Puppy Housetraining: Housebreaking Tips Video 3
Puppy Housetraining: Housebreaking Tips Video 3: Housetraining should start as soon as you adopt your puppy. Housebreaking takes patience that takes effort, dedication, and repeated steps. Despite these best puppy house-trained tips, there are likely to be some” accidents”during the housebroken process. By learning these simple answers, most puppies can be winning their bravery certificate for being a well-behaved happy dog. Pat yourself on the back if there are no accidents for at least three to four months in a row.
Puppy Housetraining: Housebreaking Tips Video 3
Learn signs when your puppy needs to use the bathroom and triggers.
- Signs: Identify signs of impending bathroom triggers such as:
- Squatting posture
- Walking around
- Sniffing floor
- Triggers: Elimination is possible to occur immediately after:
- Napping / sleeping
- Drinking
- Eating
- Playing
Minimize opportunities for accidents.
- Be sure to facilitate strict supervision in the household to minimize opportunities for accidents:
- If you should leave your puppy for periods longer than two hours, leave your puppy in a small room away from its bedding or water.
- If you not able to supervise your pet closely, confine your puppy in a small safe area such as a kennel.
- If your loved one starts to do its business inside, quickly and calmly take your best friend outside and praise him or her for eliminating outside.
- Look for signs of potty triggers and events and take your pup outside.
- A puppy should be supervised 100% of the time by a close family member or Sitters4Critters dog sitter.
Create a potty schedule and environment:
- Set a feeding schedule multiple times per day and take them out to potty within 30 minutes
- Find a preferred potty location for your puppy to easily access.
- Take your loved one out frequently for potty opportunities.
- Initially, start taking out your puppy every one to two hours for a 5 minute period
- Also, take your best friend outside when showing potty triggers.
- As a rule, take your pup out every hour equalling how many months of age they are.
- Example: 2 months old = three hours, 3 months old = four hours, etc.
- With maturity and success, puppy potty breaks can be gradually increased.
- Praise your puppy immediately after your pup does its business with a treat and verbal command.
Things to avoid:
- Do not put your loved one in a small space such as a crate if you are going to exceed your puppies ability to hold urine or feces.
- Do not punish or physically harm your pet after discovering accidents in the household after the fact.
- Do not rub your pups nose or mouth in a mess.
- These techniques may be negative and impact your relationship with your family and other people.