House training a puppy in an apartment advice

    • Gold Top Dog

    House training a puppy in an apartment advice

    Great forum here.....lots of good advice....I'm glad I have this resource.

    -I live in an apartment. Thankfully its on the first [linkhttp://www.i-love-dogs.com/forums/#]floor[/link]. It's very tough to housetrain without being able to go out on the grass. So many dogs I have to worry about Parvo until he gets his 2nd shots. I have some papers on my patio that I try to get him to use. We also have a housetraing pad right next to the door. He's gone (#1) a few times on the paper(most other times in my living room) I bring him outside on my [linkhttp://www.i-love-dogs.com/forums/#]cement[/link] patio to pee but it just doesnt work trying to get him to pee here....any advice? He actually goes through the entire nite in his crate (6 hours) without going. But when I take him to the patio he'd rather use the living room. I've purchased the oder eliminator to keep him from wanting to go in the same spot inside. Any advice? It's a pain not being able to take him to the grass yet.
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    • Gold Top Dog
    I housebroke my husky while living in a garden level apartment. Honestly, I wasn't really worried about disease. I was more worried about getting her potty trained. When I caught her sniffing around or when it was time (you have to time these things) I'd take her right outside to the same exact spot every single time, without fail. She had one spot to go pee then I'd walk her to another spot to go #2. I knew she was well trained when I had her off leash playing with another puppy and she broke off, ran to #2 spot, went and came back.
     
    It's your choice though about risking disease vs. housebreaking. I've had 3 dogs though and haven't had a problem yet.