Toilet trainging a dog

hello there, here is my little experience for toilet training my pekingese...i placed some newspapers inside the toilet (becoz my dog sleep with me), and when my dog urinate in the garden, i will use a tissue to get some of her urine and then placed the tissue on the newspaper, coz dog has a good sense of smell, and their urine is actually a mark or a sign for their memory to tell them :"this is a good place 2 go toilet" ^_^ so by doing this for a while, they will start to go toilet on the exact place where u want them 2 go...And, most important of all, dog learn faster by praising than punishing, if they "do the right thing at the right place", u hav 2 b very excited with clapping your hands and said:" good gal/boy" and then pad their head for compliments, u hav 2 act like this everytime they did it right, then they will b happy 2 follow your instruction ^_^

I didn't know you can toilet train a dog. I have seen dogs drink water from a toilet but I have to say that I haven't heard of a dog that goes to the bathroom on a toilet. I have a girlfriend that has a cat that she toilet trained and she said it was quite easy with the kit she bought. She even trained her cat to pull the chain she attached to the handle, to flush the toilet after going. I think it is the cutest thing and it would be cute to see a little dog do the same. Let us know if you succeed in doing this and if you can, take a picture of it. It would make a good laugh.

The best advice I got to offer is to crate-train the puppy from the start and supervise, supervise and supervise. Never ever leave the puppy out of sight. This means you can't even watch TV properly, your eyes need to be on the pup. Leash him to you so that he can't sneak away. Whenever you can't watch him, crate him. The crate should be just big enough so he can get in, turn around and lay down. There are crate dividers if you don't want to buy new crates as the dog grows. Get an alarm clock to ring every 30-60 minutes (depending a little of the age of the pup) as well as after ever nap, meal or drink and take the pup outside. Don't just let him out, walk out with him every time. Be sure to food reward every single elimination outside. Don't scold any accidents inside, the pup will not understand why and will only make him fearful of you. Just clean it up well with an enzymatic cleaner. Any accidents a puppy has inside is only because you did not watch closely enough to pick up the signals. It's fine to interrupt to take him outside if you happen to catch him in the act, but it's not okay to punish a pup after the fact. Dogs have a memory of about three seconds. If not caught in the act, he will not be able to connect the punishment to what he did. Sounds like a lot of work I know, and it is, but it pays well off. My pup didn't have a single accident inside when I was watching (only 4 accidents when parents were supposed to watch) and was practically housebroken at 9 weeks old. He was not reliable of course, but he knew where he was supposed to go. It just took another 2-3 months before I considered him reliable enough in letting me know that he needed to go outside. There are really no magic tips to housebreak a dog, consistency and constant supervision is the key. If you don't feel you have the time or energy to do this, then an adult already housetrained dog is a much better alternative.

hmmm... well... i dont know... but maybe you can check the internet? it can help.... check for many different sources... so maybe find a more constant one? well... i think you just have to be consistant and teach it.... really, no idea... lol... anyway, off topic... how are you? have not seen you for a while... are you well?

Hi lilaclady, I am glad you got to like your dog sitting, you have to think hard befor you go and get youself a little dog because its not easy task trying to train him,mine you it will be fun though. Ihave haven't a dog but have two cats and my friend has two big bearded collie and she takes then for walkies about four times a day. Too much of a hard work for me I think. Tamara

I have a dog and I'd like to train my dog also but I know that's it not that easy. It will help if you will give food every time you are training your dog. It requires a lot of patience on that.

I don't know that there is anything magical to do, lol. And it depends on the breed as to how stuborn and as to if you have much trouble potty training them. I had a lot of trouble with my min-pins. They are like children with very short attention spnas and get so excited. I have forund that it is much, much easier to keep them from having accidents in the home at night if I take up their food at about 5:30pm (since I sleep at night) and the water about 7pm. I make sure they have plenty of opportunities to go out and many invitations to go out. I also scold them if they go in the house and tell them why they are being put outside. This works really well. With them any of them old or young you just need to be persistant and consistant. Make you you offer the outdoors many times and scold them when they do wrong. They pick up on it quickly. Just remember though it's not their fault if you give them something not long before bedtime and they have an accident but were not allowed outside before or after laying down. You just need to make sure they emptied their bladder and other before making sure you rest for the night completely. I have no problem as long as I make sure they go when they are outside and not just stand or walk around when they are there. I have 4 babues that have to go out and I consider myself very lucky that I don't have many accidents and when I do it's all my fault for not taking them out shortly after feeding them. You will learn when your little one needs to go, if it's 30 minutes or an hour after eating. ANd it depends on how much they eat too. If they eat more and really fill their tummy they may have to go out sooner. They are a joy and lots of love and a huge companion to have. I wouldn't and couldn't do without any of mine.