Comments on: 15 Puppy Potty Training Problems Solved

By: Pauline

Pauline — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 11:41:46 +0000

My six month old Labrador puppy is ripping up my garden lawn very bad I have tried everything.Also her pee is bright yellow she is on kibble dried food ,was told it is a good thing to soak it in water .I am not convinced.

By: Chrissie

Chrissie — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:13:32 +0000

Hi I have a 17 week old lab puppy who was doing fairly well with potty training and even signaling he had to go by going to the back door and sitting, ringing the bell or looking at us. About a month ago I started to leave the back door open for about 5 minutes so he could potty at will this was about every hour. Now if the door is closed he doesnt singal us he just walks over to the door and pees, like he’s not even trying to hold it to go out. I know you mentioned this so how to I fix this behavior? Thanks

By: Clementine

Clementine — Thu, 02 May 2019 13:41:28 +0000

Hi Pipa, we just welcomed our little Bella, 9 weeks old yellow lab. She is a cutie ! And did not have so much accidents but it is still early. I go with her outside all the time to train her and I try to train her to poo always in the same place in the garden. Would you have any tricks or advices to give to help that ?!? Thank you !

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:15:32 +0000

I have a 9 week old lab which I has been with us for a week. He has learnt to pee and poor outside, can last all night in his crate, sits by the door when he wants to toilet etc. We have done this by frequently taking him out at the right times and praising him etc. I have also started training him to sit using the staged process on this site. Unfortunately he seems to be interpreting the praise I give for sitting as a queue to pee. This is now the the only time that he will pee in the house. I recognise I need to break the connection that has been made between praise and peeing, and intend to start to use a cue word for when he is toiletting and to postpone any other training while I sort this out. Am I doing the right thing and/or what else should I be doing?

By: Britt

Britt — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 05:03:49 +0000

In reply to Britt. I should add, she also goes on long walks and gets a lot of play time in.

By: Britt

Britt — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 05:01:44 +0000

I’ve been following all of the advice I’ve read here, or so I thought. But I am not having luck. I have a 14 wk old lab who I crate at night and when I can’t watch her. She has a large pin that she can use for potty that is outside and she has access to everyday all day while she is not in the crate. Even with the access, she will still randomly squat down and go potty. I’ve interrupted her and brought her outside, I’ve done the stern “NO!” And I’ve praised her when she goes potty outside or in her designated spot. She gets excited when she is praised. Yet, she still goes inside and anywhere, even one time on frunature. I’ve only had her 3 weeks, I don’t know if it’s because she’s new still and didn’t get proper training before or if I’m not cleaning right (laminated floors 100 percent through the house) or what is going on. Any advice?

By: Denise Andrade

Denise Andrade — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 06:48:31 +0000

Hi Pippa
I would welcome some advice. Our 6month old pup has started pooing in his crate every morning. He was initally easy to train using your method however we have had this setback. He has his last meal at 7 and a short walk at 10 when he sometimes poops, then goes into his crate. We get up at 7 and now for nearly a week has pooped in the crate even if he has been at 10. We adjusted his crate to make it a bit smaller again but it didn’t make a difference many thanks Denise

By: Jennifer McDaniel

Jennifer McDaniel — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 01:17:02 +0000

Hi Pippa, Thank you for your Happy Puppy book an excellent website! We are in the process of preparing for our new puppy and reading everything we can. I understand how often a brand new puppy needs to wee but how often do they actually need to go poop? What is normal? Are the 2 a.m. potty trips in the first couple weeks going to be just wee or poop too? My partner really wants to use the potty bells or poochiebells for house training. What are your thoughts on these and do you think that we could incorporate them with your techniques? Thanks very much! Cheers, Jennifer

By: Ann Varney

Ann Varney — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:37:56 +0000

I have a 7 month old male chocolate labrador and have real problems with toilet training. We had him from 8 weeks and followed all the advice in terms of taking him outside after meals, a nap, play, every half hour etc, praising him and treating him when he went outside and not reacting to accidents etc. When we are there he will sit by the back door when he wants to go out. The problem we have is he is left on his own for 2 hours in the morning after I have gone to work and before my husband gets home and again in the afternoon. Some days he will be perfectly ok and other days he will wee and poo. Also he still isn’t dry over night. He goes out last thing about 10:00pm and my husband gets up for work at 5:00am, but there is always a wee and/or poo, but when he sometimes sleeps with us at the weekend he sleeps straight through so I know he can go all night without needing to go. I’ve gone back to basics with him so many times but nothing seems to be improving. Your advice on where we went wrong and what we can do would be appreciated. Many thanks

By: Caroline Lindley

Caroline Lindley — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 10:34:03 +0000

Dear Pippa

I have a lab puppy of 10 weeks and was given your Happy Puppy Handbook. I cannot recommend it enough to new puppy owners. Thank you so much for writing its, its is invaluable and my ‘bible’ at the moment