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tammygirl06

Posted : 12/29/2006 9:00:43 AM

Just wanted to say how cute your new little girl is. I hope you and the family enjoy her, she looks to be very playful.

Cheryl

Posted : 12/30/2006 9:38:26 AM

    I just got a Pug-zu at Christmas. Polly is 9 weeks old and has only had a handful of accidents since we got her over a week ago. I do not use paper or a litter box. The reason she has been successful is I that I take her out about 3-4 times an hour.    Waiting 1-2 hours is way too long for a puppy who is roaming free in the house. If my puppy cannot be supervised by me (I have 2 small children and I know how busy it can be to watch, feed, dress, diaper change, etc.), then I crate her. When I let her out of the crate, I do not let her feet touch the ground. I immediately take her outside where I tell her to "go pee." I do not play with her until she does her business. She is now at the point that when she goes out, she immediately potties. It's not easy, but I've been consistent and it seems to be working.
    At night, she is crated. My vet says she is old enough to go 3-4 hours in the crate without having to go out. I take her outside once during the night, then crate her back up until morning. She does not deficate in her crate during that time. She cries at times, but I ignore it. As time goes on, she cries less during the night. Crate training is the best way to potty train your dog. If your puppy is already comfortable with sleeping in the crate, you're more than halfway there.
I have successfuly crate trained 2 other dogs and although some feel it is cruel, I feel just the opposite. My dogs do not potty in the house, do not chew on furniture etc., and are very well behaved. At this point in their lives, the older dogs do not use the crate, but will use it when traveling, etc.
    Polly has been a joy to play with and is definitely a lap dog. Our Vet says she'll grow to be about 10-12 lbs., and she is the smartest little thing as far as I'm concerned. I hope you don't take my advice at "preachy," I'm just letting you know what works for me. Good luck with your new baby!

Lilea Storm

Posted : 12/30/2006 11:17:21 PM

When I take her outside and tell her to go potty, she doesnt get it, how can I get her to go without going for a walk every time?

Cheryl

Posted : 12/30/2006 11:40:05 PM

I just wait until she goes, telling her to "pee." I ignore her if she wants to play and eventually she will go and I praise her as she's going. It is working for me, and the more I do it, the faster she gets the job done each time. You will also get a feel for when she's ready to go as time goes on. Polly is such a smart pup--she will go to the door and cry to go out-I've been really lucky with her as far as potty training goes. Just be consitent with your routine and she will get it.

Lilea Storm

Posted : 12/30/2006 11:50:31 PM

I have tried that waiting for her to go thing, but I eventually get bored and just start walking with her. Or she gets too cold so I bring her back in and she winds up going on a puppy pad. I guess we will just have to tough it out and wait for as long as it takes. "sigh"

boneyjean

Posted : 12/31/2006 3:31:00 PM

First of all, my min pin is litter trained when she is in her crate for extended periods of time and otherwise goes outside exclusively. If I could come home every day at lunch I would get rid of the litter box all together. If you go that route, use Yesterdays News or something like that. The clumping kind is very messy and not healthy for dogs. I change Izzy's out about once a week since she only uses it once a day maybe and she never poops in her box unless she is desperate. If you can though I would train for outside exclusively.

I would also suggest taking your pup out a few times an hour when not crated. Get it on a routine and go first thing everytime it comes out of the crate. I would suggest teaching them to sleep with the door closed and making sure to take them out during the night. You will find that being able to crate your pup with the door closed is a very helpful thing at times. There are lots of things you can do to help with this if it is a problem for it at all which it might not be since it already likes its crate. When you do go outside make sure to use a keyword for going potty liek "go potty" or something like that and use it every time and reinforce it by saying it again in a happy voice when they do go outside. Then when they go outside throw a huge party with lots of excitement and give a treat. Your pup will figure out that going potty outside is a good thing. If there is an accident in the house clean it up and don't make a big deal out of it. Even bad attention is attention to a dog so you don't want them to think that potty in the house means attention. Also, once you get them to go in your yard once (maybe right out of the crate when you know they have to go) take them back to that area for a while until they get the hang of it. Invest in a really good enzyme cleaner to get the urine out of any carpet so the pup isn't going back to that place again. Consistency is the key in my opinion and if you can't watch your pup like a hawk then it should probably go in the crate. Our puppies never get full reign of the house until they are reliably potty trained. They are always confinded to the room we are in until then.

Good luck and your pup is very cute!

Lilea Storm

Posted : 2/11/2007 1:20:23 AM

Just to update, Sadie is now 8 months old and weighs 10.4 pounds. I think shes still growing so she might put on a couple more before shes all done. I dont mind though[

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mollymoo

Posted : 2/11/2007 2:05:31 AM

My mother in-law has a adult pug and she weighs 20 pounds. I think she is over weight myself and have told them so. I know a tuz is alot less in weight full grown.

If you go to web site [linkhttp://www.inthecompanyofdogs.com]www.inthecompanyofdogs.com[/link] they have doggie litter boxes for inside the house if your are interested. Not cheap but the first ones that I have ever seen. They are made out of synthetic grass. Tray underneath.

Molly is a lhasa /min. poddle mix going on 9 months and her weigh has not changed in the last copule months. I was told she would weigh about 15 lbs full grown. She weighs 14 pounds now.

Don`t know if this helps or not.

Good luck with your pup.