Help With New Lhaso Apso Puppy.

[bunraku]

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Hi

Got an 8 week old Lhasa Apso boy last Saturday. He’s great and full of fun and personality. However 2 issues we are having with him.

1. Biting. He is bad for biting. Not vicious or snapping, but basically just chewing on fingers and toes. Anything that wriggles. It’s more of a teething bite and doesn’t break the skin yet, but can be painful. He does have teething toys, but seems to prefer the families digits. Whats the best way to deal with this?
   
2. The more serious issue is toilet training. He is urinating and defecating everywhere apart from the puppy pads we got. He never does it when off the floor on a bed or chair so he obviously has some control, but the floor is fair game. We put him on the pad as soon as we catch him and give him a row, but that wee tail starts wagging and it’s hard to be tough on him. He has not had all his jags, so we can’t let him out yet and we won’t do crate training sorry, so does anyone else have any tips?
   

Thanx

 

[Hula]

Sounds like a normal puppy to me !

If you are playing with him and he starts the finger chewing that's it game over .

If you are stroking him and he starts chewing then just put him down and ignore him .

Some people say yelp like a dog as if you are hurt but that never worked for me and only made them more excited .

You can give him a soft toy or chewing toy as a substitute for your hand.

He will stop doing this , they all do .

I would not be giving an 8 week old puppy a row for doing the toilet on the floor . He has to learn the right place to do it so praise it when he does it in the right place and ignore it when it's in the wrong place . They do not have much control until they are about 4 months .

Do you not have a garden that you can take him out in ?

If you do not have a garden make sure that you carry him out to see the sights and sounds of the world before he gets any older . The earlier you do this the better it will be for him . I carry mine out and let them see traffic , people other animals . I have been known to take them to the pub for half an hour just to see people and a little bit of the outside world .

Good luck with him , got any pics ?

 

[meddling]

Lhasa's can be (and usually are) very strong willed, they will never respond positively to being given a row...they are sensitive...but cocky...all wrapped up in one.

Have you a garden?

If so place him out there after every meal, every play, every sleep...stay out there with him until he performs how ever long it takes! Then reward with loads of love and cuddles instantly. If you've no outdoor space do the same with a large puppy pad covered area, which he cannot get out of.

Re the biting, as Hula says all normal pup stuff...a squeal and replacing fingers with chew toy will work with patience...and make sure whole family are doing the same with all training...and don't wiggle your fingers

 

[bunraku]

Thanx for replies. I thought I wasn't even allowed to take him out to my garden in case he caught something until all his boosters were completed?

 

[TTT]

Buy a crate.....and use it. Read the other threads on toilet training etc. Good luck

 

[Hula]

Thanx for replies. I thought I wasn't even allowed to take him out to my garden in case he caught something until all his boosters were completed?

You can take him out in the garden if it is enclosed and other dogs cannot get in to it ?

If you have garden that is suitable be prepared to spend a lot of time out there over the next couple of weeks . The effort you put in now will be worthwhile . When he wakens take him out . When he has just eaten take him out . If he is playing a suddenly looks like he is looking for a place to do the toilet take him out . If he has not been out for a wee while take him out . If he does the toilet outside lavish praise upon him and make a big fuss of him . if he goes in the house clean it up and take him out .

The less he goes in the house the more he will think it is not the right place to go . The more he goes outside the more he will get the idea that is the right place to go . You can either put in a huge effort and get the house training done quickly or put in less effort and do it slowly .

 

[Northolm]

Post a pic! Good Luck

 

[Strix]

puppies will continue to use an area they have previously soiled as they can often still smell that place after we have cleaned up

make sure you clean with either (or both) biological washing liquid, or steam cleaning. Pet odour destroyers are also available, but beware that one of those took the colour out of our carpet