House breaking my gsd fail....Help!!! - Page 1

My gsd is 12 weeks. I tried training pads just purchased pup head dog potty which she will use if I lead her to it. If im not around shell go any where and use her pup head as a bed. I tried the crate but she seems to think anywhere outside the crate like my living room is ok. This morning she pooped in my living room. So I put her out, im considering keeping her out since I have kids. Please help me whut should I do??

First of all, this puppy is too young to expect to be "house trained."  You cannot let her out of your sight.. EVER.. at this age.  Tie her to you or supervise her.  If you cannot uspervise her, crate her (but only for short periods). 

Second, if you have not already done so, feed her on a strict schedule.  20 minutes to 1/2 hour after eating, take her out on a leash and be with her.  When she pees/Poops, praise like crazy.  I say a word while the dog is peeing and I say a word when the dog is pooping.  While they are going in the appropriate area (outside) I stuff some food in the dog's mouth.  I want the dog to associate the relief of peeing and pooping outside with another pleasant thing.. FOOD. 

Third, you need to take this dog out every 3 hours at this age (maximum) and during/after play, after eating, after a nap in the crate and so forth.  When the dog sniffs around and looks like she might go, you need to get her out.  Reward reward reward for going outside.

Last, if you catch her in the act, INTERRUPT her and get her out.. PRAISING her for going  outside. 

NEVER punish her for going in the house.. all she will learn is to be afraid of you and she will learn not to go to the bathroom if you are present.  The result of this is that she will sneak off somewhere to go (inside or out). 

NEVER let her out of your sight.  She is too young and you are expecting too much (a common issue with puppy owners doing house training). 

Dont give up, like Rass said keep a close eye on your pup at all times. The pup is still a baby.
I took my boy out every 2 hours over to the same spot and every time he used the bathroom I praised him and he caught on quickly. I know my neighbors thought I was ready for the nut house when they heard me but it paid off. Consistency is key! Your pup is to young to give up on it.

You raise a puppy like you raise children.  A child wears a diaper until it is potty trained.  Pups would tear off a diaper so outside is best for a puppy. Or inside in a crate, or on a leash with a responsible person (adult ?) on the other end.  You have a fenced yard (I hope).  Here it can play, chew, romp, pee and poop to its hearts content.  If you have prize begonias, fence them off or cross fence your yard so the pup has a nice dog area.  Houses are reallly for humans.  A dog has the privelage of sharing it with you.  A full sized crate,  at least 500 for a male, 400 OK for a small female, will give the pup its own place in the house to chew on a toy or sleep in comfort.  A pup has to pee within 10 minutes of waking up.  So if pup makes a noise in the crate, put it outside immediately.  Leave for an hour if necessary.  Bring inside when wanted, hook the leash to your hand or belt and pay attention to what it does.  Pups chew everything,  so do dogs sometimes.  When the pup is about 6 months old it can last about 8 hours in a crate.  So you can finally sleep all night (maybe). 
I talked to a person who said a crate wasn't any good for his pup.  When he put his pup in it for the night, it made a horrible racket.  He banged on the crate to shut it up, and was surprised to find the crate full of poop in the morning!  I told him that the pup made a noise because it needed to go potty.  He had not thought of that!  Sigh! 
There are lots of books about training pups and dogs.  With many great ideas for housebreaking a puppy.  I best i read was have a 'fenced' space near a door to your back yard. Put wall to wall newspapers. If it has to go potty and you are not there or paying attention,  it only needs picking up newspapers.  Of course put the pup outside.  Then back in the newspaperd space.  (with toys etc).  Gradually shrink the newspapers down to the area where the pup chooses to do its business.  Then move the newspapers gradually toward the door, next to the door, halfway under the door with the other half outside, then just outside the door.  You can gradually move the papers across the yard to where you want the poo to be.  And the pup is trained!  I you pay attention.
I really recommend having the pup an outside pup until it is about 6 months old.  Bring it in last thing at night, put in crate or tie it in a tiled place.  Go to bed, and first thing in the morning let the pup outside (before you go potty yourself) and the pup is trained in 2 weeks.  Of course you can bring the pup inside during its first 6 months if you pay attention.  The pup will still chew, but that is another issur
Have fun.  Alice

Thanks for the advise im a research freak I look everything up my problem is I have to be at work most of the day. I had seen videos and seen it in books but you guys are right it is to soon.

I will tell you how I potty trained both my Shepherds to great success, it is pretty much what has been said already with a slight twist. First off this pup is too young to be corrected, please do not be harsh on this pup you can devastate the dog and its confidence if you are hard on it, not saying you are just stressing the point.

Start off by making sure the pup is crated when it is not supervised at night, while you are running errands, etc... I let my pups run free for most the day and what I did was to set up a kitchen timer for every hour, yes every hour. Obviously I did this on days I was home all day like Saturday. When the timer goes off walk to the exit to where you pup goes potty and get really excited, I taught my dog the word "Outside" meaning we were going to go outside and then "Potty". I would get excited and say in a high girly voice wanna go outside! and made a big deal of it, then I opened the door and let them run out, about 90% of the time they would do something, go pee at least. Then it was reward,praise,reward, it was a huge deal. You have to make sure to reward the second the act is finished.

The reason for every hour is it lessens the chance of an accident while simultaniously increasing the chances to reward the behaviour I am looking for. When they did have an accident they would come running up to me for their good girl treats and would not find it. I would simply go to the door say outside and walk out there with them, normally I would wait about 10 mins out there and give them a chance to "try again". It did not take long at all for them to learn potty inside = no reward, potty outside = awesome, because I made the word "Outside" so exciting it makes it so that my dogs go into a higher drive and pace by the back door exit when they need to go potty which makes it wonderful. By the way it took them almost no time at all to get potty trained, any accidents after were all and have all been my fault.

I got a single puppy a year and a half ago.  Because I live alone and have to go to work and I live too far from home to come home and get the dog out, I built her a "puppy palace" in the Furnace Room of the walk out basement.  I took 42 inch wide chain link fence gates (pre fab) and laid  them on their sides (4 of them) and zip tied those together.  I attached two of them to her crate so she could go in her crate or in the pen area.  I laid News Papers down out side the crate (cheaper than puppy pads). 

She never pee'd or Poop'd in her crate (no.. I did not put a bed in there.. just the tray.. it is a wire crate).  She did use the papers. 

I would come home and get her right out (first order of business) and then she would usually pee/poop outside and get lots of praise.  Then I gathered up the soiled papers and washed the floor down with vinegar and let it dry and laid down fresh papers. 

I called this my "puppy palace" and she was only in it if I had to be away for more than a couple of hours (longer as she got older). 

When I was home she was tied to me or in sight all the time and on a schedule of every hour out to pee and to poop.  I also watched her and took her out as I indicated above.  She is now 17 months  old and has NEVER pee'd or poop'd in the house other than the "puppy palace."  If she needs to go out she goes to the door and looks at me (so I have to pay attention). 

Eventually she no longer left any pee or poop in the puppy palace either. 

Most GSD's do not like to soil their living quarters so be sure to never leave her in a crate so long that she must go there.  Besides being very cruel, it will take away the dog's natural desire to stay clean and eventually the dog can become a 'dirty dog' peeing and pooping and laying in it.  At that point, house training can be a LOT more difficult.   

Wow just the extra personal expirience I was looking for. Great ideas fenrir I will try a timer on my day off. I will have to use your Idea RASS my pup has a lil play are on my porch, which isn't such a good idea since its a walk way to my house. So in conclusion I will build one in my back yard thats where I want her to go when she gets older makes a great deal of sense. I was ponderring on it but tought I was going crazy.