GSD Housetraining at 4 weeks? - Page 2

Fawndallas, you're going to have to live with the smell! It's part of raising puppies.

The breeder of my friend's Shiloh stud is quite fussy about her house. When Nero's litter reached this stage, the puppies got moved to the garage!

You can buy rubber matting to put under the puppy area, but this will hold the smell a bit.

There's a product on the market that is supposed to contain the active ingredient that's in Febreeze, and i use it in areas where my dogs have had accidents. It's called OdorZyme: http://www.proschoice.com/html/odor_zyme.html 

Thank you Sunsilver. I will definitely try it. We are starting the move to the deck for the potty area today. I have also left Rose it there to give everyone the "right" idea. It also did not help that the last round of dewormer has resulted in loose stools....

Sad face. The product cannot be used on wood floors (I just talked to a technician there). Good thought though.

I've used it on MY wood floors, and they look none the worse for wear!  Well, except for all the scratches from my doggies' claws! :(

Lol

We start with a litter box in the whelping area at about 3 ½ weeks.  We use the plastic tray of a 36" crate and fill it with equine pine pellets.  If a pup poops outside the tray we pick the poop up and put it in the tray...  inside of 7-10 days almost all of the pups were using the litter box to poop and pee in.  Out of 7 pups in the last litter, all but one male would use the potty area.  When the pups were older we put some pine pellets outside on the deck and they would use that area to potty.  Once they were bog enough to climb the stairs down to the grass they naturally went in the grass.  By 10 weeks they were reliably house broken, in that they would stand by the door and whine to get out.  Little pups can absolutely be potty trained :)

Laurie

Maybe pelts are the key. For poop, they are doing well. Pee is still a challenge. Some go in potty area, rest go as soon as the need to and wherever they are. Did not think about crate tray. I will start that today. Thanks everyone. Nice to know I am not the only one to start the house training now and not after 8 weeks.

Maybe pelts are the key. For poop, they are doing well. Pee is still a challenge. Some go in potty area, rest go as soon as the need to and wherever they are. Did not think about crate tray. I will start that today. Thanks everyone. Nice to know I am not the only one to start the house training now and not after 8 weeks.