how much problem is "couldn't be housebroke"? - adopted, now pics!

[sunflowerenvy]

yes any dog can be train but it take time n patients. i used to run a rescue from my home. someone surrender a 3 yr dog mid size dog to us due to not housebroken and when he got scared he pee on the floor. we house broken him in a month and stop pee to in 6 weeks.

we kept him on a bare floor in the house. or in a crate at night. when u call him at first he pee. then he learn that he got love and in the morning when we open the door of the cage he pee again. we did not say anything until we got to door and went out to go the bathroom and there we play with him. and praise him to do it outside. so he had access to the rest of the house after 3 days. he only pee when he got scared. and we broken him too. he was adopt out to couple and still living with them.

just make sure you have a place for the dog to be until it is housebroken.

 

[ranchhand]

Waving my hand for crate training! Best thing I ever learned. Both my Lab and my Hounds were crate trained, it was wonderful because they don't want to "soil their nest".

Just make sure you get the pup outside as fast as you can when you open the crate. Labs are great!

 

[nuts4chickens]

Snewman's advice is right on the money. Do what snewman said. That's how we've trained all of our dogs and have never had a problem. IMO, crate training is the easiest and fastest way to go. Get her in a routine. I think you can do it, so long as you are willing to put forth the time, and realize the first 2 years are a major pain with the chewing, etc. I love labs! But I have found after 2 years, they are so much easier to manage all around. 5 months, IMO is a great age. She's still young and trainable. Keep your bedroom door shut in the meantime.

 

[Wolfwoman]

Any dog at any age can be housetrained.

One of my outside dogs needed surgery when she was 4 YEARS old, so naturally we had to keep her in the house to heal. We made her sleep in an airline kennel so she would be still for a few days, let her out to eat and relax and to potty. The first time I let her out of the kennel she immediately peed on the floor... I grabbed her quickly (and gently because of surgery) and told her NO BAD KUMA and took her outside where she finished peeing as I lavishly praised her. She never peed in the house again. FOUR years old...

 

[scrambledmess]

I always look at it this way. If one year for a dog is 7 for us humans, then a 6 month old puppy is only 3.5 years old human age. How many 3.5 year olds do you know that NEVER have accidents? Heck, my oldest wasn't even out of diapers at age 3.5. 5 months old is still a baby with a baby's bladder and ability to hold it for only short periods of time.

 

[rancher hicks]

Ema and Redeye I dont' intend to get into a you know what match with either of you. I only stated the facts. Gwendelyn even got on the table.

I personally rescued a lab mix from my mail route. She was a nightmare to say the least. She would slide herself down along the deck and get out under the chainlink fence. She climbed over the gate and soil the rug numerous times. When she got on the stove and took a cake that's when we called the SPCA.
At the time we had Bertha a rottie and she was a dream compared to Maggie. Bertha died and I have not had the heart or time to get another.

As I stated and you missed it. "If you have the time". These types of case take 24/7 attention. Now if the OP has that time fine, but if she doesn't then she'll just frustrate herself and the dog. Some dogs need and "expert" trainer. Perhaps one of you would like to go to the OP's and train the dog?

My final word on the matter

Rancher, not all dogs can be trained, Hicks

 

[erinem]

For the most part, I'd say any dog can be potty trained if you're consistent in your training. It's likely that the previous owners just didn't know what they were doing.
However, keep in mind that there are several medical conditions that cause incontinence. It's possible that the puppy understands not to pee in the house, but isn't able to control himself. Even a simple UTI can make it difficult for a puppy to control his urges. If standard potty training isn't working, I'd definitely speak with a vet about it before assuming that the puppy is just too unruly to be housebroken.

 

[Finn's Mom]

Five months is not old for a lab to not be housebroken. A young dog of that breed needs to go out A LOT. I stay at home with my kids now, and I got my first puppy (my other dogs are/were all grown rescues), a lab, as it happens, 2 years ago. I remember thinking at the time thank goodness I don't have to commute to a job anymore, this would never have worked.

My Finn used to wee in his bed until he was over 6 months old, and even now, at age 3, I never leave him more than 5 hours in the house at a stretch. (This may not be typical for the breed, but it is for my dog.) Labrador retrievers need a lot of attention and excercise (and that's the tricky part too, because you can't just run them hard in their youth or you will pay for it in hip problems in their maturity) but if you can manage it, the payoff is HUGE. Everyone has a valid point here worth considering depending on your situation. Good luck and post pix! Here's my Finn:

 

[Lorije1]

I have 2 Labs. One was strictly outside until he was about 9 - he has NEVER had an accident in the house. Rio took some time to house train, but you could see his little ADHD brain trying to grasp the concept.
My bet is the dog was bored and untrained. Run him ragged playing fetch, wear him out mentally with training - potty on a regular schedule after meals, naps, and playtime.

 

[drdoolittle]

I have a feeling that it's not that the dog couldn't be housebroke, but the people who had him couldn't be troubled to do it right. There is a book called "How to Housebreak Your Dog in Seven Days". If you completely follow what it advises, I think you will have success. You may have to implement what's known as "tethering"----where you keep the dog hooked to you with a long lead all times he is loose in the house----for awhile. Sorry, I don't remember the author's name, but your local library may have a copy. Good luck------I believe at least half the dogs/puppies in shelters are there for "housebreaking issues".