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    Quote Originally Posted by jules View Post
    i do praise him everytime he goes outside,and like my last chocolate while he's going I say go to the bathroom , go to the bathroom so he associates the phrase with the action,it's just very hard to stay out there long with him due to the bitter cold ,at least for me ,but with march coming the weather should be breaking but for now we have our hands full,and for the short amount of time they are puppy's i feel it's well worth the long term rewards
    Oban came to us Dec 8 of a winter very much like this one, except there was more snow then. Lots of -30C to -35C overnight. I think the cold helped the potty training, he didn't want to be outside in the cold too long. And, he needed out twice a night at first. We just kept warm clothes, boots and mittens by the back door and made sure to not lock ourselves out. In the daytime we played outside a lot, but then I love winter.

    I don't know where you are but if there's lots of snow do you have pee paths so puppy can reach new areas to potty? Ours liked a new spot each time, the paths helped get the job done, I think.

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    Don't sweat it. He's a baby, and baby's will have accidents. He will get it sooner or later, be consisitant with taking him out, praise him when he goes. Get some Natures Miracle and clean when he does have an accident. Don't take your eyes off him for even a second. When he wakes up take him out. When he sniffs the ground take him out. When he looks around take him out. If he goes in the house, don't make big deal about it, don't scold him, don't punish him. Just take him outside. He will get it, it's just a matter of time.

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    Like others, we did the lots of praise when Stig did his business outside. And we would take him out every 20ish minutes. He finally got it around 12ish weeks.

    Your pup is adorable!!!

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    I confused my puppy by changing her indoor potty spots many times. So she has many accidents in the house. But recently I started to potty train her outside and she has a few accidents which are my lack of supervision. However I know that she still couldn't get that she should only potty outside. I just don't let her go potty inside. But she will get it soon. Fingers crossed.

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    he is getting better,we had to crate him for a few hours today,about 4 hrs., no accidents and when my wife got home he went out immediately,the cold doesn't bother him,he burrows under my shrubs in the snow and lays down,I can't get him to come back in,I guess coming from Wisconsin he's tempered to the cold but it is getting less and less so thank you all-puppy-jpg
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    What works against you, (and me) is the puppy squats and pees inside and the relief he feels is a great reward, increases the likelihood of repeating. So, you want to make this work FOR you, not against you. Figure out how to keep him in sight at all times (or in his crate.) For me that was a light line connected to a kitchen table, or following me around the house on the same light line. When I saw the beginning of pee-behavior... sniffing, restlessness, etc. I scooped her up and ran her outside. Then all the party-happy-love-love was a double reinforcement. That and crate training... it went really fast.

    Also remember that a pup that young has immature kidneys and cannot concentrate urine. So they make an amazing amount for their body weight, and have thimble sized bladders.

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