If you have ever purchased or adopted a new puppy, you have dealt with the hassles of potty training. Some puppies potty train very easily and others not so easy. Here is a list of tried and proven steps to help get your puppy potty trained faster.
One of the most important things to remember is consistency. You will need to find a nice grassy area close to your home were you will always take your puppy to go potty. The puppy needs to be able to smell himself in the area to feel comfortable and to go potty. Potty training on the road is harder because of all the new smells every time you stop to take your puppy potty.
After you have you location picked out, pick a word to tell your puppy what you want him/her to do, example: Potty. Next, start telling you puppy to potty. Once your puppy potties reward him/her with loving and praise. When it is time to go potty again, make sure and take the puppy back to the same spot and repeat this step.
During the day, I would recommend to either have the puppy turned outside to potty on his own or kenneled in the house. Letting a puppy roam in the house is a good way for him to potty on the carpet and that could become his safe potty spot. Kenneling is not cruel on the puppy and is a great way to travel with your puppy and to introduce him/her to new situations. The kennel will become a safe spot and the puppy will feel relaxed in his kennel.
An important step in potty training is not only consistency on where you take your puppy to potty, but also how often. A puppy needs to be taken outside multiple times in a day. The puppy should be taken out after every nap and after every hard play session. Puppies should also be taken outside after baths or other stressful situations. A Puppy can not go as long without going outside as an adult dog. I would recommend taking a new puppy outside every twenty minutes. This will help teach your puppy the command potty and give him no opportunity to go potty in the house.
If an accident does happy, scold your dog right when it happens. If you catch him/her in the act, pick them up and take them outside, tell them potty, and if they potty praise them. If you do not catch him/her in the act, do not scold your puppy. The puppy will have no idea why he/she is getting in trouble and it will cause more harm than good. The puppy will be confused and more accidents are likely to happen. Make sure and clean the spot vigorously to try and get all the smell out of the carpet.
With these simple steps to potty training, you puppy will be potty trained in no time. Just remember it takes time and depending on each dog will determine how much time it will take. There are no special tricks to potty train a puppy in a day, a week, or even a month. Each puppy is different and will take a different amount of time. Just remember consistency and accidents happen.
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