Puppy Toilet Training Tips
You may have heard that puppy toilet training is a difficult process because some puppies can be very stubborn. Indeed house training can be a very challenging task especially if you do not have enough understanding on what puppy house training is all about or what methods or techniques are effective in achieving positive training results.
To make puppy toilet training easy, you might find the following toilet training tips useful:
Understand your puppy’s need to eliminate
Start training as soon as you bring your puppy home. Know that a puppy needs to eliminate about six times a day and cannot “hold it” until he is about 12 weeks of age. Thus he must be taken outside after he eats or drinks and frequently throughout the day (at least every two hours).
Regular schedule
Putting a puppy in a regular feeding schedule makes house training easier. Feed your pup two to three times at the same time everyday so that he’ll develop a habit of eliminating at consistent times.
Pick a bathroom
Take your pup to the same spot every time he urinates/defecates. This will make him associate the spot with the deed. In case of accident, clean the spot as soon as possible to prevent him from urinating/defecating in that area again. Leave the soiled rags in the bathroom spot because the scent will make him recognize where he is supposed to eliminate.
Praise
Praise your dog when he eliminates outside. You can even give him a treat for a job well done but remember to do this right after he has finished eliminating.
With patience, along with the mentioned puppy toilet training tips, you will definitely come up with a reliably house trained four-legged friend.
