How To Housebreak A Westie?

October 8, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Care & Training Q&As

my family and i have a four month old westie and she still pees and poops in our house. we are also trying to crate train her. Is there anyone that can give some advice on how to get a dog to pee and poop outside 100% of the time

Help Me Housebreak My Westie And Get Her To Stop Urinating When Greeting People?

September 3, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Care & Training Q&As

I have a westie, she is 7 months old. I have had her 5 months. I have tried crate training and she would pee and poop where she sleeps and eats–she eats her poop. I clean her mess and tell her bad girl – you should go outside (she knows what outside means). She doesn’t go in the same spot – she goes where it hits her.
I have 4 dogs and she is the only one under 30 lb., my other dogs were housebroken before they were 5 months old. Is training small dogs different? She is not dumb. I have taken her to the vet there is nothing medically wrong with her. I do believe that she came from a puppy mill and had to eliminate where she slept and ate. I had been Adolph’s meat tenderizer on her food and she stopped eating her poop – but seems to have started again. After working with my vet and going through the ID diet, I feed her Nature’s Recipe Lamb and Rice puppy food.
I love my puppy but NEED HELP WITH HER HOUSEBREAKING AND URINATING WHEN SHE GREETING PEOPLE. HELP HELP HELP !