Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
this is what i did to house break Tikeya my siberian.. if she peed in the house without crying at the door i would rub her nose in it then out side she went.. when she pooped in the house i would hold her head *not in the poop* but close enough so that she could smell it

Now with oscar our shih tzu we paper trianed him.. we put a bunch of paper on the kitchen floor by the back door .

remeber to always go over bord with love to your puppy when he does his duty out side ..
"DO NOT" rub your dogs nose in his pee or poop! This is not effective in teaching the dog what he has done wrong!!!! !!!!! !!!! I can't stress that enough! Did your parents ever rub your nose in it when you were a baby? NO because it would of just made you more confused and cause feelings of resentment.

I guess my first question is how old is the pup now and do you crate train. Crating the dog is the most effective way of house training.

Get a crate that is big enough for the dog to lay in, stand in and turn around in but no bigger. You are trying to prevent the dog from having a place to piddle but still have a place to get out of it. Dog's in general will not go in their sleeping area. If your dog will outgrow the crate when he is full grown and having multiple crates is not an option, buy the bigger crate and partition it off. Some crates can be bought with dividers but if yours doesn't then use a large rubbermaid container or something the dog can not chew chunks off of and place it in the crate to partition it off.

If you can't keep an eye on pup then he is in the crate. Immediately when you let pup out of crate (at least ever couple hours when they are real small) take him to your designated potty place outside on a leash and tell him "GO POTTY". I do it on leash even if the yard is fenced it. After he "GOES POTTY" make a big happy fuss and have some kibble available to reward pup with. If you want to let pup play outside then you can take him off the leash but not unless he goes potty first. This teaches him not to play first without doing his business.

If pup will not potty in 5 minutes it is back to the crate again. You can repeat in 15 minutes. Pup is not given free roam of any part of the yard or house though until potty is finished.

Then you can safely take him back in the house and give him roaming privileges for about an hour. When pup gets tired and falls asleep you need to gently pick him up and put him back in the crate. Never leave him unattended because the first thing he will do when he awakes is want to relieve himself. He won't do this in his sleeping area.

If he does have an accident in the house there are two different scenerios to follow. 1. If you see him do it immediately pick him up carry him outside on the leash and give him the "GO POTTY" command again. Your scooping him up and immediately taking him out will trigger to him he did something wrong especially when you don't praise him and make a fuss over what he did. If he doesn't go in 5 minutes (which is likely since he went in the house) then he goes back into his crate! 2.) If you don't see him do it, you can put him in his crate and then take him out in 15 minutes. Basically if you don't see him in the act you should not punish him. Just clean the mess up! It is your fault he was left unsupervised and correcting a dog more than a minute after the act is just plain useless. Dogs do not associate the correction with the behavior after this time period.

Using this method I have effectively house trained my dogs before they were 12 weeks old.

I also do not recommend paper training unless you have to always have the dog going in the house. It is confusing for the pup because one time he gets in trouble for going in the house and the next time he doesn't. It is better to forget the paper stuff and proceed straight to the outdoors!

I did like the last comment of the previous post - remember to always go overboard with love to your puppy when he does his duty out side ..