Best Method For Housebreaking Puppy
Potty Training Your Puppy Does Not Have to be Work
The idea of housebreaking your puppy might actually bring up horrifying memories of a puppy you had as a child or all the horror stories your friends and neighbors have had regarding their efforts. But the best method for housebreaking your puppy, also known as potty training, is as easy as 1…2…3…and maybe 1 again.
Step 1 – Set your goals
The best way to begin potty training your puppy is to get a crate for her to live in during the first few weeks she is at your house. A crate is a small box or cage that is slightly bigger than your dog. It may seem cruel to put your new puppy in a crate, but your puppy will become use to it and even comfortable in her new home.
Tape a sign saying “Remember…I’m Potty Training” on the side of your dog’s crate. Just in case you are tempted to let your new puppy roam free around your house.
Step 2 – Follow a Schedule
To build up your puppy’s bladder, you should start off by taking her outside every two hours. Sticking to this schedule will help your puppy feel comfortable holding her urine until you come take her outside. Stick to this schedule for a week before adding three-hour periods into it.
Step 3 – No time alone
Just because your puppy is living in her crate does not mean you should avoid playing with her. In fact, you should play with her outside as much as possible and immediately after coming inside. But don’t let your new puppy have time alone in the house unsupervised. Accidents will inevitably happen the second you turn your back.
Return to step one whenever you have potty training problems with your dog. It is never too late to potty train your dog!
June 1st, 2009 at 9:12 am
Hi there,
Hope you can help? I have two Jackies, that I love to bits… The only problem is, they eat my garden… Is there anything I can do to prevent that from happening?
Please let me know…
Regards
Chantal
July 24th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
My first inclination is my motherly instinct which is to remove the object that is the problem. I don’t mean that you have to get rid of your garden, just make it off limits for the pets with a fence. If a fence is not an option, many stores carry pet repellent that you put in the area you don’t want the pet in. If you click on our link for Petsmart, and put repellent in the search box, they have decorative pet repellent rocks that work like invisible fence. Another option is to put small amounts of hot sauce, or cayenne pepper, on some of the top leaves to break your dog of eating the plants.