Question by Katie R: Can you paper train a puppy and THEN teach it to "go" outside?
My family is adopting a Keeshond puppy from a breeder this coming February eight weeks after it's born, and there is a conflict of interests in our house when it comes to housebreaking the dog. I had agreed to take on the training responsibilities from the start, and was going to crate train the dog. I agreed to take the "night shift" and wake up every few hours to take the puppy out for the first couple of months. Now my mother wants to change the game-plan. She is planning on buying a wire "playpen" sort of device that attaches to the front of the dog's crate, and then lining it with puppy pads so that the dog can go into the playpen to relieve itself at night and then go back into its crate. I disagree with this method, believing it will be harder to break the dog from the paper training method than just crate training it from the start. Despite this, my mother is no longer listening to my plans and simply going about her own. This is our first "inside dog," and I would rather take my time with training him rather than just going with whatever method is easiest when he's a pup, but he'll be the FAMILY pet, and there has to be some sort of common ground between all of the people who will be interacting with him regularly.
Can anyone confirm or deny the usefulness of paper training a puppy before teaching it to do its business outside?
Best answer:
Answer by Haribo
I paper trained both my dogs.
When its used to using the paper, put the paper outside until its used to going outside, then take the paper away.
p.s sorry the answer is really short and lacks detail. But thats how it worked for me.
Good luck
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I have had dogs all my life and I have never ‘paper trained’ them. Crate training is the best way to go!
It is possible to paper train and then teach him to go outside, but essentially you would be training him twice. If you train him correctly now, it will be a lot less hassle for you and your family later. If you are willing to do it now correctly, I don’t see why your mom would have a problem with it.
http://daisythedoggyguru.blogspot.com/2009/10/little-help-with-easing-that.html
Its perfectly fine! We did that with my labrador/border collie puppy and it only took us a few days to teach her to do her business outside instead. Now, she waits patiently at the back door if she needs to ‘you know’ and if its urgent, she lets us know. I think that the paper training actually helps so they can first learn the guide lines of the #1 and #2. So, its easier for them to learn that there is always a specific place for them to go.
You are absolutely right here. Once the dog thinks it’s OK to go inside, it’s very hard to break that habit. Crate training is the easiest and the fastest. You won’t even have to wake up more than once or twice during the night, and by 12 weeks the puppy will sleep through the night like a log.
Playpen is way too much room, the puppy will make it a habit to go on the floor in the same spot, and once it amells, will never stop going there.
Remember, if your puppy pees in the crate (accidents happen), clean it up VERY well and change the bed. Get some old towels from Goodwill to make the bed, that way your won’t break the bank.
Type “crate training” or “potty training” in google and show it to your mom. No one will say playpen is OK at 8 weeks.
I don’t believe in paper or pad training a dog, I believe it gives them a false sense off what they are suppose to be doing. Dogs need to be trained from start to go outside and to let master know when they need to go.
I wouldn’t go the puppy pad route personally. It just teaches them it’s OK to go inside.
A routine is the easiest way to get them trained. Pick the puppy up and take them outside once an hour. Reward & praise HEAVILY. If they don’t go bring them back out the next hour.
You’ll want to take them out after meals and after waking up.
We had ours sleep in bed with us so she’d wake us up in the middle of the night. Makes for sleepless nights but she trained a LOT faster that way
Stay on the schedule as much as you can. If you find an hour is too long cut it back to 45 minutes or whatever seem to work. Consistency is the key here