[victorag999]

Hi to everyone in the forum,

About three weeks or so we brought home a Cocker Spaniel puppy. He was 10 weeks at the time. Last week we vaccinated him with his last parvo shot. We had been training him inside with pee pads until he was able to go outside with his full vaccinations. We have been very successful with the inside pee pad training keeping him on a constant feeding schedule. My questions is regarding outside potty training. We made the first attempt yesterday evening to begin his training outside but his stool seemed way softer than usual. Does anybody know if it can be due to nerves/change of habit. He does seem to tremble and look disoriented. Keep in mind that he has been indoors full time until yesterday. What is the best way to go about outside potty training to make it a smooth transition for him? We leave in a apartment building in the middle of San Francisco ,and our goal is to slowly weane of pee pads to the point we do not have them lying around in the floor.

Thank you for your help in advance.

 

[victorag999]

Hi,

Thank you for your response. We have been very careful about taking him outside until he got fully vaccinated. Every few days we have taken short walks with him in our hands until we attempted to begin potty training two days ago when he got all of his parvo shots. He has been trembling pretty much every time he gets outside of the apartment. We are further attempting socialization beginning this weekend as we enrolled him in a puppy class. Hopefully his stools outside will improve soon enough.

 

[victorag999]

Thank you greatly for all your help. The past few days we have taken him out he seems to deficate and pee whenever he needs to let it be on concrete, grass or in the bushes. Is there a specific way to train him properly to only to his business in a specific spot or area?