Our IG was a rescue from a family who had punished him heavily (hitting him and shutting him out on a very small balcony). The result was that we had this terrified little dog that we couldn’t even approach for three years and obviously he would pee everywhere. But as soon as we understood how to calm him down and bond, he picked the “let’s go!” sign and started to pee outside. He’s now a sassy sweetest little boy and frankly the best dog we’ve ever had

Thanks for sharing. Good to see someone being honest about what it takes. We did something very similar ie no pee pads. At the start we took him out every 2 hours and after eating, play etc, and also set an alarm for 2 am potty runs. It was a lot of hard work but it has definitely paid off. We slowly adjusted the potty schedule as we become better aware of the signs so we could take him out when he needed ie a less frequent schedule. By 5-6 months of age he had a fairly regular schedule, needed to go out a lot less, and we no longer needed a 2 am run. We’ve had very few accidents and our boy is now also ringing bells to be taken out in case we forget/don’t notice he needs to go!

I wish these videos were available a couple of years ago when I got my first dog. Soo helpful. I agree with not using pee pads, i don't want ANY pee in the house, not even on pee pads.

I leashed my very tiny puppy to me in the house for 6 months! If she looked like she was squatting out we went. I released her one room at a time and then introduced the doggy door. At 14 she has never ever had an accident. It totally works! Never use pads.

I've had 3 IGs and 3 Shih Tzus, and they were all hard to train. Also I live where winters are harsh, so I keep potty pads down for when I go grocery shopping or if I open the door to the backyard and it's zero out or a fresh foot of snow and they back up and don't want to face it. I think potty pad training is easy. Usually just blot a piece of a clean pad on a peed pad's spot when you go to throw the peed pad away, and they go to the 'clean' pad, smell it and understand they can pee on the pad. A Shih Tzu I got from the rescue as a puppy had been abused. It took a year to get her 'properly' trained. I took her out often. She would be out a long time; not go; go in and get up on the bed to pee. A rescue worker suggested I put flannel backed table cloths under the blankets/sheets to protect the mattress, which was good, but I did laundry every day. I got her to stop peeing on the bed after a year because twice in a row I pretended to cry when she peed on the bed! That was the end of it! She understood it made me unhappy. : - )

Great video and I totally agree with having no puppy pads. I’d rather have a difficult six months of potty training than a difficult 15 years of peeing on the floor.

You're right about them wanting to please you and make you happy. That is all dogs live for is to make you happy. Once had a lab bring me home a groundhog he caught. He dropped it at the front door and sat there wagging his tail looking at me. They just want to give you unconditional love.

Great video, thanks so much for sharing

i have an iggy Pino, since he was 9, hes 15 now, and getting him a little sister. Very helpful for me. THank you!

have been looking into getting another Italian Greyhound puppy since our sweet boy died on January 04th from advanced kidney disease, a little more than three months shy of his sixteenth birthday. One of the things holding me back (plus needing some additional time to grieve) is remembering all the time & effort it took to potty train Vaughan. We would never want our dog using pee pads or an indoor doggie bathroom, and after a good deal of working hard with Vaughan, and having him neutered about five months of age, he always asked to go out by standing at the door or looking at us beseechingly. He got two fairly long walks a day and we are lucky to have a fenced in yard where he went in between. I really appreciate your excellent advice & suggestions, and now I'm feeling a bit better about taking on that responsibility again in a few months. We have some trips planned during the summer so I am going to wait until we know we will be home for a while. I hope that the next pup we get will be a superstar like Nello - he is such a wonderful boy💙🐾💙

We got our eight week old boy 6 weeks ago! Would have loved to see your video then hahaha. He’s doing so well now though! 😍

I am loving your posts and Nello is just a beautiful Iggy. I am on a waiting list for one, but listening to lots of posts. And I also agree with what you say about potty pads. Looking forward to future posts. Thank you,.

From experience, I'd also add 24/7 for first 6-12 months, so work-from-home is important !

All three of my iggy’s through the years responded well to a doggy door. They love their independence. They hated the crate. Also, have on hand a urine destroyer. Accident’s happen and one drop of urine in the house can backtrack the potty training process. As long as they can smell the urine (even though you cleaned it up) they will more than likely have an accident in the house. 🐶

Thank you so much for your advices. I text from Spain and my english isn't perfect. Sorry for mistakes. I have a puppy of italian greyhound since last week and I am totaly in love with him. I Will practice the five tips with him. I Will tell you the resulta.Regards

Great advice, thanks

Great video, thank you! :)

Excellent advice, thankyou..my mother never agreed with pads either... just another thing to train them away from!

My dog would squat down and pretend to pee even if she didn't have to when I told her to "go potty", because she knew she was going to get a treat.

You're absolutely correct about dogs being able to tell the difference. The same is true about chew toys. Don't give your dog a toy shoe to chew on because they cannot tell the difference between a toy shoe and your shoe.

