I got a 10 week old pit/something mix, she is pretty messed up i go to school alot so i spend time with her but i can't wait hand and foot on her. her previous owner must have done something to her each time i pick her up she freaks out and pee's everywhere. she also when i tell her she's done a bad thing for peeing in the house she find a spot and lay there unresponsive for hours. im really lost someone please help me
BUNNY

10 weeks is very, very young. I'm not sure about the laying unresponsive thing, but such young puppies do need to be watched constantly. Puppies that young are going to pee in the house because they haven't developed bladder control yet. If you go to school a lot, you may not have enough time to give such a young puppy.

Dont be excessively angry with your pup . As mentioned she is very young still . If you react angrily when she does this in the house she will start to react to your anger from your body language.
When you say she pees when you pick her up are you sure this isnt just from excitement . I know alot of young Staffys can wet themsleves through pure excitement . I'm sure other breeds must do so as well .
Lel

I'm a little concerned as you seem to be taking much of the responsibility for the pup your self ..... pup's need lots of guidance and supervision, and lots of clearing up after too :) It's not fair to the pup if you are at school but there is no-one to help her understand and to take her outside, so she maybe goes in the house, but tehn when you are home she is then told off. She won't understand and housetrainig will take much longer.

Buy a good puppy book, from the pet shop - preferably not an American one, try "The Perfect Puppy" by Gwen Bailey, there are a few others. Read a little bit about how to train a small pup. Remember to tell her "Good girl" in a happy voice when she has done well.

It does sound as if she has had a bad start and is lucky to have found you, maybe let your mum and/or dad read these replies so that they understand too, as it is very important that everyone does the same thing.

IF she wees when you pick her up,checkyou are not scaring her by picking her up, make it a gentle and pleasant thing for her or she will hate it. As you say she may have had a bad time before, if so she needs love and patience, and try nice titbits too so she associates being pickedup with happy things :) Totally ignore her if she wees at thistime - as if she does she is not bad, maybe over excited or more probably scared from what you have said.

Take her out at regular intervals, praise her and maybe treat her for going to the toilet outside, and maek sure you clean up in the house with a biological cleaner or a special one from a pet shop, as some cleaners contain ammonia and may make her think it is OK to go just there.

Do a search on here too, to read about pups and housetraining :)

Good luck
Lindsay

Lindsay,

I'm curious as to why you would advise to, "Buy a good puppy book, from the pet shop - preferably not an American one." Why are you against books written by American authors?

Stacey

Often the American books will dwell on aspects that are not relevant to Uk.

Vaccination protocols, and the diseases vary, as well as the parasites and the diseases carried by them like Heart Worm.

Also in USA it is common to have unfenced Gardens, in fact many people are not allowed to erect fencing, so much of the puppy books will dwell on Crate training, and using kennel runs in the garden. A lot of peeople keep their dogs on the 'deck' or Verandah etc etc etc.

That's not really true, Brainless, about the fencing. Nearly all residential places in the US require yards (or gardens) to have fences if there are dogs. Farm communitites are the only places where dogs do not always have to be on leashes; you're not allowed to just have your dog wander around the neighborhood. It's much more common to have fenced in yards than non-fenced, and it's very rare for someone not to be allowed to put a fence up. I'm pretty sure that it's mandatory if you have a dog.

Must vary from state to state, as on my breed list that does rescue, they are always having problems with owners who only have invisible fences, and those that can't have fences put up. Seems to be quite common.

Can't imagine us English being happy with Open plan gardens, rather more fond of our privacy.

Definitely, i much prefer an enclosed garden! ;)

I have several books by American authors such as Jean Donaldson, and love them, but as Brainless says, some of the basic ones do dwell on subjects that may be a little irrelevant to us "over here".

I also feel that some are way behind, I have seen books on "training the family dog" sort of thing, recommending a prong collar, and that was in Pets at Home. Books by UK authors tend not to do that :)

Lindsay