Quick Tips For Housebreaking A Puppy
Author: Advisor

March 9, 2010

Posted in Pets | |

When you begin to look for easy tips for puppy housebreaking you will find that there are a multitude of techniques and tips available. Some very basic puppy potty training tips will be of great help to you in making the task of housebreaking easy and swift. It will be important to remember that puppies are at a stage when they can easily develop bad habits, so making a commitment and being patient will help you to when you’re working with your dog.

Puppies can learn to go potty outside very quickly if you are consistent and do not over-react. When you want to learn how to potty train a puppy quickly and easily, following a few easy tips will get you started. It will be important that you not yell at your puppy or rub their nose in a mess. Puppies don’t learn from this kind of discipline. They often will get more confused about where they’re supposed to do because everywhere they sniff, they will smell the mess, which tells their brain that it is okay to go in that spot.

Some people decide to paper train their puppy before moving the training to the out of doors. However, this often makes the training process longer and more confusing for the dog. Starting you puppy with outdoor potty training will be a great way to begin proper training. If you plan on training your dog to go outside to go potty, you will not have to worry about moving newspaper slowly toward the door as you try to get them to go outside.

set a schedule for potty time that includes when you get up, right after they eat or drink, after play time, and right before bed. Getting your dog used to a potty schedule will cut down on accidents and make training much easier. You also want to avoid giving your puppy food or snacks two hours before bedtime. Night time snacks usually create a morning mess.

When you puppy starts sniffing and turning in circles it wants to go outside. Pick your puppy up and say, “Time to go potty”, then take them out to go. If they go, praise the puppy, if they don’t, just let them in and try to catch them again when they begin sniffing again.

There will be accidents and messes. When there is an accident, clean it up right away and spray the area with deodorizer to remove any scent of the mess from the area. Don’t give the puppy any attention while you are doing this. Only praise the puppy when it does it’s business outside. Dogs are very smart and even as a puppy will learn that they’ll be praised for going potty outside but will be ignored when they go indoors.

Another great tip is about using cues. Dogs are great at responding to sounds. If you’ve fed your dog canned food, you know how they’ll show up the minute the can opener starts. Using this technique got teaching your puppy to go potty is very easy. Set a timer or bell for 45 minutes to an hour. When the bell goes off put your puppy out to go potty. If you are consistent, in a very short time, you dog will go outside when a bell goes off.

As your puppy gets older, you can extend the time between the bell. If you use a tiny silver bell and hang it by the door, you can easily train your dog to ring the bell when they want to go outside. Creating the habit to go outside is one of the best tips for housebreaking a puppy that you will learn.

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