frustrating

[Guest elstudro1986]

my pup is 7 weeks old now and all he seems to do is piss every where water goes straight through him he will shite out side but on a couple of occasions has done it in doors how can i get him out of this???

 

what would be the best thing to feed him on he is getting boiled rabbit at the minute but dont have a rabbit lying around every day well not yet any way

any help and advice is appreciated........

[ginge2k6 0]

tell him off when he pisses indoors, with my lurcher shaking him by the scruff works, but when you've got to go you've got to go could you hold it in if you were really desperate,i would let him out for a piss every half hour maybe or maybe its a bladder problem if like you say it goes straight through him have word with your vet.

As for the dogs diet, as many of here will tell you raw is the best option, Rabbit (not boiled though) wood Pigeon, pheasants, Venison, beef, chicken, pork is thought to carry worms so it is best to research into that, and any chopped veg you would like to add. all completely raw.

[skycat 6,174]

For starters a 7 week old pup cannot hold its piss: its like a baby: when its gotta go it goes: shaking it by the scruff or telling it off in any way at this stage will do harm to the bond you and the pup should be getting: it can't understand what it has done wrong. some pups naturally get the hang of the housetraining thing more or less straight away, others take longer, but I would NEVER expect a pup to be 100% clean in the house until it is at least 5 months old, and then the teething process often sets them back again.

If you are rearing your pup indoors get a crate: big enough for a bed at one end and newspaper at the other it it gets caught short. The problem is that all the time it is pissing indoors its getting into the habit of doing it indoors as a matter of course. Tiny pups learn to leave the nest to crap long before they leave the nest to pee: shows that they can't hold their pee! If you are feeding dry food, (which you shouldn't be IMO), then the pup will need to drink too much to compensate for eating the equivalent of a packet of dry biscuits!

Crate the pup when you can't keep your eyes on it all the time: let it out every time it wakes up, take it straight outside to pee, when it pees, praise it to the hilt and bring it back in again. DON'T just dump it outside and leave it. Pups need to pee after eating, when they're playing about (this is the time they are most likely to forget themselves and pee wherever they happen to be, and when they've just woken up.

Once they get in the habit of peeing in a certain place they will always go on or near that spot: which is why its difficult to stop them peeing in the house once they've got into the habit of doing it there.

At least if the pup is in the crate and pees it will not be getting into the habit of peeing all over the house. Keep the crate spotless, and change the paper every time it pees in there, and spray the floor of the crate with a bit of Dettol Antibacterial Spray each time.

House training is a chore which, if done properly, can be sorted in a couple of weeks if you do everything right.

Don't allow the pup access to all the house: keep it in one room with a washable floor until it knows that it must pee outside, then gradually allow it into other rooms, always making sure it knows the way back out.

[ferreterno1 0]

or maybe its a bladder problem if like you say it goes straight through him have word with your vet.

As for the dogs diet, as many of here will tell you raw is the best option, Rabbit (not boiled though) wood Pigeon, pheasants, Venison, beef, chicken, pork is thought to carry worms so it is best to research into that, and any chopped veg you would like to add. all completely raw.

 

why not boiled rabbits ?? never heard this

[brokenleg 0]

Got to agree with skycat there, pretty good advice.

 

I can only add, that if the pup pees on a newspaper, put that paper outside for a while. Let the pup sniff it when its out.

 

When i was house training my pup, anytime i let her out for a pee, i used to give the command "get a pee".

Now, believe it or not, she does pee on command.

 

Good luck.

[FastDogz 155]

He's still a baby Dont be shaking him or shouting,slapping him...this is the most influencial part of his life.

 

It will only make him fearful of you take skycats advice :thumbs-up:

Edited April 10, 2007 by FastDogz

[ginge2k6 0]

tell him off when he pisses indoors, with my lurcher shaking him by the scruff works, but when you've got to go you've got to go could you hold it in if you were really desperate,i would let him out for a piss every half hour maybe or maybe its a bladder problem if like you say it goes straight through him have word with your vet.

As for the dogs diet, as many of here will tell you raw is the best option, Rabbit (not boiled though) wood Pigeon, pheasants, Venison, beef, chicken, pork is thought to carry worms so it is best to research into that, and any chopped veg you would like to add. all completely raw.

Sorry mate, thought the pup was 7 mnths not 7 weeks.

 

or maybe its a bladder problem if like you say it goes straight through him have word with your vet.

As for the dogs diet, as many of here will tell you raw is the best option, Rabbit (not boiled though) wood Pigeon, pheasants, Venison, beef, chicken, pork is thought to carry worms so it is best to research into that, and any chopped veg you would like to add. all completely raw.

 

why not boiled rabbits ?? never heard this

I was under the impression that raw rabbits are better than boiled ones.

Keep your underwear on

[jacob 28]

ffs its seven weeks old what did you expect

[jultaylor1972 2]

Skycat has some good advice there

[Guest Lurcherbitch]

Skycat has some good advice there

 

 

I think skycat should have a "dear deidre" section his advice on the whole is bloody A1 .xx

[Guest bezza]

Skycat's advice is spot on. Those wee crates have been a godsend. Your pup will not want to foul his bed but big open spaces ie your kitchen and living room are, in your pup's mind, far enough away from his bed for him to pee in. If you get a crate , pretty soon he will cry to be let out when he needs a pee. Scoop him up and take him outside. Result a clean pup and a clean house. Crates are also useful when you need to stop your pup chewing in your absence.

Why do pups pee so much whereas other animals, kittens for example pee very little? Damned if I know.

[Guest elstudro1986]

the pup is doing so much better pissing on paper now never missed it once the past 2 days only problem is he wont poo on it but ive had him for a week and he has only poo d in the house twice so its understanding i won a crate on ebay it should be here tomorrow or saturday how should i go about introducing it to him

[skycat 6,174]

Skycat has some good advice there

 

 

I think skycat should have a "dear deidre" section his advice on the whole is bloody A1 .xx

 

Seems like it doesn't it LOL!! I look at it this way: I had few people and a few books to help me when I started in dogs, now after a lifetime (longer than I care to say )in dogs I'm still learning something new every day, but if I can't share what I've learned over the years then I'd be a sorry SOB. Never say I know it all, far from it: I can still remember how frustrating it was not to understand why a dog did or didn't do something: understanding canines has come a long way since I was a kid! That's what's so good about these sites: newcomers can always get help somewhere along the line.

[Guest MOLLY]

Dont worry about the poo, it wont be long before he starts doing that all over indoors . Just when you think you have cracked it, and their poo and wee is much bigger, they start to do it indoors all over again...frustrating little buggas

As soon as mine squatted outdoors as pups, i would tel them 'hurry ups' and repeat it till they finished. Now as adults if i need them to quickly go i put them outside and tell them the same...off they toddle to the grass.

It will all come ok in the end, just be patient

MOLL.

[Guest Lurcherbitch]

Skycat has some good advice there

 

 

I think skycat should have a "dear deidre" section his advice on the whole is bloody A1 .xx

 

Seems like it doesn't it LOL!! I look at it this way: I had few people and a few books to help me when I started in dogs, now after a lifetime (longer than I care to say )in dogs I'm still learning something new every day, but if I can't share what I've learned over the years then I'd be a sorry SOB. Never say I know it all, far from it: I can still remember how frustrating it was not to understand why a dog did or didn't do something: understanding canines has come a long way since I was a kid! That's what's so good about these sites: newcomers can always get help somewhere along the line.

 

 

Thats what I like about you. A wealth of information, yet still learning. blunt but not offencive. you got my vote mate :thumbs-up: