Three Easy Steps For Potty Training Puppies
16 Jul 2009
Getting a puppy isn’t just fun and games, there is a certain amount of responsibility in maintaining them with perhaps none more frustrating than Potty Training Puppies. It’s not like you can tell them to use the bathroom whenever they feel like relieving themselves, even if you get to pull that off, good luck in getting them to flush the toilet after using it.
No worries though because there are certain steps you can follow in making sure that your puppies relieve themselves when you want them to and where you want them to and it doesn’t involve the use of hypnosis or acquiring the services of a snake charmer. You might even be surprised as to how easy it is to potty train a puppy. Just how easy? Well easy enough to summarize in three steps:
Three Easy Steps For Potty Training Puppies
1. Schedule the meals to influence the call of nature - There is a certain amount of time a puppies digestive system takes to complete its cycle and get from meal to waste. This varies from puppy to puppy so monitor the amount of time it takes your puppy to relieve itself after a full meal. It may take several monitoring sessions to determine the average amount of time but once you get it then proceed to step two.
2. Take the business inside or outside - Figure out whether you want your puppy to do its business inside your house or outdoors. Keep in mind that what is important is what is convenient to you because you can go either way. Whether you are potty training puppies indoors or outdoors you would still have to clean up after it.
3. Paper or plastic - If you’re going to train your puppies to do its business indoors then you need a liberal amount of newspaper and scent spray which is available in most pet stores.
a. Whenever your puppy needs to relieve itself lay down a generous stack of newspapers and spray a small amount of scent spray on it.
b. Restrict the puppy within the newspaper covered area and wait until it relieves itself. Right after it does let it smell the scent sprayed on the newspaper.
c. Repeat b until your puppy gets used to the newspaper or the scent it will look for either of the two next times it needs to relieve itself.
If you are training the puppy to do its business outdoors then just take it out for a walk. It will eventually find a spot after a while and assume the position. Do not forget to clean up after your puppy. Sooner or later when the puppy gets used to this system it will show signs of wanting to go outside when it feels the urge to commune with nature.
And there you have it three sure fire easy steps for potty training puppies. It doesn’t cost much; it doesn’t take rocket science, not even awkwardly expensive gadgets - just a good amount of patience.
An introduction to puppy potty training and getting your puppy house broken.