Training your puppy to go to the toilet can be the most difficult problems faced by puppy owners.
No one likes the idea of their cute puppy using their home as a toilet.
When puppies are very young they are not aware that they actually have to go.
Puppies won't go to the toilet in the area where they sleep.
Crates can be used if you need to leave your puppy unattended for several hours.
You should start toilet training your puppy straight away even though between it is not until ten weeks that something switches on in your puppy's head and he or she becomes aware of the need to go to the toilet.
You need to establish practices before this time so you puppy clearly understands what it is that you want.
Puppies that have been bred in kennels with concrete floors will prefer to go on concrete.
Puppies purchased from pet stores that use newspaper, will prefer to go on that.
Puppies develop a preference for going to the toilet on a particular surface.
You need to know this before you bring your puppy home so you are prepared for 'where' he or she is going to go.
Decide the place you want your puppy to use before you bring him home.
Prepare this area carefully.
Do you want him or her to go outside in the garden? If so, which part of the garden? Create a special area and take your puppy to it every time without fail.
If you live in an apartment toilet training is more difficult.
However, there are specially designed pads which attract puppies to them.
These can be purchased from your local pet store.
You can also use newspapers or shredded paper.
Take some of the soiled paper or puppy pads outside and leave it in the area where you want your puppy to go.
This way, your puppy will be able to make the connection between his toileting and the area where you want him to go.
Bring some garden grass or mulch in and put it on the paper so your puppy can make the connection to the spot you want him or her to go to outside while it is inside.
Always give your puppy the opportunity to correct his behavior and do the right thing.
It is up to you to teach him what is acceptable and what is not.
Reward acceptable behavior; discourage unacceptable behavior not by hitting or smacking your puppy.
No one likes the idea of their cute puppy using their home as a toilet.
When puppies are very young they are not aware that they actually have to go.
Puppies won't go to the toilet in the area where they sleep.
Crates can be used if you need to leave your puppy unattended for several hours.
You should start toilet training your puppy straight away even though between it is not until ten weeks that something switches on in your puppy's head and he or she becomes aware of the need to go to the toilet.
You need to establish practices before this time so you puppy clearly understands what it is that you want.
Puppies that have been bred in kennels with concrete floors will prefer to go on concrete.
Puppies purchased from pet stores that use newspaper, will prefer to go on that.
Puppies develop a preference for going to the toilet on a particular surface.
You need to know this before you bring your puppy home so you are prepared for 'where' he or she is going to go.
Decide the place you want your puppy to use before you bring him home.
Prepare this area carefully.
Do you want him or her to go outside in the garden? If so, which part of the garden? Create a special area and take your puppy to it every time without fail.
If you live in an apartment toilet training is more difficult.
However, there are specially designed pads which attract puppies to them.
These can be purchased from your local pet store.
You can also use newspapers or shredded paper.
Take some of the soiled paper or puppy pads outside and leave it in the area where you want your puppy to go.
This way, your puppy will be able to make the connection between his toileting and the area where you want him to go.
Bring some garden grass or mulch in and put it on the paper so your puppy can make the connection to the spot you want him or her to go to outside while it is inside.
Always give your puppy the opportunity to correct his behavior and do the right thing.
It is up to you to teach him what is acceptable and what is not.
Reward acceptable behavior; discourage unacceptable behavior not by hitting or smacking your puppy.
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