Comments on: How Do You Toilet Train An 8 Week Old Westie Puppy?

By: miss smiles

miss smiles — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:11:02 +0000

out every hour for a pee, lots of praise when he goes in the right place
NEVER hit your dog if he has an accident indoors
dogs learn quicker through praise

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:24:18 +0000

I think the hardest part of the training would be to get him to put the toilet set down.

By: ARMYBRAT

ARMYBRAT — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:12:36 +0000

try putting him outside every 30 minutes. at night, keep him in a puppy crate. in the morning, check if the towels inside the puppy crate are wet. if they are dry and there is no poo or pee, give him 2 treats. if he had an accident, give him 1, and let him out right after you check either way.especcially let him out if there ISNT any mess!!! if he did make a mess, praise him, but tell him it is bad to go in the house.

By: her with the mad ginger hair

her with the mad ginger hair — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:34:55 +0000

Crate training. We have an Australian Shepherd puppy right now and I was reluctant to use this method at first, even though I’ve had dogs in the past and know in my head it’s not cruel at all, my heart had a difficult time with it. But honestly, it’s the best thing we ever did. Just do a search for crate training and you’ll get plenty of returns. Our puppy loves her crate and even goes in it to lay down when she wants to nap or rest or just wants some solitude. We put a blankie in it, toys, and a blanket over the top of it. I think she looks at it as her own little “cave”.
Now after you get a crate, get some bells to hang on your door, bells that hang down long enough that she can reach with her nose or a paw. Then every time you go out with her, gently put her paw/nose on the bells to ring them and excitedly say “outside”. Be patient, but honestly, before you know it, she’ll figure out that if I want to go outside, all I have to do is ring those bells and the door opens! Our puppy is 13 wks old now and at 10 wks she was ringing the bells to go out.
Best of luck and enjoy that sweet little puppy!

By: Cindy F

Cindy F — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:37:03 +0000

If your dog goes to the bathroom in your house, take it and put it’s nose into what he did, say NO! BAD DOG! AND HIT IT ON THE BUTT Or NOSE and put it in their crate for 30 min. Also make sure to watch if it’s standing by the door so you can take it out and not go in the house.

By: LadyMoon

LadyMoon — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:53:00 +0000

Take the pup outside as soon as it has eaten,it will get used to this routine quite quickly and will eventually ask to go out ,when it is indoors try using a litter tray and again after each meal,if you cannot let it out ,put it next to or into the litter tray,so that it gets used to eating then doing its business,Dogs have a straight gut.so as a pup will not have yet learned control.it needs to be shown what to do,until it knows when it needs to go out side,or it will eat then very soon after be making a nasty mess,wherever it happens to be.Be patient and don`t scold it if it makes a mess occasionally,it is only a baby after all.Good luck with your puppy,i hope all goes well and it is a fast learner.xx

By: aussie

aussie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:27:54 +0000

The same way you do any other breed. When the pup wakes up you take him outside. When he relieves himself out there you praise him. After he eats you take him outside when he relieves himself out there you praise him. Unless you are able to watch him keep him in his crater because dogs do not like to soil their space…..doing so would be the same as your growing in your bed. When you take him out of his crate take him outside and when he relieves himself praise him. The amount of time it takes to train him will depend on how consistent you are.

By: jockman4

jockman4 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:31:19 +0000

cover the kitchen floor in paper and put him on the paper after he has had a drink, or when he starts to show signs of wanting a wee (puppies usually start sniffing the floor and walking round and round in circles when they want to do a wee). Praise him when he goes on the paper.
Once he has realised that the paper is the correct place to go you can start taking away pieces of it so theres only a small amount of paper. Then gradually start moving it towards the back door. One day (preferably when its warm and sunny and puppy has had all his jabs!) you can open the back door and put the paper just outside where the puppy can see it. Hopefully (*hopefully*!) he should start to use the paper outside. Once he’s asking to go out for the toilet you can forget the paper and he should just go outside.
If you want him to go in a certain part of the garden, then put a little bit of whatever he’s “done” on that area – he will smell it and realise that this is the correct place for him to go to toilet.

By: dolly

dolly — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:14:33 +0000

There are several methods and you need to use the one that works for your dog. go to the pet store and get a book on this subject. It will give you various methods to try.

By: Gemma M

Gemma M — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:39:29 +0000

same as you do any other dog!