The puppies are difficult to housebreak.With a little time and consistency, you can train your puppy to use the bathroom correctly.Feed it at the same times each day, and make frequent trips to the potty.When it goes to the bathroom in the right spot, make sure to reward it with verbal praise and small food treats.Expect accidents with your pup.If you see accidents but don't catch them, avoid punishing your puppy.
Step 1: Take some time off to train your puppy.
Puppies need a lot of training time.When you first bring your puppy home, take as much time off as you can.It's a good idea to take 1-2 weeks off work.If you can't take off, ask someone to take the dog.You can hire a dog sitter or walker.Young puppies have small bladders and haven't fully developed the muscles that control when it goes to the bathroom, in addition to needing training and supervision.The best way to prevent accidents is to take your puppy out every 1-2 hours.
Step 2: When you bring your pup home, start crate training.
Dogs find enclosed spaces comforting because they are den animals.When you bring your pup home, start crate training.If you leave your puppy crated for more than a couple hours, it will be less likely to go to the bathroom.You can choose a crate that is a bit larger than a full grown dog.A large crate won't give your dog a sense of security.To determine crate size, you should measure the dog from its nose to its tail and from the floor to the top of its head.To get your crate dimensions, add up to 6 inches.Put toys and objects that smell like you in a crate to make your dog like them.Don't use a crate as a punishment.It shouldn't be a means of punishing your dog.
Step 3: You can offer meals at the same times each day.
Sticking to regular meals will help you potty train your puppy and avoid accidents as it matures.For small breed puppies, you should choose a brand of food marked for them and offer morning and evening serving sizes of 1/3 to 1/2 a cup (60 to 120 g).Your puppy's vet will help you decide how much food to give your puppy.Smaller dogs need 3-4 small meals a day to manage their blood sugar levels, so check with your vet.
Step 4: After any activity, take your puppy out for fifteen minutes.
Smaller breed pups need to be let out frequently.When scheduling times to take your puppy out to potty, follow a fifteen minute rule.After each meal, after playing, or after waking up from naps, take it to its potty area.In addition to following the fifteen minute rule, you should make sure your dog gets to its potty area every couple hours during the day.
Step 5: At night time, take your puppy out.
You need to take your puppy out at night in order to avoid accidents.Get out of bed, and take your dog to the potty.Try not to make overnight potty trips exciting.Your dog doesn't think it's playtime if you make it matter of fact.
Step 6: A consistent potty area is what you should choose.
Dogs like to mark a single spot.Make sure your dog knows where to go to the bathroom when you start training.If you have a designated area, try to use pads in combination with outdoor training.It is difficult to get your dog to go to the bathroom in unfamiliar locations in the future if you rely on pads alone.
Step 7: Paper training your puppy is a good idea.
If you live in a cold or high rise environment, training your puppy to use a potty can be helpful.The housebreaking process is more complicated when there are pads.You can start your puppy out by taking it to the potty, but you should gradually train it outside.Bringing the potty pad closer to your home's exit will help you get your dog used to going to the bathroom outside.If possible, position the pad just outside of your door or in a designated potty area outside.If your dog gets used to peeing on the pad outside, it's time to remove it.If you want it to go to the bathroom, give it a "Go potty!" command.
Step 8: Praise your puppy immediately.
A positive association with correct bathroom behavior can be formed by rewarding your puppy with exaggerated praise and food treats.When it starts to go to the bathroom, you need to give rewards immediately so the connection can be made.When you take your puppy out to potty, keep small pieces of a treat.The reward was for going to the bathroom correctly if you waited to treat it.
Step 9: A verbal command can be used.
As your puppy gets used to going to the bathroom in the correct area, begin to use a "Go potty!" command.When you get to the potty spot, say the command and be sure to reward it.Your puppy will associate the command with being rewarded.Go potty is a command that will help you get your dog to use the bathroom in new places.If you want to give a verbal potty command, avoid games or talking.
Step 10: Supervise your dog for at least four to eight weeks.
It is advisable to keep a close eye on your dog when it is indoors during potty training.You will have the best chance of stopping an accident if you do that.Keeping your puppy in a specific area will help you keep an eye on it.If it isn't in its crate, keep doors closed or use baby gates to keep areas off limits.
Step 11: Immediate accidents.
Expect your puppy to have accidents.Pick the puppy up and take it to a designated potty area if you see an accident in progress.When you interrupt an accident, try not to yell or scare your puppy.It might be difficult to break a house if you are afraid to go to the bathroom in front of people.
Step 12: You don't want to punish your puppy after an accident.
If you come home to find an accident, don't punish your dog by rubbing his nose in it.If only a few minutes have passed, just clean it up.The connection between a punishment and an accident is hard for dogs with short attention spans.
Step 13: Accidents should be cleaned up as soon as possible.
If you want to deal with accident spots, use an enzymatic cleaner.There is a cleaner at your pet store.Your dog will smell previous accidents if you don't remove scent traces.
Step 14: Don't let your puppy fall in an accident.
It is important that your puppy does not get used to being around a mess.Dogs don't like to be near their feces.If you leave a puppy in a crate for too long, it will have to go inside and become accustomed to unsanitary conditions.It will have more trouble housebreaking if it gets used to being in a mess.If you leave your puppy in its crate for more than two hours, you should clean up any accidents as soon as you see them.