Puppys been with us for 3 weeks now, i take him outside, praise him when he does anything, am now walking him once or twice a day.
Have tried crate training him, during the day it seems to go well, been taking him outside every half an hour or so, praising him if he does anything but then it comes to the evening and i let him out to do training and he poops and pee's everywhere, i take him outside first or walk him but he will go the whole walk without doing anything (as soon as we get in he does it on the floor). I just took him outside where he did a wee, came in and thought i would let him have a play with my other dog whle i wash up, come back in to find 3 poo's on the floor, he must have been holding it in all day so he could do it on the floor. I put him straight out when he's done it but doesnt seem to be sinking in (that he needs to do it outside), he has also wee'd in his crate (in his bedding) and seemed happy to lie in it.
Where am i going wrong? should i keep him crated all day and only let him out to go in the garden? seems mean to do this as he wants to play and we spend time doing clicker training.
Help?
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Help with toilet training, pulling my hair out!
Marne · 07/02/2013 17:34
If it helps a number of trainers I know all recommend food like Naturediet or Lilly's kitchen rather than kibble as the latter absorbs so much moisture that it causes dog to drink more thus more wees. A wet food with high pure meat content should also cause a poo to come out straight after mealtimes.
So the theory goes. Don't know what you're feeding or if this would help. Good luck!
Thank you, will try and keep him in the crate tomorrow and take hime out on the lead. I'm sure my other dog wasn't this tricky 
, after i wrote my last post i got up and trod in a puddle. I dont feed him after 4pm but he still poops in the night or around 4am. He's now snoozing in his crate so will take him out before bed and then shut him back in.
Toilet training this pup is harder than it was to toilet train dd2 (who's autistic) and that took quite a while .
Thank you, he seems to wee on demand outside (i say 'go wee wee' and he often does it straight away), poo's seem to be trickier, he has done a couple outside and had lots of praise and a treat but still seems to hold on as long as he can to do it inside (when i happen to take my eyes off of him). He has ahad a poorly tummy sinse we got him which hasn't helped, i spoke to the vet today as everything we have tried (verious food including chicken and rice) have not made much difference so he's seeing the vet on friday, mainly to put my mind at rest over his weight and the loose stools. He seems to poop 4-5 times a day and drinks loads compared to my other dog (which makes him pee so much more).
I can handle the night time accidents but would love for him to be clean during the day, he still doesnt ask to go out at all but can ask to come back in when outside, he will go out with my other dog but she's very lazy so doesn't go out often so i have to go with him, he doesn't seem to want to explore are large garden, just sits by my feet .
I READ recently you should set your alarm to take them out in the night! but i dont do that, just put up with poo on the kitchen floor, but in the day she touch wood, has cracked doing poos in the garden. lots of praise seems to be the trick.
and ignore the mistake in the house
I'm using bleach and floor cleaner (on laminate) 
. We seem to have a good day where he will mainly go outside and then a few bad days where he will pee everywhere.
Just use biological powder or washing liquid to clear up and ensure no smells.
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Most of the time when i take him in the garden he will pee as soon as i say 'go wee wee' but wont do it on a walk and poo's are hit and miss, he seems to think once he's done a wee thats it, time to go in or he just sits by my foot or on the grass looking at me.
I am now only using paper at night to save our floors because if its not mopped up straight away my floor will be ruined (rubbish laminate flooring). Last night i slept downstairs with him so as soon as he woke i could let him out, he woke at 1am so i let him out and then again at 6am but then at 6.30am he had wee'd and pooped on the floor . He's now in the crate and i'm taking him out every half an hour, just took him out and was outside for 20 minutes (in the cold) and he just sat on the grass and stared at me as i wondered around the garden saying 'go wee wee'. The week after i got him he was happily peeing on the paper at night and never on the floor but would poo anywhere, now he's peeing everywhere and pooing on the paper.
I will be able to spend more time walking him next week, dd2 has been home all week so its been tricky, plus he had a bad tummy at the begining of the week (vet told me not to take him out with a bad tummy).
I hope we crack it soon as i hate the smell of puppy poo first thing in the morning .
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