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TOILET TRAINING YOUR PUPPY

21/10/2014

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How to Toilet Train Your Puppy

The key to toilet training your puppy is taking the time and trouble to get into a routine.  Initially, you will have to build your routine around your puppy's needs, and these are very predictable when they are very young.  


  • Puppies need to urinate immediately after waking up, so you need to be there to take your puppy straight into the garden without any delay.



  • Eating its meal stimulates its digestive system, and puppies normally urinate within fifteen minutes of eating, and defecate within half an hour of eating (although this might vary slightly with each individual) so take your puppy into the garden after eating.

  • Puppies have very poor bladder control, and need to urinate at least every hour or two. They can urinate spontaneously when they get excited, so take your puppy out frequently if it has been active, playing or exploring.

  • Repeat cue words like 'wee wees' and 'poo poos' or 'be busy' and 'be clean' while the puppy is actually urinating or defecating. Use different words for each action so that you will be able to prompt the puppy later on.  Always go with your puppy into the garden so you are there to reward and attach the cue words to the successful actions!


COMMON ERRORS


Some common mistakes owners make can make house training a little more difficult than it needs to be.

  • Over-feeding.

  • Feeding an unsuitable diet or giving a variety of foods.

  • Not feeding at regular times.

  • Feeding at the wrong times (which could cause overnight defecation).

  • Punishing the puppy for its indoor accidents (which can make it scared of toileting in front of you - even outside).

  • Feeding salty foods (e.g. stock from cubes) which makes them drink more.

  • Using ammonia based cleaning compounds (which smell similar to urine).

  • Expecting the puppy to tell you when it needs to go out; this is unrealistic, so it is better to take them out at regular intervals.

  • Leaving the back door open for the puppy to come and go as it pleases (a puppy will think that the garden is an adventure playground, rather than a toilet area. Also, what is a puppy meant to do when the weather gets cold, and it is faced with a closed back door?).

  • Leaving the puppy on its own too long, so that it is forced to go indoors (which sets a bad precedent, or even a habit of going indoors).

  • Mistakenly associating the words 'good girl' or 'good boy' when they toilet, as opposed to the specific cue words. Guess what could happen the next time you praise your dog?

  • Access to rugs or carpet (which are nice and absorbent - just like grass).

  • Laziness on your part, resulting in more wees indoors than outdoors.

  • Leaving the puppy alone in the garden, so you are not there to reward it for going outdoors… how is it meant to learn that it is more popular and advantageous going outdoors, if you are not there to show your approval?

  • Submissive or excited urination on greeting (if this occurs, take your puppy outside before you greet it and tone down your greeting so it is less exciting or overwhelming).

  • It is unfair to expect your puppy to go right through the night when it is very young.

  • Sleeping the puppy in a crate or puppy pen can help with house training but you should let it out in the garden to relieve itself during the night.


HOW TO TEACH YOUR PUPPY TO TOILET ON A WALK


Many owners appear disappointed that their young puppy will not toilet when out on a walk, yet relieves itself the second it gets back home. This is because the puppy has been taught to toilet only at home (hopefully in its garden), and being creatures of habit, they often wait until they have returned home before evacuating their bladder and/ or bowels.

To break this habit, you will have to get up very early one morning (when you have plenty of time), and get your puppy out on a walk before it has had its morning wee. You should not bring it home until it has been forced to go out of desperation. If however, you are unsuccessful, and your puppy has not toileted, then take it immediately into the garden on your return, or you risk it relieving itself indoors.



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