Potty Training Dog the Easy Way

Owning a dog calls for a great amount of patience especially when it comes to training your dog when and where to potty. The problem is that dogs by nature just go whenever they feel like it and they don’t care when and where. All they know is that they just have to go. Potty training your dog is aimed to correct and guide your canine friend on where and when he should potty.

Four Key Elements of Potty Training Dog

There are four elements that can help you in potty training your dog and these are as follows:

• Confinement

Sometimes the best way to potty train dogs is to confine them. You can use crates and cages for confining your dog. Make sure that the crate or the cage is just big enough for your dog - meaning just big enough for him to turn around and lay down. The main objective of you doing this is to discipline your dog not to potty on his crate. This is because dogs usually don’t want to potty where they live so they would normally tend to find a way to come out of their crate to potty.

You can make this to your advantage since you can finally show your dog where to potty. And by doing the same thing repeatedly every time your dog wants to potty will create a regular potty pattern which your dog will follow even when you finally take him out of crate.

• Combining Training with Praise

In training a dog to potty you can use a leash. The leash will keep the dog from running away. A leash is a perfect tool for controlling your dog and for directing your dog to the place where he should potty. Also it is very important that you train your dog to understand some words, like for instance you can use the words “go potty” if you want your dog to urinate and go poop.

In order for your commands to be understood and remembered by your dog it is very important that you use the same words over and over again. Similarly, never forget to direct your dog to the place where he is suppose to potty every time you said the potty command.

Lastly, don’t forget to reward or praise your dog for every correct respond that he makes. Remember that a happy dog is better and easier to train.

• Proper Timing

In potty training your dog, it is very important that you search for the proper timing when to finally give your dog the freedom to potty on his own. There are dogs that are quick to potty train while there are some that requires more time. Either way you need to exercise a lot of patience plus you also need to be extra observant to see how your dog is coping with the training.

You may provide a baby gate for your dog to limit its area of freedom. A leash is also a good idea especially for dogs who loves to chew things, dig on the ground and poop anywhere.

Conclusion…

Dogs give certain indications when they are going to potty or poop. All you need to do is to be extra conscious of these signs. Some of the potty displaying signs made by dogs are the following:

• Suddenly become uninterested to play
• Starts circling in a restless sort of way
• Starts running out of the room
• Then of course there’s the I-want-to-poop look

During the whole duration of your training you will become very familiar with all these potty warning signs and eventually making the whole potty thing easier for you and for your dog.

Copyright 2006 Jim Sterling - All Rights Reserved



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