When to start potty training a german shepherd puppy
How to Potty Train a German Shepherd Puppy!
Divac mr. sanders my name is Holly first
thank you for your videos I am nine
years old and we were gonna get a German
Shepherd and we are gonna name her Roxy
I have a request please if you have the
time of course will you do a tips on
potty training videos I think we can do
that voice what you think what you think
can we do the tips on potty training can
we do the tips yeah all right so if we
go to the park first then we can do it
all right fair enough
why don't remember this door going
straight into the woods do you I'm
almost positive this door didn't used to
go straight into the woods but I'll
confirm with the wife you later I guess
in the meantime pups and I are gonna go
to hike
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it's not the way I wanted to come back
but wearing a person the dog came out of
nowhere
that's all right what's little mud
between pups you'll go home now work on
Holly's video teach potty training I
know you're potty trained but we're
gonna teach huh guess it's on me
what you doing all right yeah
doing okay got the worn outs we're gonna
break us down into four parts the first
is discussing the importance of a
routine the second is discussing the
difference between nighttime and daytime
potty training tips the third is what to
do when an accident does happen because
they will happen and the fourth is
general tips that helped us so routine
is the most important your most valuable
asset in either potty training or any
type of training until you are perfect
at this or rather your pup is I would
avoid deviation from routine at all cost
all right some routines that we used to
help first we use the same door every
time in fact we use this door because it
was the closest after going out the same
door we went to the same spot in the
yard every time we had him on a leash
yup your ball whirled away so sad we had
him on a leash we went to the same spot
we always made sure we had training
treats in our pockets with us the moment
they were done potting we gave him a
treat we said good boy or in your case
it might be good girl but whatever you
do not want to wait until you come
inside by then they've already forgot
they don't have a very long memory when
it comes to associating why they got a
tree which is also why punishing them
we'll talk about that in a moment but
that's why that doesn't work either
lastly keeping their feeding schedule
consistent as well consistently going in
at the same time consistently coming out
at the same time more or less the idea
once we've established the routine let's
talk actual potty training puppies can
typically hold it for one hour per month
they've been alive so you pick up most
puppies around eight to ten weeks you're
looking at about two months so they can
hold it for about two hours now keep in
mind when sleeping this doesn't
necessarily hold true they can obviously
sleep for a lot longer in those
situations that will hold it for longer
but when they are awake and active two
hours or one hour per month now some
things to keep in mind is when they wake
up you always go potty no matter what
when they finish eating you go potty no
matter what when they wake up from a nap
you go potty when they get finished
plane like an exercise round or you know
whatever you go potty
it's just whenever you finish one
activity you go potty essentially puppy
pads never a good idea all right let's
go over some tips for when going to bed
for a puppy no water two hours before
bedtime we don't want to have any
accidents I'm pretty sure you had some
accidents as a puppy
okay well we'll just have to agree to
disagree
so the nighttime training is similar but
I want to go over a few different things
first no water two hours before bedtime
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awesome during this time I would try to
keep them engaged and awake
I wouldn't go to extreme measures but I
wouldn't also like encourage them to
cuddle up or get in a crate and go to
sleep
maybe try to give them some toys or
something to keep them mentally engaged
now you don't want them to be like
exhausted you don't want them running
around or anything cuz then they're
gonna be thirsty and that's not fair you
don't want to make them dehydrated but
maybe like just like a light chew toy or
something or just sit there and pet them
you know it doesn't have to be anything
crazy like I said you don't want him
running around or anything
now Lotus he had that now when going
actually going to bed right before you
go to bed you take them out the potty
when you come in they go straight to the
crib
now whether or not you want to keep the
crate in the bedroom is up to you at
night when they were potty training we
did now I'm not gonna carry it up here
but we would put it in the corner so if
you imagine it means that something
isn't real
well I know your crate is real it's just
it's not in this room it's downstairs so
we're imagining that it's up here all
right this is exactly how we did it
so no imagining doing the real all right
so this is exactly how we did our crate
right here same spot everything this way
they wake up the middle nine if you're a
heavier sleeper you hear them versus
setting an alarm you come right out you
get them I would suggest picking them up
honestly if you can and then just
carrying them straight outside before
you put them down because they are on a
mission when they get up in the middle
of the night is to go pop happy now yeah
I know you don't sleep in the crate
anymore I brought it up because you were
having trouble imagining seriously
seriously
now if or more like when you wake up the
middle of the night to take them potty
heed my words very careful head straight
for the door if possible carry them but
go straight for the door do not stop do
not deviate do not pass go go straight
to the door and outside if you saw they
will peep furthermore don't talk to
don't pet really just don't engage your
pup in any way other than once they go
potty if you want to give them a quiet
like Olga boy or good girl otherwise you
want to keep things very low-key very
calm you want to keep lights to a
minimum you don't want them to have any
inclination that is a time to get up and
have fun and play and start the day you
gonna carry this crate back downstairs I
have to do it
if you remember only one thing from this
entire video remember this when when not
if when they have an accident it is your
it is your fault it is not their fault
it is not your kids fault it is not your
spouse's fault is not your parents fault
it is 100% your fault so if you mess up
and allow an accident to happen here's a
few things to keep in mind if possible
you can try to interrupt them you can
make a sudden noise like a clap or you
know something like this or like hey
don't do that but you don't want to
school Inc you don't want to scream
because it's very important not to scare
