How To Potty Train A Puppy With Consistency
Whether you want to know how to potty train a puppy to go indoors or outdoors these guidelines will work for you. If you are training a puppy to go indoors make sure that they will have a permanent place to go right from the start. If you are training a puppy to go outside do not paper train them indoors first, you will only need to retrain them to go outside.
When you get your puppy, you need to understand that they will have accidents, whether they are being trained for indoor or out they will not go where you want them to all of the time. When the accident occurs, and you can be sure that it will, it is important to show them and tell them NO firmly, and then bring them to where they will be doing their “business”. Be sure to clean up the mess entirely so there is no odor left, or they might go there again.
When you are learning how to potty train a puppy, keep them on a schedule, feed them at the same time every day. Water is a different story, puppies need a lot of water so you should keep out a fresh supply all day and only take it up a few hours before bedtime. After they finish their meal take them to where they will be going to relieve themselves, either to their indoor dog potty or outside for a walk or in your yard.
Do not play with them until after they do their business, if they don’t go right away do not get impatient and bring them back inside or away from their indoor potty place. Wait with them always using the same words to go potty, after they go praise them. Puppies need to go out frequently, not only after a meal. If you notice your puppy with his or her nose down sniffing around the house, take them out or put them on their indoor potty.
Learning how to potty train a puppy includes you knowing that they need to go out when they wake up from a nap or after playing, if you hear them getting restless during the night, first thing in the morning, and the last thing at night.
If you need to leave your puppy alone, and you do not want to put them in a crate, find a place to confine them to with floors that can be cleaned easily, even if you need to get one of those plastic or wooden gates to keep them in a room. If you are training your puppy to go potty indoors, confine them to the area with the potty. Take them out as soon as you get home.
Knowing how to potty train a puppy is important if you do not want to frustrated the first couple of weeks. It is not hard but it is time consuming, but you are building a friendship that will last a lifetime.
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