Why are toy breeds harder to house break

smkie

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i will bet anyone anytime anywhere that i can house train your dog in no time flat...even a whole litter at one time..any takers? that dang jack russell that hiked his leg on every corner and post in the house thought he would win but i did..it works..if you do. leash..timer..dedication. The secret is one eye on them at alllll times..blocking off the rest of the house until the lesson is learned..leashing those like leg hiker TO YOU and then when they are off you have BOTH eyes on them..Vic was not house broken when he came..had been in a kennel for 2 mths..one day..Mary was housebroken 8 wks..the whole litter was when they were adopted..i watch for when i see them waking up...out the door..praises..lots of praises..i tell them where in the yard i want it done too..out the second they are done eating or drinking a lot ..puppies every 20 minutes to 30 until they can hold it..just like toilet training a child you have to be fair as to how long a body can hold..i personally cant hold my bowels and dont' know a human that does..when we have to go we have to go..usually after we eat..for most dogs up to 20 minutes after they eat..set yourself up for success.if your dog is going many many times a day..having a bowel movement i mean there is something wrong with the diet..most dogs have about 2 bowel movements a day when they are grown....don't let them on the carpet until they are 100 perecent trust worthy..use bleach to clean up any accident on tile..if the scent it there you are doomed to haveing a harder time. i would rather spend three days with my total focus on the dog..if i know i am going to be distracted i get the leash out..one end on the dog the other on my belt loop. IT works it really does i have done it hundreds of times.

here is an example of what i mean when the scent is in the rug..and steam cleaning doesnt get rid of it either..we cant smell it but i assure you they can. i housecleaned for two overweight women. Very overweight women that let their dauchsand eliminate anywhere and everywhere..they would literally step over the dung all week..I didn't clean there very long i promise you, was only filling in for a woman that had hurt her leg. The place was so strong it made you ill to walk in the door. One day i had Mary with me. She had not ever had an accident in the house since she was a true baby. She stepped in that house and immediantly voided a little..it is automatic. If that is the result of a dog that has been stedfast her wholelife..what does it do to a puppy but say right here is where you go.

for bitty bitty babies like Tatey that i raised form 3 days on bottle fed i had a play pen that i would put her in if i had to run downstairs to the washingmachine at the apartment complex..i never ever let that get in the rug. Playpens are very handy..for biddy babies. once they are old enough to rip the mesh of course it is babygate in the kitchen
 
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Guess I was lucky I had no trouble with my pom. I have a doggie door and he took right to it. After 12 years though, if a plastic bag happens to be on floor, he will pee on it. I just make sure to keep all plastic bags picked up
 

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Gempress said:
While there are exceptions to every rule, I think it does generally hold true. I think it has mostly to do with the size of the dog. Think of how huge the average home looks to a 5-pound dog. Teaching a tiny dog not to potty in a 3-bedroom house is like teaching a mastiff not to potty inside a Wal-Mart. That's a whoooole lot of "off-limits" area for the dog to learn.
Im sure it goes beyond that... My dog knows very well where not to go...

Meaning he will not go even inside a stadium, because its inside the building ;)
 

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Housetraining is very easy if done right :)

You can spend Loads of time over first month and get a perfect housedog
Or you can keep spending little time over years and have a non housebroken dog ;)
 
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I think generally speaking, yes, toy breeds are more difficult to train. But there are exceptions. I lucked out with Tobes. He was partially trained to go on paper at the breeders...and when I brought him home, he was accident free in less than 3 days!!! Even i was amazed. :)
 
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anna84 said:
One of my friends is thinking about getting a toy breed within the next couple of months. So she was asking me about different breeds that i knew of and just general information.

I think she'd make a really good owner and shes being responsible. The only thing I told her was that toy breeds are harder to potty train. The chi at home still isnt fully reliable in cold or wet weather. Most people seem to agree with the idea that smaller dogs are harder to housebreak.

Does this hold true in your guys experience? What i can't figure out is why it's so much harder, are there actually specific reasons?

I don't remember if I've responded to this thread or not (and no, I didn't look :) ). But, smaller breeds have smaller bladders and it takes up to 6 months for most puppies to develop the muscle control needed to not have "accidents" in the house.
 

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I guess I was pretty lucky with my Pug. I've heard they were hard to housetrain, and I was a very inexperienced dog owner, but I didn't have any trouble with him. I think I was so inexperienced that I followed to the letter books on how to housetrain.....watching them every second or having them in their crate or leashed to you, etc.

My mutt wasn't as easy to housetrain, but it still wasn't bad. He just came from a situation where he was kept in a pen and used his pen as a toilet, so he initially would go in his crate and on any rugs or towels in the house.

My friend with a toy dog says after a year she still has an occasional accident, and it's because she goes under and behind furniture where they can't see her. That's where she'll have her accidents. I figure the fact that they can get places you can't see can make it more challenging.
 

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Well, I got Lilly as an untrained adult who would eliminante anywhere in her fosters home. She was house trained in 3 days.
She is very bright and very willing to please, so I guess that was a factor.
 

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