Have You Potty Trained Your Dog?

A Few Things To Know.

You need to know a few things before you actually start potty training a puppy or adult Dog. I will enumerate these below: You need to understand your dog's body language. Watch for signs that will indicate to you when your pet wants to eliminate. Remember that puppies need to go potty at fairly frequent intervals. These are commonly soon as they wake up, after short naps, after play-time, after meals, before and after being crated, and finally, before retiring for the night. Take your dog for walks at the time that he usually does his potty. Take him out to the yard and then to the same place there every time he needs to answer nature's call. Praise your dog after he eliminates at the right place. Some Dog owners even give treats to their dogs. But remember to do this every time he does it right. He will relate the rewards to having "done it right" and zero in on the spot where you want him to defecate regularly. With time, you can try signal training. This is so that you know when your doggie wants to go. You can hang a bell at his level near the door and teach him to push it with his nose or pat it with his paw on his way out. Until your dog has been fully potty trained, keep him under strict vigilance. Do not let him roam around the house freely. Use a crate. A crate-trained Dog is usually thrilled to get his own den. The advantage of crating training is that dogs do not soil the place where they sleep. So, he will naturally not eliminate inside the crate. If you have a small dog and live in a high-rise building or a place that does not have a good backyard, you can try litter pan training. What you do is create a space for your pet to eliminate itself indoors. Use positive reinforcements while housebreaking puppies or adult dogs. Do not scold or hit him, as you will gain nothing by doing that. He will only associate punishment with your return from outside. If you catch him in the act, a stern 'NO' or 'FREEZE' will do. It will startle the dog enough for him to stop pooping. If you are keeping your Dog home alone for more than 4 hours, be prepared to return to a soiled home. Separation anxiety is quite common among dogs left alone at home. This anxiety often triggers the need to relieve themselves, and the only option is your new carpet. Accidents will happen. It is unusual for a trained adult Dog to work against its house training. But medical problems or health disorders may lead to sudden accidents. Many dogs mark their territory. These can be a leg of a table or a particular wall. Intact male and female dogs mark their territories by urinating. Use deodorizers to spray on the places where your dog has marked. If you are patient and are ready to accept that house training a dog takes time, even months sometimes, you will end up having a good housetrained Dog. Click here to subscribe to a FREE course on house training puppies and dogs. Now we will move on to how to potty train puppies and adult dogs.