I have is a Six Month old Puppy [we believe he is six month] and it has been almost two months now.
My Puppy is a mix between a Chihuahua and a Dachshund and he does potty outside all the time, but we can't seem to get him to stop going in the house.
We have praised him when he pottied outside, being patient, taking his food away and put it in a schedule.. And my parents are using the method that had worked on other dogs we had and it took three days only.. When he pottied in the house, dad would put his nose in it [No. His muzzle is not touching the ground.], and spank him with the newspaper [Very very lightly. He doesn't even get hit, except for the person's arm who's holding him]. AND NO WE ARE NOT HITTING HIM. He is scared of the sound of the paper. When Dad used it, he was mostly hitting his own arm and the puppy was scared of the sound only.
Then Afterwards, He would come running into my arms to hide. He is very attached to me. He doesn't potty in both my rooms or where he eats, but we don't know what to do. We can't get him to stop. We do praise him all the time when he potties outside and he loves it, but we can't seem to get him to let us know to go outside or to get him to stop. We rarely use anything else except taking him out every hour or two, praising him and giving him his meals at certain time.
On the websites, it seems that it only took a few weeks and it has been almost two months. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do? Please. I don't want to lose my puppy at all.
Rythela
My Puppy is a mix between a Chihuahua and a Dachshund and he does potty outside all the time, but we can't seem to get him to stop going in the house.
We have praised him when he pottied outside, being patient, taking his food away and put it in a schedule.. And my parents are using the method that had worked on other dogs we had and it took three days only.. When he pottied in the house, dad would put his nose in it [No. His muzzle is not touching the ground.], and spank him with the newspaper [Very very lightly. He doesn't even get hit, except for the person's arm who's holding him]. AND NO WE ARE NOT HITTING HIM. He is scared of the sound of the paper. When Dad used it, he was mostly hitting his own arm and the puppy was scared of the sound only.
Then Afterwards, He would come running into my arms to hide. He is very attached to me. He doesn't potty in both my rooms or where he eats, but we don't know what to do. We can't get him to stop. We do praise him all the time when he potties outside and he loves it, but we can't seem to get him to let us know to go outside or to get him to stop. We rarely use anything else except taking him out every hour or two, praising him and giving him his meals at certain time.
On the websites, it seems that it only took a few weeks and it has been almost two months. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do? Please. I don't want to lose my puppy at all.
Rythela
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