them you don't want them to associate
fear with going to the bathroom or fear
with going to the bathroom around you
now if you do manage to interrupt them
you can even use like a keyboard if you
wanted to say like outside or whatever
word you're gonna use to designate that
if you do interrupt them and you take
them outside you pick them up you get
them outside right away if they go at
all even just a little bit right after
that even if they did 99% of it in the
house if they go just that last 1%
outside everything else holds true you
praise them you give them the treat all
that good stuff but when it comes to
accidents the statute of limitations is
obedient if you don't catch it as it's
happening nothing you can do you don't
want to punish them you don't want to
rub their nose in it you don't to do any
of that silly stuff it doesn't do any
good they don't understand why you're
upset they don't understand what's going
on all of that nonsense is useless and
potentially harming seriously don't take
it out right and your slap-happy you
need to take a nap and literally does no
good to punish them and could ultimately
do harm they could learn to associate
going to potty as a
that thing or they could associate it
what doing it around you as a bad thing
whether you're inside or outside so even
if you go outside they could still
associate that stuff now what you can do
is clean it up thoroughly if you have
hardwood floors it's obviously gonna
make it easier if you have any rugs down
I would suggest just picking them up for
the first several months if you don't
have hardwood or they go in a carpeted
area you want to clean it as thorough as
possible the issue is that no matter how
much you clean it there's still a chance
they could smell it and if they smell it
they're gonna associate it with a place
that they can go potty again and you're
more likely to see repeated accidents so
what I would suggest is in the event of
an accident get a little carpet cleaner
I can I'll link some down below like
some little hand hold ones that you
could use in situations like this that
just kind of have on hand for like the
little accidents you know obviously you
want to soak it up well you want to use
some sort of spray neutralizer and
honestly if it were me unless it's like
in a really awkward place a lot of times
they tend to go more towards closer to a
wall or something like that I would even
block the area off for a time just so
they can't get to it so they can't smell
it or at least smell at that spot and be
tempted to do it again I plan to go
somewhere else to discuss these tips but
honestly they're both being calm right
now and I don't want to move I don't
even want to move enough to show you on
camera so I'm gonna shoot this little
part on my iPhone here in case you can't
see them pretty sure you can't see Lotus
at all all right so let's go over some
final tips as I mentioned before you
never want to deviate when going on a
bathroom run you know I had mentioned
using the same door as for part of their
routine but the other benefits of that
is if you always use the same door you
can have all your stuff there and ready
to go the handful of times that either
one of them had accidents it was always
something silly like I forgot my shoes
or it's raining and there's no umbrella
or the treats walk by the door they got
left somewhere else so what I would
suggest is
have a dedicated leash a dedicated
umbrella some dedicated shoes or sandals
even that you can just throw on real
quick I dedicate a bag of treats all
this stuff right there by the door so
that way at any time if you need to get
them out in a hurry and there's gonna be
those times where you got to get them
out in the hurry you can just go and
know that it's all right there I'm good
to go I've taken them out barefoot in
the rain at night in the snow doesn't
matter because I missed one of these
things that the umbrella wasn't there my
shoes weren't there because you really
don't want to deviate in addition to
this I would restrict their freedom so
their den animals and that's why they
like crates which we're not going to get
into crate training you want them to see
the entire house as their den and if you
give them free access to the entire
house in the beginning even a small
house like ours it's very easy for them
to go into another room or area and go
to the bathroom there because that's far
enough away from them that they're not
worried about because to them they don't
need a den this big what we did was we
generally started with like two rooms
we'd have like a living room area and
our bedroom would like the only two
rooms they were really allowed in maybe
the kitchen if we were in there we would
block them in there with us but we never
gave him a lot of free broom and we also
never left him unattended you know it's
it all it takes is a split second for
them to have an accident and then you
got to deal with all the cleanup and the
repercussions and then if you have
carpet it's even worse I just wouldn't
mess with it now as they get older and
you get more trust in them and you have
little to no accidents and you want to
slowly expand that area out I would
suggest that I mean you don't want to
wait years to do this I would try to do
it quickly but at the same time you
don't want to rush it so you kind of got
to take a feel on that and kind of feel
things out and see how it's going
there's nothing wrong with opening up a
little bit more space maybe they have an
accident you restrict it back a little
you know that happens and lastly I kind
of touched on this already but any rugs
floor mats or floor mats are for cars
but any rugs or just anything you have
down bathroom mats and you think like
that that you can pick up I would better
safe than sorry
and you'll have to deal with it assuming
you have hardwood floors now if you have
carpet yeah there's if anything the rugs
might
I don't know otherwise I hope you guys
got some usefulness out of this video
the pups are still they are still passed
out but yeah I hope you guys got some
usefulness out of this Holly I hope it
answered your questions if anybody has
any further questions or anything
definitely comment below otherwise
appreciate you guys as always we'll see
you on the next video I guess I'm about
to clean up on my own cuz they're passed
out now I'm just gonna put that crate
back can I just sleep here
all right so you're awfully close to the
couch there seriously and if you
remember so if you mess up we don't have
to do it every time seriously seriously
it literally it literally take your dyno
and go over there don't get the starts
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if you remember from this video when it
is
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will you sleepy I just I don't why does
it take you three hours to make a
five-minute video I don't well maybe you
should take your pup somewhere I'm out
ahead of time I can see the red in your
eyes I know you're tired yes you are
