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Puppy potty training tips
Do you have any ideas about potty training my new puppy? I am so lost with all this and I know it isn't his fault he is messing in teh house but I don't know what to do! Please help me before they take him away!
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Puppy training can be hard... but I have four dogs... so here are some tips.
Gauge how old your puppy is... if he's less than eight months, you're gonna need to "paper train" because puppies just can't hold their bladder well. If he's older than that, paper training is still helpful for emergency accidents, and can help you teach him what's okay and what's not.
Places like Petco sell potty pads, which are plastic lined absorbent pads. They're easier cleanup than actually using newspaper. I highly recommend them. They also sell, on the same isle, attractant. It's stuff that you spray where you want them to go. They should have an indoor and outdoor formula... you might want some of both.
I like paper training in the bathroom, because that's where I go, so the dogs just put that together...
Regardless of whether you're paper training, outdoor training, or both, the process is pretty much the same.
Every morning when you get up, take the puppy wherever you want him to go to the bathroom and you keep him there until he goes. Then you you have to be really happy and excited that he went. Tell him he's a good boy, etc.
Also do this after he eats. Puppies always need to use the bathroom after eating.
If you catch him in the act of going to the bathroom in the house, where he shouldn't, then you need make a loud noise. Don't be ANGRY, though... You just want to startle him so he stops going to the bathroom. Then you take him wherever he's supposed to go to the bathroom and keep him there until he's done.
If you're outdoor training AND paper training, when you catch him going in the house, take him where he's allowed to go in the house.
To ween the puppy off paper training later, you'll just move the paper closer and closer to the outside, and eventually remove it all together.
Hope this helped.
Petco also sells some great cleaners for accidents... and they'll happen, but less often once you're consistent.
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