Half Way Through Housetraining With My 5 Month Westie Puppy?
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I have been trying to take my puppy out before bedtime to ensure his bowel is empty so he could last for the night before I take him out 6am in the morning but he didn’t like to pee at night. I have been cleaning his mistake every morning for a week already. What can I do to resolve this? I would really like to paper train him at the same time so he could release himself at the right spot inside if he couldn’t hold it, is it possible and how?
here’s the my puppy schedule:
* 6am (tried out with pup but he already peed on the floor inside the apartment)
* 7am feed
* 8am out with pup
* 12:30pm out with pup
* 4:30pm out with pup
* 7pm feed
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Westie puppies are gorgeous! I’m toilet training my 5 month old Havanese at the moment (approx the same size breed as your Westie). Basically a general rule is the puppy can only hold their bladders etc for as many months as they are eg our puppies are 5months old so should be able to hold it for approx 5hrs, 6months = 6hrs & so on until they reach the age of 10months when 10hrs should be the maximum they should be expected to hold it for the rest of their lives. Perhaps you could try feeding a littler earlier than 7pm if possible that way it’ll give yr pup time to go to the toilet before bed? I feed my pup at approx 5pm. Also make sure that you reinforce where your puppy should go so when he goes outside you should praise your puppy but when he goes inside you shouldn’t really get upset with him because he’s only young & doesn’t quite understand yet. Everyone has their own ways of toilet training, I’ve trained many, many dogs & find that positive training is always kinder & faster than any other approach. Hopefully you’ll find this helps for you & your precious Westie too. Remember the smaller breed of dogs as ours are, are usually more difficult to toilet train than bigger dogs & take a little more patience & understanding on the owners part. Good luck xoxo