When you have had other breeds of dogs in the past and think you can potty train your French Bulldog based on the experience you had together with your former dog, forget it! Most breeds can begin potty training by 8 weeks of age. For a number of reasons your "Frenchie" will probably be resistant, slow to understand and slower to remember what you've taught her.
Although it is additionally vital to start the minute she comes into your home, if she could speak, your French Bulldog would inform you that oahu is the epitome of a lesson in futility before she's four months old. Knowing this, you still want to start. Assuming you're allowing your French Bulldog to drink freely (the simplest way, because they tend to be more intuitive than our memories are tuned in the last time we create water), Frenchies have notoriously tiny bladders. Therefore, as puppies they literally have an inability to put on their urine for more than two hours at a time. You can generally assume her bowels will want to move within 30 minutes after she's eaten.
Initially it is additionally vital to use "wee wee" pads and not assume when you leave her in her crate that, like most dogs, she'll not urinate or defecate in it. Leaving her within, in the hopes she'll keep it clean will only end up in you cleaning it many times a day or perhaps a week. Potty training is a test of patience.
After about four months you are able to begin taking her outside to "do her business ".If you had been paying close attention to when she did then when she was doing it in the crate or the wee wee pads, this can help guide you. You have to be consistent and help reinforce her going outside by a) offering treats when she does so and b) praising her with a term such as, "good outside ".Never use "good girl", it's much too general and besides she eventually should come to associate this may elimination and do so when you don't want her to.
As much as Frenchies are willful, ironically, they're equally sensitive. It's never recommended to resort to yelling at a dog, hitting one or intimidating her to listen to you. You ought to be able exert control by just changing the tone of your voice. High-pitches to convey praise and stern and deep ones to communicate displeasure. All dogs can easily figure out how to cower and be fearful of their owners.
French Bulldog are especially sensitive to this. As a result, you must always praise when she eliminates properly and take a deep breath and ask yourself what went wrong when she doesn't.