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Thanks all for your advice, much appreciated. Thought i'd give you an update. We've been watching our puppy as much as we can trying to anticipate when he needs to go potty, then take him outside where has found a new favorite spot for doing his business. He doesn't need much prompting now, most of the time when we go outside he tries to play for a minute or two then moves on down and does the deed. We've had a few slip ups since we have been trying this but it has been much much better in only a few days! We wake up in the middle of the night now and take him outside, which is such a challenge in itself as he doesn't want to leave his warm bed to go out in the cold, he then does his business in a few minutes and back to bed. We will get a doggy door for him when he gets a little older, so it is appropriately sized, in the laundry so hopefully he will then be able to go in and out by himself. For now, we have been leaving the back door open when we are home and a few times he has run out by himself without us saying anything! So happy with what he has achieved in just a few days!

Thanks all for your responses. I have taken them all on board. So we would like our little pug to live indoors with us but would love him to potty outside! We will be getting a doggy door to outside installed soon to assist with this when we are not home. Unfortunately I have no grass out side though, just paved area and one with decorative stones. I will take him out tonight when I get home as it seems the cough isn't such a big deal, i'll see what he does then. So with a tray and rolled turf, do I just buy any sort of tray (like a baking tray) and a roll of turf from bunnings or so then use that? Can I leave that in the laundry with him at night?

Hey guys Sorry, I didn't realise this post would go here, didn't mean to hijack someone else's thread. I've moved my post to a post in the puppy problems section. Thanks for response Steph M. I don't crate him for 10 hours, last night he fell asleep in his crate with the door opened, which i then placed in laundry where had a bowl of water, some toys, a bowl with a tiny bit of dry food and some pads, plus space to walk around... i thought they don't poo or pee where they sleep? I've moved my post so may be best to reply to me over in the new one. thanks

Hey all First time poster. We got our first puppy two days ago. He is a lovely little pug boy that is 12 weeks old. Came from a registered breeder with his papers. We familiarized him with his crate from day one, put a ticking clock in there under a blanket which has relaxed him. He slept most of the day yesterday, got up for play and to meet new people as they visited. We have his crate set up in the laundry with a baby gate at the doorway at night. He has around 2m x 1m to move around in the laundry when we put him in there. We set up puppy pads and are trying to teach him to 'go potty' on these with no luck. It's only been a couple of days but we have made no progress whatsover and have not been able to get him to go on the pads. Here's what we usually try: 1. Get him to sit outside his crate, put his food down telling him to wait. 2. Once he has waited we let him eat his food in his crate and close the door. 3. We leave him in the crate for 30mins to 1 hour. 4. We take him out of the crate and straight onto the puppy pads outside his crate but in the laundry. 5. We wait there encouraging him to go potty with no luck. 6. The minute he gets out of the laundry, he waits until we aren't looking and he does a pee or poo. Last night he slept fine in his crate with his door open in the laundry and puppy pads about a metre away from it all night, we leave the baby gate on the laundry so he can leave his crate to move around, have some water and chew on some safe toys. We were hoping he would also leave his crate to pee or poo on his own in the laundry. This morning we let him out of the laundry and the poor bugger had been holding his pee the whole night, he pee'd two times in quick succession no where near another pad we had set up in the living area. Long story but he may have contracted kennel cough when he was leaving the breeders from a stray the breeder had taken in to care for, the breeders Vet advised to keep him indoors, warm, well fed and hydrated and he will get over it. If he gets worse then we can get him on antibiotics but he was reluctant to do so from now. So I haven't been able to take him outside to pee in the morning or evenings as it very cold, plus it is heated indoors so the change in temps i thought would not be good for him. Can anyone help us with the following: 1. Why is he refusing to go in the laundry, is it too close to his crate where he sleeps so he does not want to go where he sleeps? I'm worried about him holding it all night, last night he held it for 10 hours! We woke up in the middle of the night to let him pee but he didn't. Is this possibly related to kennel cough? 2. What do i do when he goes potty somewhere where I don't want him to? Do i give him an 'Ah' or be negative with him? (first time dog owner here so I am still learning) I've read other potty training threads but am really struggling with the potty training and also biting, but I had a read of the biting thread and will try a couple of the techniques from there. Just concerned about potty training for now! Can anyone help? Thanks

Hey all First time poster. We got our first puppy two days ago. He is a lovely little pug boy that is 12 weeks old. Came from a registered breeder with his papers. We familiarized him with his crate from day one, put a ticking clock in there under a blanket which has relaxed him. He slept most of the day yesterday, got up for play and to meet new people as they visited. We have his crate set up in the laundry with a baby gate at the doorway at night. He has around 2m x 1m to move around in the laundry when we put him in there. We set up puppy pads and are trying to teach him to 'go potty' on these with no luck. It's only been a couple of days but we have made no progress whatsover and have not been able to get him to go on the pads. Here's what we usually try: 1. Get him to sit outside his crate, put his food down telling him to wait. 2. Once he has waited we let him eat his food in his crate and close the door. 3. We leave him in the crate for 30mins to 1 hour. 4. We take him out of the crate and straight onto the puppy pads outside his crate but in the laundry. 5. We wait there encouraging him to go potty with no luck. 6. The minute he gets out of the laundry, he waits until we aren't looking and he does a pee or poo. Last night he slept fine in his crate with his door open in the laundry and puppy pads about a metre away from it all night, we leave the baby gate on the laundry so he can leave his crate to move around, have some water and chew on some safe toys. We were hoping he would also leave his crate to pee or poo on his own in the laundry. This morning we let him out of the laundry and the poor bugger had been holding his pee the whole night, he pee'd two times in quick succession no where near another pad we had set up in the living area. Long story but he may have contracted kennel cough when he was leaving the breeders from a stray the breeder had taken in to care for, the breeders Vet advised to keep him indoors, warm, well fed and hydrated and he will get over it. If he gets worse then we can get him on antibiotics but he was reluctant to do so from now. So I haven't been able to take him outside to pee in the morning or evenings as it very cold, plus it is heated indoors so the change in temps i thought would not be good for him. Can anyone help us with the following: 1. Why is he refusing to go in the laundry, is it too close to his crate where he sleeps so he does not want to go where he sleeps? I'm worried about him holding it all night, last night he held it for 10 hours! We woke up in the middle of the night to let him pee but he didn't. Is this possibly related to kennel cough? 2. What do i do when he goes potty somewhere where I don't want him to? Do i give him an 'Ah' or be negative with him? (first time dog owner here so I am still learning) I've read this thread but am really struggling with the potty training and also biting, but I had a read of the biting thread and will try a couple of the techniques from there. Just concerned about potty training for now! Can anyone help? Thanks