Comments on: Puppy Potty Training – Facts and Myths

By: Megan Leddy

Megan Leddy — Wed, 02 May 2018 01:02:34 +0000

I just got a siberian husky she is weeks old. I am a teacher, so i am out of the house from 7-5. Should she be in the crate or an enclosed area. I want to crate train her and house train her. Do you have any suggestions for someone outside of the house?

By: shibashake

shibashake — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 02:11:25 +0000

In reply to Tai. Haha, the grass is called red fescue. It is great for larger yards because it does not require much, if any, cutting. It does like shade though and also needs to be watered, or it could dry out.

By: Tai

Tai — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:28:07 +0000

Hi shibashake,
Although I was reading the article for tips on how to housetrain my shiba, something else caught my eye: your lawn!
What type of grass do you use in y’alls lawn? It looks beautiful!!!

By: Penny

Penny — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 23:59:38 +0000

Hi there,

Thank you for this nice article.

I have a question though. We got our puppy during winter time, he doesnt like to be out in the cold so we trained him to do his business in his potty pan. Hes been doing quite well until recently, he will pee two three times when he wakes up everywhere in the house and subsequently he will do it in his pan.

Can you please advise?

By: Glenn Osrin

Glenn Osrin — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 22:58:56 +0000

Hi I lve your site. Best I have ever seen. My nephew has two Shiba’s that we have babysat over the years so we are familiar with the breed. For our 20th wedding anniversary, I convinced her to adopt a 10-week old to celebrate. Puppy arrives Friday. After reading so many of your articles I didn’t feel guilty that my wife and I both work and have an ideal, long and wide tiled hallway to use a childgate to keep in that area while we are gone. He will have toys, bed, food and water access, and puppy pads. I have flexibility with my job that I can come home midday to walk him, but she is afraid he will never get properly trained if we aren’t with him 24/7. I remind her that 6 hours away M-F each day still leaves 18 hours in a day for us to be able to love nurture and train. The breeder has told me he has been exposed to kids and other dogs and rarely crated, so he may come here well on his way to being trained. Million dollar question: is it bad for the dog to confine him with lots of space for up to 6 hours most days while we are at work?

By: Anna Lauren

Anna Lauren — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 05:37:32 +0000

Hello,
We just got a resque dog -mixed breed- nearly a month ago. She is about 12 weeks old so she is stil a puppy. She had a realy good start at her 10 weeks she was able to understand the concept of poo and pee outside. We dont keep her in a crate at night she sleeps with us and she is perfectly fine -no pee or poo overnight- she eliminates in the morning when we get up outside. Lately for the past 1-1,5 week she has started going for potty inside and she goes outside to play and comes inside and does her business. We stopped praising her when she goes outside and dont supervise when she in out playing assuming that she goes for her poty time. (outside=backyard) We started taking her for small walks now but she refuses ti eliminate out. I dont get it. Any pointers?

By: Etonia

Etonia — Sat, 20 May 2017 10:39:07 +0000

Hi!! thank you for all the training tips and pearls!! Especially on Shiba Inu!!

I am having a 4 months old baby shiba girl. She is very active and smart. She learned new tricks e.g. sit, hand at 3 months of age. However, her potty training is a big issue and causing loads of stress to our family.
We have 4 dogs in total, 2 pekingnese and 1 siberian husky. The two pekingnese are able to properly urinate and defaecate at the designated place. The siberian husky will only excrete during her walks.

Shiba girl learned to urinate at the correct place in 3 weeks time, however, she still defaecate all over the house. We tried all sorts of conditioning, e.g. rewards when she defaecate at the right place (which only happened twice since she came) and punishment (put her back to crate and ignore her, hit/scold). We noticed that she usually poo after meal, we will keep her isolated in the designated area until she defaecate. She did not poo as expected, even for hours. However, once we let her out of the area, she poo right away at the living room.
I just cannot understand why she will not defaecate at that designated area while she already knew that’s the place to urinate and bad things will happen if she defaecate somewhere else?
I really need help on this issue…

By: Rainey

Rainey — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:17:57 +0000

Hi, i have a 14 wk old siberian male that is displaying coprophagia and will seem to do well with no potty accidents in crate or house, then will start going in his crate again every other hour. Vet says there’s nothing wrong with him, that he’s just testing myself and my husband. We are on the verge of rehoming him because he continues to revert to being defiant. The treat system and professional training has not helped at all. Any tips or suggestions? He has no separation issues and no illness/stress factors.

By: Chloé Mc'

Chloé Mc' — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 02:14:36 +0000

Hi, there. I got my pup when she was 5 weeks old because her owners did not want her. Due to circumstance, from the first night we got her, she’s kept on the veranda in a fence-like pen. She is now 9 weeks old and I cannot get her to use her puppy pads – UNLESS she is left alone in her pen and the pad is in one particular spot. She will rarely poop in the house, but she pees anywhere she pleases as she is let out of her pen. Every morning I take her for walks and she does her business effortlessly, but as we get back into house, it’s a huge mess all over again. I consistently give her treats as she does the right thing but she never indicates to me personally that she needs to go potty. Unfortunately, she is left most of the day in her pen (as I am at work) and at night well at bed time. I’m not sure what to do. Please help!

By: Melisa

Melisa — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:19:58 +0000

I have a 14 week old puppy that I’ve had since 8 weeks, and I am besides myself with her potty training. I have had puppies before with no problem, but I just can’t seem to get her trained. I have puppy pads, that she 90% of the time while in the house with poop on, but chooses to urinate when ever and where ever, even if she just went outside 10 minutes ago and urinated! She shows no signs “at the door”, and I am constantly on her in the house, grabbing her as she goes and placing her outside. She gets treats if goes outside, and just a verbal “good girl” nothing more if she goes on her pads. I bring her out after every wake up, everyplace time and in-between. Should I remove her pads completely? I have no idea what to do!!