fjm

Excellent point about other people's houses, shops, etc - just because a pup has learned not to go inside your own house, does not mean he will be able to generalise to not going in other people's houses. And all my friends and relations seem to have cream carpets ...

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wickednag

Excellent point! I can remember my brother coming over to my house years ago and bringing his perfectly house trained dog who was not house trained at my house.

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JE-UK

It does depend a bit on the breed or the individual, but mostly depends on the owner, like so many things with dogs .

Mine house-trained lightning fast, but we did nothing, NOTHING, for two weeks aside from housetraining. Okay, I'm exaggerating a bit, but that's what it felt like. As if the whole world revolved around the elimination habits of a small poodle puppy.

Through extreme vigilance, he only ever had about three piddle accidents in the house, and he got lots and lots of praise and treats for eliminating outside. I think not letting the dog practice the behaviour you don't want, i.e. eliminating inside, is key.

So, yes, I found my poodle very easy to housetrain , but your mileage may vary.

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tokipoke

Potty training def varies by breed and size. Maybe poodles have the upperhand cause they are smart and can problem solve. Leroy will not always ring the bell. He'll just stand in front of the door till someone opens it. If he knows there's no way for me to see him, he'll ring the bell really LOUD. He's woken
me up from a deep sleep upstairs with his potty bell. This morning he went downstairs and rang the bell really loud cause I was getting ready in the upstairs bathroom. When I didn't come down right away, he came back upstairs to get me. If there are no bells (like at someone else's house), he'll stand in front of the door or scratch it if no one pays attn to him. I can picture other breeds getting impatient with me if I were "unavailable" upstairs and they need to go. With another breed, I may just come downstairs to a puddle of pee or pile of poop cause the dog independently took care of business. Poodles want to please and they naturally seek you out. The friend's dog I mentioned before even have accidents in their own home!

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mom24doggies

I think Trev was pretty much housebroken by 4 months, 5 at the latest. He has had 2 or 3 accidents since then but they were my fault. Once I had him crated for a while before bed, then took him straight to bed without letting him outside. That was a big mistake...poor guy was sleeping on the floor, then suddenly stood up and just started peeing right where he stood...I don't think he could even control it. The whole time he just looked at me so apologetically, like "I'm really sorry, this just happened...". Of course, no reprimand for him, I just kicked myself and cleaned up the mess. I agree with tokipoke, poodles are one of the really smart breeds and they like to please. Even though Trev is just now learning to let me know when he needs to go out, (even at 3 am, yikes. I guess he drank too much water last night!) he has always just waited for a chance to go out. All that to say, house training is easy with poodles, or has been for me. My first mini hadn't been housebroken (just crate trained...he pretty much lived his life in a crate with potty breaks a few times a day..very sad.) and he was also not neutered, so he marked everything...I scolded him good the first time I caught him marking inside, and he didn't do it again...he always made it outside after that. Poor guy had some real issues though...unfortunately I had to give him back, as he bit several of the kids. Thankfully, one of my groomer friends has him now and he's very happy with her.

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