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Sounds like the puppy has way too much freedom having the entire kitchen....I'd have him on a schedule of taking him out every 2 hours during the day.... When he's out of the crate, he must be on a leash at all times, attached to you. He has no opportunity to fail this way. You will see him start to circle to go potty and can take him outside immediately.

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With my dogs, I take them outside every two hours around the clock and also about 15 minutes after they eat or drink. Potty training is accomplished in a very short time with this method even though it seems forever for me since getting up every 2 hours and going outside is a drag!! Oh well......

I also always keep pups, for about their first 6-8 months, on a leash attached to me. This is their first true training and teaches them to pay attention to me, look to me for where we are going, stay by me, lay down by me, be calm at the human mealtime (by lying down), not jump on people, sit and stay when I open the front door, etc etc etc. Also, when I go somewhere in the car, the dog (attached to me) goes also. When it is unreasonable to have the pup come with me, the pup is then leashed to one of my kids. Leashing your pup to you is a really great way to bond with your dog and your dog to bond with you. Leashing yourself to your dog is also a great way to keep your pup out of trouble and learn his signals.

Your pup is simply attempting to train you because it is not clear to him where he ought to 'go'. That's all. Nothing wrong with your dog, and if you start to impliment, consistently, some of the suggestions mentioned by myself and other posters, good results will follow.

Also, I would make sure that you have had a vet check up to make sure that there is nothing going on that disallows him to control his ability to pee.......

It will all work out with proper guidance for your pup!! Don't give up!!!

He has had a vet check up and I'm pretty sure he can control his pee. He waits until we are INSIDE to pee. :P I like the leashing idea. What happens if in the case I have to work and no one will be home to leash him to? Sometimes my fiance and I have the same work hours during the day and the roommates are almost never home due to both of them working two jobs.

I housebroke my current dog in 2 weeks (she was 2 months old than), during the day she was in her crate and was taken out every two hours, at night she would be in her crate also, spending 8 hours without the ability to go out.

You also need to be consistent and use positive re-enforcement.

Good luck!

I've been reading up on dogs for a little while now, because I would love to have one. I've picked up a few books at Barnes & Noble with great details on how to potty train puppies and teach them various tricks. The guides are pretty well illustrated and pretty thorough.

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You also need to be consistent and use positive re-enforcement.

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Almost every book i've read or resource I've watched (Cesar Milan :banana: ) swears by positive re-enforcement. No yelling, no swatting, no bad vibes...you will get things accomplished much faster....

I don't believe in yelling at a dog or punishment like that. Trust me. I actually work at Barnes and Noble and I'm on the search for housetraining books. He has a small crate. Its big enough for him to turn around in and lay comfortably. It has two doors, one on the front and one on the side. Very nifty and has a slide out bottom for easy cleaning.

He has no problem being in the crate. Actually he's never whined while in it. He knows its his bed and has only soiled it once, but never since then.

When you leave for the day, crate him. Don't leave him for a full 8 hours by himself. He may just pee right there in the den. He needs to have a breaks in the middle.


Crate him at night, all night.

When you get up in the morning, take him immediately outside. Tell him to go pee over and over.

Once inside, feed him, water him, afterwards, take him back outside to poo.

When gone for the day, keep him in a crate. Give him a potty break at lunch, or more often is better. Crate him again afterwards.

When you come home, take him outside again, tell him to pee.

Keep a lead on him, and keep him with you at all times. Once he starts doing the pee stuff (sniffing around) take him outside until he pees.

Take him for a long walk, some dogs have to walk before they like to pee.

It takes constant affirmative action to catch him before he pees, and taking him out often enough to encourage him to go pee.

I have never had an animal that wasn't house broken quickly. Usually just taking him outside a lot and giving him a bit of praise is enough. :gj:

Thanks for the advice. We will try this. Tomorrow we have all day off so we can take him for a long walk. He likes going up to the Starbucks and back. :)

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Tell him to go pee over and over.

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This is the only sentence in the entire thread that I can find to disagree with. :P (Sorry Connie! ;) )

When trying to teach a command...if you simply say the word over and over again before the dog knows what it is supposed to mean, the word becomes meaningless to them. Wait until the dog does what you want it to do...THEN assign a command-word to the action. Such as, as soon as he squats to pee, tell him, "Go Potty!" in a happy voice. Then praise him like crazy for going "potty" (or whatever word you prefer to use).

