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5 Tips To Easy Puppy Potty Training
The sooner you potty train your puppy the better. You want to establish
good habits from the start. And, a dog who has never gone potty in the
house will never consider the house a place *to* go potty. I’ve always
found the puppies we purchased from actual working farms (NOT puppy
farms) were the easiest to house-train. They only ever wanted to go potty
on grass or hay – as they had only ever gone in the barn or outside. They
frequently wouldn’t even go potty in a parking lot – we’d need to find
grassy areas on the way home for them to go potty.
Here are some house training tips that will help – as long as you follow
them consistently:
1. Closely supervise your pup while potty training. Do not let your puppy
out of your sight while he is loose in your house! Watch him as though
you were babysitting a very young child who could/would get in trouble if
you didn't watch them. A puppy is the same as a toddler in this respect.
Keep your puppy in a crate to keep him out of trouble when you can’t
attentively watch him.
If you see your puppy starting to sniff around, take him outside (or to the
selected potty area) right away. If you’d like the potty area to be outside –
try to make the area outside from the start; and if for any reason you can’
t make the area outside from the start at least make the area near the
door. This way when you are ready to house train to outside you can
bring your pup outside whenever you see him beginning to sniff around
near the door. *When you can't supervise your un-trained dog, keep him
in a crate*. Be sure you have the proper size crate too. Your pup should
be able to stand up and turn around – but no larger. If you bring your pup
with you to purchase the crate, the store personnel should be able to help
you select the correct size. Some people have tied their dog's leash to
their waist while potty training - but you still need to *pay attention*. (I
once told my daughter that her puppy potty training problem was that she
wasn’t paying enough attention. She phoned one day to tell me that I must
be right – her puppy had two accidents that day – both on her foot!)
2. If you find your puppy going potty in the wrong place interrupt him by
saying "NO!" in a sharp tone of voice- then immediately take him to the
proper place to finish. (If you don’t catch him – you aren’t watching
closely enough.) It could help to put the paper towel you clean the mess
with where you want him to potty- so that he will have the scent there. Be
sure to *thoroughly* clean and de-odorize the area where he pottied in the
house. Use special products made for this purpose - or he will go there
again. In fact, watch him *extra closely* and/or take him to his potty place
when he starts sniffing around those areas.
3. Pick a potty place that is free of distractions. No playing of any kind
until the pup has gone potty. Do NOT turn potty time into play time until
after he goes potty. When he does go potty give him a treat and then
PLAY with him. Reward him lavishly and immediately!
4. Set a schedule. Keeping a routine will help to establish good habits.
Control when your puppy eats and drinks. Feed your puppy 3 times a day
when you first bring him home (or as your breeder recommends). You
can decrease this to one or two times a day as he gets older. Be sure he
always has fresh water to drink. Take your puppy to his potty area about
once an hour – and always take him to his potty area within 10 minutes
after he eats or drinks, wakes up, and after exercise or play. Permit
absolutely no playing or distractions until he has ‘done his business’.
Once he has gone potty you can begin to take him outside about once an
hour for a very young puppy – and extend the time between ‘potty breaks’
as your pup gets older and firmly forms good house training habits. But
be sure to *watch your pup carefully* whenever he isn’t either confined or
in an ‘OK to potty’ area.
5. Reward your puppy as soon as he does go potty in the appropriate
location. Give him a bit of a very tasty special treat. Tell him, “Yes! Good
boy!” And play with him! Make the moment he goes potty the moment
the fun and good stuff begin. Dogs love good stuff; and they will usually
do whatever they need to do to get it. So all you really need to do is to
make sure your dog knows what you expect of him – what it takes to get
the ‘good stuff’.
This is a lot of work at first until the habits are formed. But really, it is the
most effective– and sometimes the only- way that it can be done. Be sure
to take your puppy outside as much as possible to increase his
opportunity to eliminate outdoors. If he doesn't go outside do NOT take
your eyes off him when you bring him in. Most importantly: lavishly
praise, reward, and play with him when he does go outside. With the use
of patience, persistence, consistence, and lavish reward - you will both
succeed!