By Len Slade
Puppies do not comprehend when and where to eliminate, so it is entirely up to the owners to establish these requirements early on when potty training.
The four key elements to potty training your puppies are training, timing, confinement and praise.
In this article today, we will go over these elements and confront the basics to breaking your puppies natural inclination to just go in the house.
In order to help your puppy in the beginning of potty training you will need to give them a confined area to stay in. This can be a kennel or cage that is large enough for him or her to move around in. Do not line the area with anything because the puppy will certainly have a day of destroying whatever you put down under them.
A puppy will not usually eliminate where they are sleeping, so this is a good way to train them to not go in the house.
And remember to religiously use a leash when potty training your puppies. Why? Because the leash offers you more control of the animal and allows you to lead them to the place where they need to go. This will train them by routine where they can go potty outside.
You also need to use command words like outside, time for potty, lets go, do your business, etc. If you repeat these words enough, your puppy will come to understand that this means its time to go out and eliminate.
The best command term to use is " outside" with an enthusiastic tone. You can grab the leash and happily ask your puppy " wanna go out, out, outside"? They will usually jump up and wag their tails to this command after enough training.
If your puppy becomes distracted by a sound or another animal, gently tug the leash and remind him or her by using your command words like " go potty" or " time to tinkle". It may sound silly but puppies respond very well to your tone of voice and your words, so make sure that you keep the same happy tone every time you use your words.
Finally, praise is absolutely key to training your puppy to go outside to eliminate. Once he or she has successfully gone outside you should always pet them, give them words like good, good job, or that's a good boy or girl while they are eliminating, not after. This will reinforce their good behavior and remind them that they are pleasing their owners.
All puppies and owners go through this frustrating process of potty training in the beginning, but if you keep at it consistently and use the methods mentioned in this article, your puppy should be well on his or her way to being successfully potty trained.
A puppy will not usually eliminate where they are sleeping, so this is a good way to train them to not go in the house.
And remember to religiously use a leash when potty training your puppies. Why? Because the leash offers you more control of the animal and allows you to lead them to the place where they need to go. This will train them by routine where they can go potty outside.
You also need to use command words like outside, time for potty, lets go, do your business, etc. If you repeat these words enough, your puppy will come to understand that this means its time to go out and eliminate.
The best command term to use is " outside" with an enthusiastic tone. You can grab the leash and happily ask your puppy " wanna go out, out, outside"? They will usually jump up and wag their tails to this command after enough training.
If your puppy becomes distracted by a sound or another animal, gently tug the leash and remind him or her by using your command words like " go potty" or " time to tinkle". It may sound silly but puppies respond very well to your tone of voice and your words, so make sure that you keep the same happy tone every time you use your words.
Finally, praise is absolutely key to training your puppy to go outside to eliminate. Once he or she has successfully gone outside you should always pet them, give them words like good, good job, or that's a good boy or girl while they are eliminating, not after. This will reinforce their good behavior and remind them that they are pleasing their owners.
All puppies and owners go through this frustrating process of potty training in the beginning, but if you keep at it consistently and use the methods mentioned in this article, your puppy should be well on his or her way to being successfully potty trained.
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