Labrador puppy, training help??!?
My brother got a labrador puppy a few months ago to be with him at college, but then he asked my parents to take care of him for a while. We didn’t think it was going to be that bad however, the dog pees and poops all throughout the house! Were at a lost, we take him out all the time to go pee but he still pees inside. Its like he pees every 20 mins, we can’t keep up with him! No matter how many times we take him out sooner or later we’ll turn around and he’ll be peeing or pooping. Also, how long should we walk him for, its cold? One more thing, he tend to get in modes of really “hiper” and bite us, hard! Any suggestions as to what we should do about these 3 issues?
Potty training: look into a crate that the pup can be in when you’re not around. When you can’t watch him, he goes to the crate. Puppies don’t like the crate too much at first, but that phase doesn’t last long. My dogs willingly go into their crates, and sleep in them with the doors open. It becomes their “bedroom”, the only place they have that’s theirs -and because it’s their room they don’t want to potty in it. Every time you take him out of the crate, take him outside. Make a big deal out of it when he goes potty outside: treats, praise, scratching. 15 or 20 mintues after eating, he’ll also need to go out. Puppies can only hold it for 1 + the number of years old they are. A 4 month puppy can hold it for 5 hours. Take away his water, because the constant peeing sounds like he is drinking too much all the time. You want to give him a “water break” every few hours, so he gets hydrated, but so that his water intake is controlled. If he does go in the house, there really is no punishment. If you catch him, you can scare him into stopping then take him right outside, but if you find a puddle he left, its no use. He won’t remember. They act scared simply because they can sense that you are angry.
Start on small walks. If he gets cold, you can go buy a jacket or make one of your own (we used to cut the leg off of a pair of sweatpants, but that was for smaller dogs). You don’t want to not walk him if you can help it. By the time it gets warmer out again, he’s going to be a handful -if he isn’t already- and the sooner you can train him to walk nicely at your side the better.
When he gets hyper and nippy and bites you, tell him “no” firmly and replace your hand with a chew toy. Every time he goes to bite you, scold him and give him his toy. Or, stop playing. He’ll get the message if one minute youre playing and then when he nips you the fun is over.
Look into formal training classes: maybe one your brother can go with you to. It’s not really fair he dumped all the puppy stuff on you guys, and if he does want “his” dog back, he should be involved in the beginning. The puppy is learning that you are his family, his pack, and when your brother comes to get him the puppy doesn’t understand that he’s your brother and is apart of that family.
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