Fortunately, puppies are creatures of habit, so as long as you introduce the garden to
your puppy as its toilet area early on, you should be able to avoid most of the common pitfalls.
Not exact matches
Do not use any cleaner with ammonia or bleach,
as it will smell similar to the ammonia in urine and the
puppy will identify it
as a
toilet area.
Leaving the back door open for the
puppy to come and go
as it pleases (a
puppy will think that the garden is an adventure playground, rather than a
toilet area.
Successful housetraining,
as well - known dog trainer Dr. Ian Dunbar says, «depends upon the owner being able to predict when their
puppy needs to eliminate, being able to direct their
puppy to the appropriate
toilet area and then rewarding their
puppy for doing the right thing in the right place».
When housebreaking a
puppy, you should watch her
as long
as possible and take her to the designated
toilet area regularly.
Take the
puppy to its chosen doggy
toilet area as soon
as it has eaten, played vigorously for a while or has just woken up.
Description: Paper training is teaching your
puppy to
toilet indoors on a wide
area of newspapers or pre-treated
puppy pads that encourage a
puppy to use the
area as a bathroom.
Therefore it's important that you spend
as much time
as possible with your
puppy and give him regular and frequent access to his
toilet area.
As your
puppy becomes more reliable about using his
toilet area and his bowel and bladder control develops, he can begin to spend more time outside his room or pen with you in the rest of your home.