Love your channel! Where did you get that sweatshirt? :-)

Iggies are very difficult to potty train. We ended up getting rid of all of our carpets and just have tile floors so we could mop it up and get rid of all of the urine. Our iggies rarely have accidents these days, but it still does happen from time to time. It mainly happens when they have been inside for a long time, or right after they have been playing for a long time.

i have a question, is it ever too late? our whippeg is 9 months old now and she will go outside and i try take her out as often as possible considering we live in an apartment. but as I said she's 9 months now and she will just go on the carpet or hardflooring whenever. we made the mistake of using pads early on and she uses them most of the time but not always. now we're in a state where she just goes whenever and wherever takes her fancy, honestly lost on what to do. any advise would be appreciated. thank you

This is really helpful thanks for your amazing tips But I still have a question. If my puppy does her business accidentally indoor what I should do? Just let her does her job or take her out right away

It's been 15 years since I have had a puppy. I have a miniature American Eskimo. She is getting up there in year's after her liver cancer surgery her blood work is starting to spike again. So time is starting to wind down unfortunately. Been thinking of getting an Iggy when I am ready. These definitely seem higher maintenance than my Eskimo. She has been the best dog. May just end up with another eski. Best piece of side advice I can give anyone is make your own dog food. You'll have to get some blood work done as you dial it in and or see a nutritionist. Smaller dogs are nice you can go all organic its not super expensive and so much better than anything in a bag.

We have had pound puppies and a dachshund for 15 years and used dog bells hung on our back door successfully. We have even been able to train various breeds of foster dogs with the dog bells. Do they work for iggy's as well?

Thaaaankss!!! How much time do you need to get him 100% potty trained?

Pee pad worked well for my female Iggy - we had no choice, she broke her leg at 5 months and we had to keep her contained and that is where she learned to use the pee pad. We still take her outside for most of her business but keep a pee pad down at all times just in case

Great job 👍 my PaChino is 15. Give Nello kisses from us

Thanks for the video. Our Iggy (13months) is trained well during the day. He never pees inside. However, during the night he always has to Poop (around 4am). We just gave up and he regularly poops in the bathroom in the night. His dinner time is 18:00 as we found he has most appetite then. Is it normal that Iggies poop during the night?

Really useful video, thank you 💗 I would like to know how long it took you to potty train Nello so he asked to go outside?

After u take 2 weeks off of work, what happens when u hv to go back to a full day of work?

I took my pup outside stood for about 15 mins. I have been taking her out every 1.5-2 hours while saying “go use the bathroom” repeatedly. She started showing signs she was uninterested and ready to go back inside. She stopped sniffing and laid down. So I figured she didn’t have to go since I took her out so many times that day. As soon as I bought her back inside she went right beside her crate. I’m confused. 🤔🤔🤔 it’s still day 1.

were you able to take him outside from the very first day you got him? we're about to have our own iggy in a week and we're not going to be able to take her outside for another month as she still will not have all of her vaccinations, so there isn't really an option for us not to use pads at all...

Have you heard of the puppy apartment potty training device and if it works well for IGs? Please let me know! Thank you!

i putt pee pads by my back door for around 2 months and now she doesnt even tell me when she needs to go out. she just holds it until we go out. saying that we do go out quite often but there has been times where shes not been out for 15 hours and shes still not peed or pood. shes brilliant.

What do you suggest after taking the 2 weeks off and having to go to work for 8 hours and coming back to keeping them from holding it ?

Can i use these tips to train my 6 months old doberman?

I know a family that uses potty pads for their dogs. They know the pad is safe, but that doesn't mean their aim is always spot on, yk what i mean... The only time you should "punish" a dog for going inside and thats WHEN YOU CATCH THEM IN THE ACT. And it shouldn't be an actual "punishment" it should be a reprimand. If you try and reprimand them AFTER you've found the accident, they wont understand why you're doing so. Reprimanding is getting big and loud, teaching them that a sharp No or uh-uh is a negative response, pretending to cry, etc. Anything you can do to communicate that what they're doing makes you unhappy without being violent will help with potty training a lot! I will often pick them up, and very quickly take them outside, with a firm- almost angry sounding- voice tell them to potty outside- pretend to ignore them until they go (dont actually ignore them, just pretend to). The SECOND they do what you want, PRAISE PRAISE PRAISE. Treats, pets, cuddles, anything that lets them know you're HAPPY with them. You can't cling to your anger with a dog, they won't understand. Their attention spans are too short for that. French bulldogs are also known for being stubborn about potty training and I got my lil man basically potty trained by 4-5 months old. The only accidents we have are from me not doing my job as an owner, recognizing the signs when he's asking to go out which is pretty hard because i taught him to ring a bell to get my attention to go outside. My mom recently got a mini-schnauzer/Italian grey hound mix, and it's nice to know that I should do more of the same with her, since I'm the one who's with her most right now.

Where did you get that hoody?

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What about a cat litter box? Definitely no risk of confusion with any other indoor surface and always in the same position, i.e. bathroom - where their humans would poop, too. That should work, no?

“Don’t use pee pad” me with two 5 year old Italian greyhounds that we did that with who arnt potty trained.

Potty training advice that starts with 'you should literally watch your puppy 24/7' is worse than useless because no one can do that.

Why always tell viewers not to get an Italian greyhound? Then you say mine is 100% trained but yours won’t be 👎

If you cant puppy train a puppy, youve got no chance of teaching him/her anything else

It’s not really potty training. Don’t you mean house training? Come on, let’s get it right. Good tips though!