Stay consistent with that, and they will actually learn to pee on command, making future potty breaks that much easier to get through...especially when the weather is icky and NObody wants to be outside! :D

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This is the only sentence in the entire thread that I can find to disagree with. :P (Sorry Connie! ;) )

When trying to teach a command...if you simply say the word over and over again before the dog knows what it is supposed to mean, the word becomes meaningless to them. Wait until the dog does what you want it to do...THEN assign a command-word to the action. Such as, as soon as he squats to pee, tell him, "Go Potty!" in a happy voice. Then praise him like crazy for going "potty" (or whatever word you prefer to use).

Stay consistent with that, and they will actually learn to pee on command, making future potty breaks that much easier to get through...especially when the weather is icky and NObody wants to be outside! :D

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I dunno... I suppose my dogs all understood what I meant because there was another dog around doing the peeing as well.


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I see what you mean... you would rather they say it when the dog begins to squat. I say it while they are sniffing around in the grass, trying to get them to associate the whole "go pee!" with them sniffing around looking for a good place to whiz. :P

I use the pee word when they actually begin to pee and keep repeating it until they are finished :P

My parents own four dachshunds, my brother owns two.
They are by far one of the hardest dogs to house train.

I just doggy sat my brother's two dogs this weekend.

One bad thing about dachshunds is that they pee when they get excited. In fact this weekend one of the dogs jumped on our bed and wet my pillow at 5am.

The best method is crate training. Atleast that's how we got our boxer to go outside. You have to be persistent. My dog did NOT like the crate. In fact he still doesn't, but he got used to it and now he alerts us when he needs to go outside. No more crate for him. Now if only I could keep a 70lb dog from jumping on people.

I'd have to second the crate training thing! It works wonders. I house broke a puppy using the crate. Here's my two points to add to the other great suggestions:

-When leaving him overnight, don't just open the crate and let him come out and wander, attatch the leash and pick him up and plop him outside so he doesn't get the chance to pee on the floor. repeat whenever you have to crate him for excursions out of the house.

-Once he has done this a few times, you can work up to letting him out without picking him up in the mornings and leading him out on a leash.

- Make him go in the same spot outside. This really helped the dog I was potty training to "get idea". He learned that if he had to pee (in the morning or when I knew he's not done it in a bit), he should go there and then he would be allowed to explore. I also gave him a treat when he peed on that spot.

Hope this helps!

I've heard they are hard to train and we've already experienced the excitement piddle. We are going to take him out tonight after he eats and then crate him in the room for the night. We should only be sleeping about 5 or 6 hours since I have to be up early, so he won't be crated for long. He loves his crate and has never made a peep when I crate him so that I can clean up his mess in the kitchen.

Thanks for advice. I'll let you know how tomorrow goes as far as him going wee outside. *crossing fingers*

Small dogs are usually harder to house train than large dogs. My bulldog "got it" right away, my pug took nearly a year to be perfect, with no accidents. Small dogs like Doxies have small bladders, and just like children, when they have to go, they have to go now! Crate training is a great option, but remember your puppy cannot hold it for more that a few hours, the calculator is generally at 8 weeks take them out every hour, every week beyond, you can tack on an hour, so 9 weeks, every 2 hours, etc. It is not an exact science, and if you see that he potties himself after 90 mins, take him out every 90 mins. If you crate him for longer than he can hold it, he will soil his crate and become desensitized to it. If you will be gone for extended periods of time, shut him in a larger area, with training pads. Maybe a portion of the kitchen, large enough for his bed and a pad, so he will naturally want to potty on the pad. As he starts to get it, increase the area. When you are home, and taking him out, do not come inside until he does his business, even if you stand out there for 45 mins, the only way to get him to learn is to catch him going outside and praising him (i mean praise him like he just cured cancer!). Also when he goes inside, you have to be vigilant, and catch him as he starts nosing around and squatting, immediately punish him (sternly say "no, bad boy," etc. I always said "No poopies!") carry him outside immediately to let him finish his business outside, if even 1 drop hits the ground outside, celebrate. The only thing I can tell you is be patient, it is worth it in the end, they always get it, if they don't it is not the dog's fault, it is the owner just not being patient. I promise it gets better.
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Hey you've got a little black smudge on the hard wood floor there. Just kidding. Cute puppies! Well we ended up taking him over to my mother's house today. He peed once outside. Praised him like he was an angel.

I must say though, of all the puppies I've ever had, this one is by far the hardest to house train, but the easiest to train with anything else. We never had to train him to sleep in his crate. He does it automatically. We never had to train him to walk on a leash. He just does it. He learned to sit really fast too. :) So hopefully he won't take too long learning where nature's potty is.