Get Your FREE eBook ($27 value)

"The Secrets to Raising a Happier Dog: Common Questions & Answers!"

Just use your first name and valid email - then click the “Free Instant Access!” button to enter.

I take your privacy very seriously and will NOT share your information.

Learn How To Make Potty Training Puppies Easy

June 21, 2009 | Filed Under: Dogs And Family

Probably one of the biggest headaches involved in having dogs for pets is potty training puppies. Puppies do not have a switch you can flip to have them go potty and they can't understand any verbal command unless they were trained to. Getting puppies to go potty when and where you want them does not involve rocket science though and you don't need to hire a specialist to do it for you either. The one major requirement one needs to complete this task is a large amount of patience. As long as you are consistent in training your puppies then you will have no trouble potty training a puppy.

Getting them to go by understanding their nature

Animals are instinctive; they do not weigh any sort of pros or cons before making a decision. Knowing this can assist to a great degree in knowing how to potty train pups. Puppies are like blank slates, they posses the instincts but they're still in the trial and error phase of discovering how to satisify certain drives. Urinating and defecating is instinctive but, despite what most people think, puppies don't just quit doing what they're doing and do their business. Keep your eye on them when they get the urge, puppies often run around looking and sniffing until they find a good spot and then do what they need to do.

This is where the training in potty training puppies comes in. You have to condition them to choose a specific area to do their business so every time they get the urge they go exactly where you want them. You do it this way? You'll need to use something that has an earthy or musky scent, something that is distinctive so that that, when they smell it, they can easily associate the smell with doing its business. There are commercially manufactured potty training sprays that you can purchase in pet stores or you can go hands on and try to get a small amount of your pet's urine in a spray bottle when it does its business.

Whether you opt for the commercial spray or the hands on approach, the training or conditioning phase remains the same: when your puppy shows signs of the urge to commune with nature prepare a liberal stack of newspapers and restrict your puppy within the confines of the newspaper. Spray a little amount of the scent-spray on the newspaper. Let the puppy move around there and get comfortable. Once the puppy does its business gently hold its head near the spot you sprayed the agent close enough for the puppy to sniff the scent. Repeat this procedure for about 12 weeks each and every time the pup needs to do its business.

Doing the steps talked about already can get you either two results or both. The puppy can associate doing its business to a newspaper or the scent, this means that whenever the puppy needs to go potty, it will either search for a newspaper or sniff around for a scent, either result leads to a properly potty trained puppy and worry free maintenance for you.

As mentioned earlier potty training puppies requires a generous amount of patience but aside from that it is actually a pretty easy thing to do.

Share and Enjoy: