Help!!!!!

[wolf_Q]

If she's from a puppy mill she is most likely used to going potty in a cage. My sister got a westie pup from a pet store (puppy mill) and he was extremely difficult to house train. I could have him outside for hours and he would not go, the second I put him in his crate he'd go in there. I had to take a box (enclosed like a crate) with the bottom cut out and put him out on the grass like that, it was the only way I could get him to go potty outside at all.

I hope you can figure something out with crate training.....12 hours is WAY too long to expect ANY dog to stay in a confined space like that, especially a young puppy.

[luvofallhorses]

Please be patient, she's just a puppy and you can't rush her into everything at once. + you just got her. Just give her time.

[jackie]

And actually Jackie - I think that goes against what all I have ever heard about small breeds. That their bladders are smaller altho of course their bladders are the right size relative to their body size but they have to be let out more frequently then bigger breeds.

I guess you learn something new everyday.

[k9krazee]

Jack my lab/beagle boy would potty in his crate, most of the time just pee but sometimes poo. He did this from the time I got him (3 months) until about 5-6 months old. He was only in the crate maybe 4-5 hours a day but it didn't matter, even if I took him outside before I put him in there. I had to give him a bath daily. We think he was from a kennelled situation but he eventually learned to hold it in the crate but still hasn't learned to poo in the grass, he does it on the cement. Not to get off subject...she is too young and too small to expect her to hold it for an extended period of time, it will take a lot of patience and work....

[chocolatepuppy]

12 hours in a crate!

[luvofallhorses]

12 hours is WAY too long to expect ANY dog to stay in a confined space like that, especially a young puppy.

I agree 100%!

[wolf_Q]

If she must be confined for 12 hours at a time (where will you be for 12 hours? ) you may try getting one of those wire pens for dogs and set it up in the kitchen, laundry room, etc, that way she will have more room to move aorund. You could put some puppy pee pads that she could use to potty on.

[Vette]

Thats along time for a such a young pup to hold it. maybe 2 or 3 horus... but 12?

i cant even hold it that long. LOL

[shais_mom]

this just keeps getting better and better
My adult dog has had to wait for upwards of 12+ hours before and I totally understand if she has an accident while waiting for me.
I agree - where are YOU going to be for 12 hours and why can't she go with you?
This should have been taken into consideration when you got such a tiny dog. It isn't going to be like Roxey - isn't she outside? There is no potty training to that. You may just have to block her off in a tiled area with puppy pads or a litter box. How would you like to be stuck in a small cage (and I say this b/c you emphasized that it was her size) for 12 hours. Trust me I know the guilt of putting a dog in there. I worked 12 hour shifts myself when I had my greyhound and to this day I can't honestly say if her having to hold it this long may have attributed to her seizures and ultimate death.
I really am not 'mad' at you but your mom should have really thought this thru.

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And actually Jackie - I think that goes against what all I have ever heard about small breeds. That their bladders are smaller altho of course their bladders are the right size relative to their body size but they have to be let out more frequently then bigger breeds.



I guess you learn something new everyday.

I am not really sure WHO learned something but ok..... b/c I still stand by what I have read in several magazines and books.

[IRescue452]

Autumn had a crate just big enough for her as a puppy and I had to give her a bath each time she was in the crate for more than an hour. She was so scared of it she'd pee. I think it was also because she was a puppy mill dog and she spent her first 14 weeks going to the bathromm right in her cage. We got her potty trained quickly so we didn't have to deal with it for long. Is there not one tiny spot of grass outside you'd be willing to carry her to for potty training? I know many people are worried about taking there dogs outside before vaccinations but I recommend just finding one little spot and setting her down to go then taking her back inside.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Tink has not been outside at all. Like the reason you said not all shots yet. We cant find a collar small enough for her either, so she is being housetrained with puppy pee pads. Tink pees in the crate due to the puppy mill fact, too, and she is learning that puppy pads are what she pees on...so she uses them...