There are a few secrets to
toilet training although much of the emphasis will always rest with you! Here
are the facts about puppy toilet training:
Just as when a baby needs to
go toilet they go, so it is with puppies - when a puppy needs to go they will
go! So to start with you have to get them outside before they toilet inside.
That is your job! If you fail, then blame yourself.
The best way to show your
puppy where you want them to toilet is to show them the correct place. The best
way to do this is to take them out when they need to go and then praise them
when they go. You will be amazed how quickly they will learn if you give them
an amazing treat for going in the right place. Think of it like this if the
treat is a little piece of cheese, your puppy will after only a few toilets in
the correct place start looking for the cheese treat saying “Hey where’s the
cheese I just toileted on the grass!”
At a very young age 8 weeks
or so a puppies bladder is very small and they can only hold on for sometimes
30 minutes or so before they may need to go again. So you must be vigilant.
After a meal, puppies will
often need to go within 60 seconds so always take them straight outside. You
should also take them outside as soon as they wake up, as their bowls will
start to move and also last thing at night.
Associate a word that
everyone in the house sticks to such as “go toilets” this way your puppy will
start to hear the word and know what it means.
If you puppy does not go
then be aware that they may still need to relieve themselves soon and restrict
their movement to a smaller area that is easy to clean until they are taken
outside and definitely toilet.
You should never rub a
puppy’s nose in it to teach it a lesson. A puppy’s nose is 1000 times more
sensitive than a humans and this will never teach them not to do it again. They
will simply not know what they did wrong and do it out of sight the next time
such as behind the couch!
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