Author: dogsadmin

hi everyone! we just adopted our 10 week old basset hound, Hank, yesterday. i know potty training can be a lot harder with basset hounds so pls i need tips and ideas. we are crate training him and we live in an apartment (only for a few more months then we’re getting a house!!) we tried to take him for a walk today and he decided he liked to lay in the grass more than walk and then went to the bathroom immediately when we went inside… multiple times… we have pee pads by the doors so he can associate that with going outside and we have 1-2 hour timers to take him outside to go potty. we also chose a designated spot right outside to help with routines. TYIA

I have a 13 week old Basset Hound. I work in the evenings and so I have 3 people who sit with her. It’s been difficult to stay consistent. When I first got her I was so surprised about how easy crate training was and we probably only had 2 -4 potty accidents in the house, which I thought was pretty good. Once I went back to work, it was hard to be strict with others about exactly what I wanted. (3 of these people are family doing me a BIG favor. One is a paid sitter.) Now she got into something in the yard, I think a caterpillar and it required a middle of the night emergency vet visit. With medicine and a light diet, we are even more off schedule. Anyway, we are such a mess I feel. More accidents in the house and crating her is harder. Crating isn’t bad late at night, when she is used to me getting home from work, but I feel like I’m never going to be able to crate her like at 6 pm so I can go to work for a few hours. I have a flexible work schedule and can come home to check on her then return to work, but that won’t work if I can’t crate her. I’ve had a puppy before years ago, but never crate trained. Any tips or advice anyone has would be appreciated. I know consistency is key, but man, this is a tricky situation.