Although there are so many different ways to potty train a puppy. It is very difficult to find one that suit your pup's need and fits your life style.
This method is making a deluxe crate with a bathroom in it (I call it the potty room) so that they don't go all over the place in the house.
This method is proven to be very simple for any pups to understand. It even works for older, untrained, or hyper pups (It also works for busy owners and owners with children).
- Choose an area for them to go potty (indoor for smaller dog/ outdoor for bigger dog) & pick a less traffic area.
- Buy a long panels gate and make a room with potty pads in one side and bed,water, food, toys on the other.
(put the opening on the bed side of the area, NOT on the pads to avoid mess)
- Then watch your dog potty times and you must write down their daily potty schedule.
- Make a potty schedule that you BOTH can follow according to his ability.
- At the beginning you have to ask your dog to go potty (pick one word for it, for example "go potty"), then let the pup in the gated area (according to the schedule you'd made) and close the gate.
- When they did go, let them out.
- Praise and give them a treat for everytime they did go. Try to not open the gate until they did.
- Repeat the word (example "go potty") several times if pup doesn't go, then leave the room.
- Come back to check (don't stare)
Do not yell/ hit, this is not a time out room.
-Repeat steps according to potty schedule and eventually they will go in and out without being asked.
-Once they can go in and out by them self, you can remove the gate. (but they still will have that gate in their mind), and they will go there by themself and on demands.
Remember my method will work for sure, but it can not be compromised. If the new owner is NO as committed (and keep on forgetting to let them in, forgot to open the door for them, have no schedule, no gates, etc) some pups will never be potty trained forever. It's not because they can not do it nor because they are bad pups, but because they don't get enough help and become very confuse of what they should do.
It's never just the dog's fault. You have to be ready to be trained yourself.
Select the area carefully for indoor potty training (this mostly for smaller to medium dogs)
For medium large to large dog, outdoor is recommended. For outdoor, you can use this method, but move the gate outside, to which area you prefer them to go.
Same steps, and after they go back to the same gated area constantly, you can remove the gate. And
Now you will a cleaner back yard. Easy!
Visit : tinytailsnkisses.com (potty training page) for more details potty training.
I wish you and your pup the best !
You are welcome to send me a message if you have any questions about potty training.
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