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How do you potty train a 4 month old Labrador retriever?

I got a labrador retriever puppy a month ago when it was 3 months old. Since then my puppy (Buddy) goes to the door though he does not bark to let us know that he has to do his business. If we don't let him out in time he runs off and does his business inside my house. This is my 1st pup so I do not know what to do. If you know anything please help me out. Thanks for your time and concern.

Your puppy is going to the door and standing there. That is wonderful!!! That is what housetraining is all about, getting the little guy to realize that he has to do his business outside and he knows that, he is going to the door. Fantastic!!! As far as he is not barking, i never had a dog that barked, i just always kept an eye on them when they were puppies, they never had the run of the house until they were housetrained. My puppies were confined to one room of the house which was the kitchen and i pretty much was confined to that room also. But the fact that your buddy is standing by the door means he understands. So just keep an eye on him, always know where he is … and when he gets anywhere near that door open the door as fast as you can and let him run outside and go with him and say do pee pee, do pee pee and when he does, praise him with such excitement in your voice, say oh what a good boy, good boy.Say it several times, let him know that he just did a terrific thing and you are so happy with him. I would then bring mine back in and you could give him a little treat and say what a good boy. Puppies do not have a lot of control so that is why if the door is not opened quickly he will just run and do it in the house so if you always keep an eye on him that should not happen. As he gets older he will have more control and not have to do that.

Sounds to me like for your first pup you are doing a superb job of training him

49 comments to How do you potty train a 4 month old Labrador retriever?

  1. Kristina
    August 17th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
    Put a door on the bell and he will knock it when he needs to go out! It works so well!
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  2. ncgurl998
    August 17th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
    take the dog out reguraly. if she does what she needs to do, give her a treat
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  3. Misa M
    August 17th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
    Hey there. Here's a site that will take you through all of the steps. Remember that it is your consistency that will get your dog to succeed!
    http://www.inch.com/~dogs/cratetraining.html
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  4. david m
    August 17th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
    my lab goes to the door and barks but you have to take him out every 2 hours or so be consistent and when he goes to the bathroo outside reward him. my lab also knows the word potty so when i ask him he goes to the door. hope this heps
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  5. bobbie
    August 17th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
    it is pretty easy. first after your pup eats a meal wait about 10 to 20 minutes and then take pup outside and tell them to go potty. you must keep doing this until the pup goes. it may take awhile. when the pup goes really praise them , make a really big deal about it. if you do this for a week or so every time after your pup eats they will eventually get the idea. I've trained 4 of my dogs this way and they pretty much would go on command. just to remember to keep saying the command over and over and really praise them
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  6. linda
    August 18th, 2007 at 12:21 am
    Your puppy is going to the door and standing there. That is wonderful!!! That is what housetraining is all about, getting the little guy to realize that he has to do his business outside and he knows that, he is going to the door. Fantastic!!! As far as he is not barking, i never had a dog that barked, i just always kept an eye on them when they were puppies, they never had the run of the house until they were housetrained. My puppies were confined to one room of the house which was the kitchen and i pretty much was confined to that room also. But the fact that your buddy is standing by the door means he understands. So just keep an eye on him, always know where he is … and when he gets anywhere near that door open the door as fast as you can and let him run outside and go with him and say do pee pee, do pee pee and when he does, praise him with such excitement in your voice, say oh what a good boy, good boy.Say it several times, let him know that he just did a terrific thing and you are so happy with him. I would then bring mine back in and you could give him a little treat and say what a good boy. Puppies do not have a lot of control so that is why if the door is not opened quickly he will just run and do it in the house so if you always keep an eye on him that should not happen. As he gets older he will have more control and not have to do that.

    Sounds to me like for your first pup you are doing a superb job of training him
    References :

  7. Tammy
    December 4th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
    I just got an 11 week old female black lab and she is the sweetest little one ever. I too have found that by praising her like all the time helps she does have accidents but still i dont do anything but clean up the mess and then take her outside and when she goes potty i praise her and give her a treat. but my question is i thought that these dogs were playful all Sassie does is want to lay next to me ALL the time on the couch. how can i get her to PLAY!
  8. admin
    December 4th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
    That is definitely a special case with Labradors– usually, they have too much energy! That’s interesting. Assuming that she’s been checked out by a vet to make sure there’s nothing physically wrong with her (lethargy can sometimes be a sign of problems, so I would suggest getting her checked just to be sure if you haven’t already), I would probably just find a way that you can get her excited about being active and then doing that. Try different things– maybe taking her on a walk, or visiting another dog, or going to a dog park. Perhaps something as simple as spreading some peanut butter on a toy (Kongs work especially well), letting her sniff at it, and then throwing it (out in the yard, of course) will perk her interest and get her to run around and burn off some energy.

    She might also just be getting some last puppy-sleep out of her system, and I’m sure that as she gets a little older (into the five and six month range) she’ll start to be more active.

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  15. Anna
    June 20th, 2011 at 6:07 am
    Finding the toilet training tough as I keep missing the wee signals…and so tired. I’m at home but how anyone toilet trains a dog that has to go out to work is beyond me. Will keep trying…..early days here.
  16. Rob
    July 4th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
    Instead of having to keep checking if your puppy is standing at the back door a good trick is to hang bells from the door handle and to teach your puppy to ring them everytime he needs to go outside.

    Hope somebody finds this useful!

    Rob

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