How to House Train Your Dog

The first item on every new puppy owners to do list is house training. Puppies go the bathroom often, and the quicker you housebreak them the less damage your home will incur. Fortunately, house training a puppy is far easier than house training an adult dog. So, if you start early and know what you are doing things should go relatively smoothly. There are two methods used to housebreak a puppy; crate training and paper training. Knowing how to do both will enable you to decide which will work best for your puppy.

Crate Training

To begin crate training you will need a small crate. The crate should be large enough for the puppy turn around, lie down and stand. However, it shouldn’t be large enough that there is a room for the puppy to go the bathroom and then sit on the other side of the crate.

When you are crate training you need to make sure you take your puppy out of the crate at regular intervals to use the bathroom. Take your puppy to the outside to go the bathroom before and after meals, in the morning, before bed and at least once every two hours. When your puppy goes the bathroom outside, make sure you praise him.

After you have your puppy for a few days you will be able to predict when your puppy needs to go outside. You will start to notice when they need to go and you may notice certain behaviors when they have to go. These behaviors may include sniffing the ground, walking in circles, and scratching the ground.

If your puppy has an accident in the crate, don’t make a big deal about it. Remove it clean everything up and keep on with house training. Training can take time depending on your dog and your level of consistency.

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Paper Training

Paper training works very similarly to crate training. The primary difference is that puppies that paper train have a bit more freedom. This can lead to more accidents if you are not careful.

The first thing you need to do if you want to paper train your puppy is find an area of your home to keep your puppy contained. Most people use their kitchen, laundry room or bathroom because they have hard flooring that is easier to clean should there be an accident. Contain your puppy in whatever room you choose with a gate.

The area that you contain your puppy should be covered in paper or puppy pads. There should be no exposed floor. Remove any paper that has been soiled on immediately and replace it. Make sure you take your puppy for frequent trips outside at regular intervals. Watch for signs your puppy has to go the bathroom.

To begin paper training, you will remove one section of the paper from your puppies confined area. Since your puppy is used to going on the paper at this point your puppy shouldn’t go on the unprotected floor. If your puppy goes on the floor instead of the paper, put the paper back because they are not ready to train yet.

The goal with paper training is slowly wean your puppy down from an entire area covered in paper to on puppy pad or pieces of paper. To do this you will remove one section of paper at a time. Give it at least a few days in between the removal of new paper sections. When you are down to the last paper put it by the door, so your puppy learns to go to the door when they need to go. Eventually, your puppy won’t need the paper because they will be able to hold it.

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