Dog Potty Training is not like having your dog sit on a potty training chair like we used to with our kids rather its guiding our pet dogs where to pee and poop. In most cases for dog potty training would be outside our house where we can allow some odor.
Here are some things we need to know before we do a dog potty training.
When do we bring our dogs outside? How do we know when to take our pet dogs out and do a dog potty training on them?
-right after he eats
-right after his naps
-right after taking him out of his crate
-right before his bedtime
-if he whimpers in the night
-when you notice them looking around
You can only feed him water whenever youre ready to take him out.
If he does pee or poop to an area where you dont want him to, for example on your expensive furniture or on your turkish carpet just quietly clean it up and ignore him, dont ever yell at him or punish him. For an effective dog potty training the area should be thoroughly cleaned leaving no trace of odor so that it will be unlikely for him to unload to that same spot.
Be cautious of what your dog is eating. Avoid giving him high sugar foods which give your dog low nutrition and low digestibility which would turn to high volume of waste.
Avoid giving him treats before bedtime or whenever youll leave him for a long period of time.
Dogs need to pee and poop 15-20 minutes right after they eat.
Another effective way of dog potty training is to not to take them immediately inside after they unload because they will be having an impression that once they are done eliminating "the fun of being outside" is going to end. So stay outside with him for few minutes and take him for a walk.
Now, how to do dog potty training. Puppies are easier to train than older dogs. I will post another article about dog potty training older dogs later on. A suitable time to do a dog potty training is when puppies are still 6 months old since at this age they are likely easier to train, they are like input-output machines. Dog trainers would start teaching skills and tricks at this age as well as dog potty training.
The common method is the newspaper training. Restrict the puppy to a small room and fill the floor with paper or newspaper. Place his toys, bed, water and food bowl on there. The puppy will pee and poop almost everywhere on that newspaper filled room. And worse he is going to play with the papers and chew on them. This is Ok, dont get mad its all a part of dog potty training. The important thing to do is to clean the mess and replace the room with new sets of newspaper.
While he is restricted to that small area he will have a habit of urinating and unloading his dirt on the newspapers because everywhere he goes its all in paper. In due time with this newspaper dog potty training method, the puppy will start to choose a spot where he unloads. When this spot will become established and the other areas are clean with fresh newspapers, it means that you are on the right track with the dog potty training.
Now, reduce the newspaper area by taking out some sheets that are far from his chosen spot. Until whats left would be a small area where he has dirt. When he misses to unload in his chosen spot, you fail your dog potty training or you might have trim down the area so soon. But dont worry all you need to do is follow the first few steps of the dog potty training method by filling up the room with newspapers again. Eventually the puppy wont miss his target and you will need to slowly move his spot to your preferred location. Its not going to be a walk in the park for you since you have to move his chosen spot 1 inch a day. Every time the puppy misses the paper then you have to go back a few steps. The hard thing about newspaper dog potty training is when your puppy is doing remarkable progress until he misses then you have to repeat the training again. But if you will stick with the newspaper dog potty training method and eventually your puppy will be properly paper trained.
