Was it really difficult to train your dogs to go outside when living in an apartment? I live in an apartment and it seems really hard to train her to go out. I wish she would let me know when she has to go. We live upstairs and she is scared to go down the stairs. But i just wish she would sit at the top of the stairs and whine or something. I take her out often. I take her out twice before I go to work and like 3 or 4 times when i get home but she still pees in the house. Am I the only one with apartment housebreaking problems?
lolita4life
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not really. do you use a wee weee pad as well?
natiepie1028
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not really. do you use a wee weee pad as well?
No the trainer told me not to because i makes them go in the house. so now she just goes on the floor.
I live in an apartment on the 2nd floor... I dont think I had an issue with that but the wee wee pad idea is good to ty.
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When we got Bella, it was the middle of winter, and I couldn't see bringing my little 4 pound puppy outside to go pee, so we are using the wee wee pads, and when she gets lazy she has accidents, but I'm trying to get her to go outside now, but the property isn't fenced in either, so this should be interesting .... Good Luck to you and Missy!!!
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we live in an apartment too,
we always used wee wee pads... and layla caught on right away.... and when we saw her trying to go to wee wee pad we quickyl took her outside
we have to take her out on the leash becuase we live in a canal and there is no fence!!
it suck sat 5am when she has to go out escpeciialy in the winter time.. thats REALLY SUCkED!!! big time!!
but now she kinda of sits by the door and looks at us letting us know 'hey i have to go out'
it did take about 4 months to fully have her going outside
puggles are smart... they take to the wee wee pad very quickly!!
definitly start with the wee wee pads once she only goes on the wee wee pad and you see her starting to head over to it... take her out... we even had the wee wee pad outsides for a little while but that was very short period of time!!
good luck!!
lolita4life
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Tink took to the Wee Wee pad like the minute i got her. Give it a try.
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Posted by natiepie1028
Was it really difficult to train your dogs to go outside when living in an apartment? I live in an apartment and it seems really hard to train her to go out. I wish she would let me know when she has to go. We live upstairs and she is scared to go down the stairs. But i just wish she would sit at the top of the stairs and whine or something. I take her out often. I take her out twice before I go to work and like 3 or 4 times when i get home but she still pees in the house. Am I the only one with apartment housebreaking problems?
We were having the same problem with Loki. It has taken us 3 months to train him. All of my other dogs it took only weeks. He is actually 6 months tomorrow, and he just recently began descending the stairs in our apartment. We were using the wee wee pads, and still keep one out for the over-night until we move into our house.
Now he eve knows to bark a little and point toward the stairs to let us know when he has to go.
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When I got my Charlie, I had weewee pads in the kitchen, Just in case! But I took him out regularly - easily every couple hours at the beginning and began stretching the time out a little more each time. He caught on very quickly and hasn't had an accident in a very long time... and he's 12 now.
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I'm having problems also!!! Apparently, the puppy was used to a doggie door (which I will never have). Now....it seems to take him forever to go outside (I guess there are SO many smells out there) and I don't know what his signal is to go out. I seem to notice that when he gets hyper and playful with our older dog, he needs to go out.
We've had 3 nights in a row with him going IN the crate...he's regressing and I don't know why.
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I'm having problems also!!! Apparently, the puppy was used to a doggie door (which I will never have). Now....it seems to take him forever to go outside (I guess there are SO many smells out there) and I don't know what his signal is to go out. I seem to notice that when he gets hyper and playful with our older dog, he needs to go out.
We've had 3 nights in a row with him going IN the crate...he's regressing and I don't know why.
My puppy always gets distracted outside also. every piece of paper, leaf, etc. she has to chase and bite. i just want her to let us know that she has to go out. and she does nothing of the sort. My trainer actually told me to put the leash on the banister (because I live upstairs and she does not like the stairs) and everytime before we take her out to make her hit the leash with her paw. hopefully she will ge the hint and that will be the indication that she has to go out.
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We live in an apartment and didn't have too much trouble training our Boston Terrier. At first I took him out like every hour but now we've learned his patterns (like taking him out an hour after he eats) He learned to sit by the door when he needs to go out.
My MIL tied a bell to her door and trained her dog to hit it when she needs to go out. Works great for her!
