Puppy Training Secrets

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It is a good idea to get a new puppy on Saturday or Sunday or when you have plenty of time. Even better, take a week off to make sure your house doesn’t stink.
Potty training can be quite intensive, even for you!

Individual puppies are very different frmo each other, just like children.  A puppy is a baby and requires patience to learn acceptable potty procedures. Young puppies don’t have complete control of their bladders or bowels. It’s your job to keep your puppy off your carpets until he’s trained, to teach him where he should go, and to be patient when he has an accident. At least your puppy doesn’t male you clean diapers!

Confine your puppy to one or two rooms. Don’t let him have the run of the house. Try to keep him to the room you spend the most time in so you can watch him. Close all the doors and block off other areas. One idea to contain puppy is to use baby gates.

Watch your puppy as much as you can. This is where diligence comes into play. You must be prepared to watch your puppy as much as possible. 

Here are some guidelines to help you potty train your puppy. These procedures will work whether you’re training your puppy to go outdoors or to go in a litter box indoors (which many toy dogs are trained to do). I don’t advocate paper training, especially with a dog that you will eventually want to potty outdoors. If you paper train him to go indoors, you’ll just have to retrain him later to go outdoors. Why not start by training for what you really want?