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I recently have gotten 3 puppies. An 8 week old pitbull, a 7 week old pitbull, and a 7 week old husky. I am having the hardest time training them. I feel like I'm losing my mind! I've never really trained animals before, and I'm all alone with them due to my boyfriend working 3 weeks at a time offshore and I go to school till 12 everyday. I just need help with figuring out the best and easiest ways of house training and how to get them to listen to commands.and I really can't afford kennels right now, they are in a room and i give them puppy pads to use when they are in there alone but they just use it all over the place, the two pitbulls will use it outside but still have accidents and the husky refuses to use it outside, only wants to use it in the house and they constantly run away from me.

How in the world did you manage to get 3 puppies at the same time? That's crazy!

This might seem harsh. But you really have no idea what you're in for. 3 pups at the same time for a very experienced dog owner is a near impossible task. I would highly recommend rehoming 1-2 of them to loving homes if possible. If not possible get ready to spend pretty much every free second that you have training and tiring out these pups.

First off you're really going to need to get each of them a crate. If you can't afford that, how do you expect to be able to pay for vet visits, puppy shots, food, toys, etc...?

Start reading everything you can find on positive reinforcement training. Set up a schedule for potty breaks, feeding, play and training time. Each pup should have 1 on 1 time with you as well as supervised play time with each other. And training sessions should be done 1 on 1 with the other pups in their crates.

 

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And I can afford them, just can't get 3 $100 kennels at the moment, I have to pay bills and their vet visits first.

If you can't afford their basic necessities, which yes a crate for each pup is basic, then you can't afford the puppies. I'm sorry to be so blunt, but you really need a reality check.

 

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Because I can't afford to go out and pay 300 right now? Didn't say I wasn't going to buy one soon. Bye

For the pups sake, I really hope this works out for you! I don't think it will, but if you're dead set on keeping these pups I'm sure no one will be able to talk you out of it. But please do some reading, there have been some great links provided to you in this thread that you should really take a look at.

A solid and consistent schedule will be the biggest thing for you. Dogs thrive when they can predict what's going to happen next. And with 3 dogs you're really going to need a solid schedule planned down to 15 min intervals.