House Train Your Dog - Easy Ways to Toilet Train Your Pup

Having a pup that is toilet trained, house trained, potty trained is a wonderful thing. It means you can relax knowing that your carpets and floors are safe. But, how do we get there? The moment that you decide to house train your puppy, you should make sure that everything is in order before you begin the task of training. Have your pup vet checked before you begin. This will ensure that there are no pre existing bladder problems which will severely hamper any successful toilet training in future.

You should be sure that your home is set up and ready to begin house training. If you have other pets, you must make sure that there are absolutely no traces of urine or faeces on existing flooring. Pups and indeed dogs have amazing senses and will act on scents of urine and faeces, making sure they deposit their scent on top of the old scent. If you do have this problem, I strongly recommend you read another article I wrote called "Help! My Dog Has Wet On My Carpet And It Stinks -How To Rid Your Home Of the Smell". Look it up under my author name. This article gives you a home based remedy to rid your house of pre existing animal smells.

So now your home is set up you need to start trying to figure out your pups toileting times. This is going to seem like a bit of overkill, but in the end I can assure you that the possibility of success far outweighs the action of having to do so. You are going to need to make a "toileting journal" for your pup. Record when your pup toilets. How long does it take until she needs to go? Pups generally need to eliminate after sleeping, eating, playing and drinking. If you keep an account of how often she goes during the day it will make it far more easy for you to work out when to take her to her designated toilet area with little room for accidents.

Crate training is thought of as a very fast and effective way to house train a puppy. It should be big enough only for your pup to stand up in, turn around in and lay down in. This keeps your pup safe when you aren't home to supervise its toileting. It is also a safe place for it to be when it is sleeping or napping. Depending on the age of the pup, it will need to relieve itself about every 2 hours. This time will increase as the pup gets older. You shouldn't leave your pup in the crate for longer than 2 hours whilst it is very young. By feeding the pup in its crate, and giving it somewhere comfortable to sleep, you can encourage her to regard the crate as her den. Dogs are den animals and will rarely soil their own space.

With a good routine and recorded toilet times in your journal, you should be able to anticipate when your pup is due to go out. First thing in the morning, take her out to eliminate, after doing so bring her back inside. Give her her morning meal and then outside again to eliminate. If she doesn't go straight away perhaps some play time will help move things along. Be sure to praise your pup heavily when she gets it right. If she has an accident, remember it was not done on purpose, and there is absolutely nothing personal about it. Catching her in the act of doing so, is the ONLY time you may chastise her. Tell her firmly NO, Naughty Girl. Do not ever hit or yell at her. This makes her nervous and the act of toileting a scary one.

If you feel you need more information and some extra tools on how to have your pup toilet trained quickly and effectively I strongly recommend you visit my website below. Remember: for every mistake your pup makes, it is yet another mistake you will need to fix.

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