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Potty Training Puppies Is Easy With These Three Steps

June 18, 2009 | Filed Under: Dogs And Family

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 it's time to go, even if you were successful, the best of luck to get them to flush the toilet after they finish.

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 potty training a puppy is. Simply how easy? Well easy enough to summarize in three steps:

Three Steps in Potty Training a Puppy

1. Set up the mpuppes meals to promote the call of nature - There's a specific amount of time that a puppies digestive system needs to go through 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 a number of monitoring sessions to decide the general amount of time but once you get it then go on to step number two.

2. Take the business inside or outside - Figure out whether you want your puppy to do its business inside your house or outdoors. Remember, what's important is what's convenient for you because you can go either way. It doesn't matter if you are potty training puppies inside or outside, you would still have to clean up after them.

3. Plastic or paper - If you're going to train your puppy to do its business inside, then you need a good amount of newspaper and scent spray which you'll find in most pet stores.

a. Put down layers of newspapers whenever your puppy needs to relieve itself lay and spray a small amount of odour spray on it.

b. Keep the puppy in the newspaper covered area and wait until it does its business. Immediately after it does, let your puppy smell the scent on the newspaper.

c. Repeat Step-B until your puppy gets familiar to the newspaper or the scent it will search for either of the two the next time it needs to do its business.

You can train the puppy to do its business outdoors by simply taking it out for a walk. It will eventually find a spot after a while and assume the position. Don't forget to clean up after your puppy does it's business. After a while, your puppy gets used to this method, he/she will give signs of needing and wanting to go out doors when it feels the need to do its business.

And there you have it three sure fire easy steps for potty training puppies. It's not expensive; it doesn't take a university degree, not even awkwardly over-priced tools - just some good old patience.

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