Getting a puppy isn’t just fun and games, there is a certain amount of responsibility in maintaining them with perhaps none more frustrating than potty training puppies. It's not like you can tell them to use the bathroom whenever they feel it's time to go, even if you were successful, the best of luck to get them to flush the toilet after they finish.
No worries though because there are certain steps you can follow in making sure that your puppies relieve themselves when you want them to and where you want them to and it doesn't involve the use of hypnosis or acquiring the services of a snake charmer. You might even be surprised as to how easy potty training a puppy is. Just how easy? Well easy enough to summarize in three steps:
Three Steps in Potty Training a Puppy
1. Schedule the meals to influence the call of nature - There is a certain amount of time a puppies digestive system takes to complete its cycle and get from meal to waste. This is different from puppy to puppy so watch the amount of time it takes your puppy to do it's business after a full meal. You might need several monitoring sessions to determine the average amount of time required but once that's established you can proceed to step two.
2. Take the business inside or outside - Figure out whether you want your puppy to do its business inside your house or outdoors. Keep in mind that what is important is what is convenient to you because you can go either way. It does not make a difference if you are potty training puppies indoors or out of doors you still need to clean up after it.
3. Paper or plastic - If you're going to train your puppies to do its business indoors then you need a liberal amount of newspaper and scent spray which is available in most pet stores.
a. Put down layers of newspapers whenever your puppy needs to relieve itself lay and spray a small amount of odour spray on it.
b. Keep the puppy in the newspaper covered area and wait until it does its business. As soon as it does, let it smell the odour sprayed on the newspaper.
c. Repeat Step-B until your puppy gets familiar to the newspaper or the scent it will search for either of the two the next time it needs to do its business.
If you are training the puppy to do its business outdoors then just take it out for a walk. It will eventually find a spot after a while and assume the position. Don't forget to clean up after your puppy does it's business. Eventually, when your puppy gets used to this system, he/she will display signs of wanting and needing to go outside when it feels the need to do its business.
And there you have it three sure fire easy steps for potty training puppies. It doesn't cost much; it doesn't take rocket science, not even awkwardly expensive gadgets - just a good amount of patience.
