Puppy House Training
To properly house train you puppy you are going to need to be consistent and most importantly patient. Do not expect to be able to house train in a week, this is an ongoing process and can take up to 6 months or more. And even once the training is complete there will occasionally be accidents. You will encounter situations where accidents are hard to avoid but you must always remember that it is not the puppies' fault and it is perfectly normal with every puppy.
You need to create a designated toilet area for your puppy that it will continue to use. You can do this a few ways.
Puppy House Training Methods
Puppy House Training Pads
These are scented absorbent pads and are a very effective tool of puppy house training. The scent of the pad will encourage the puppy to go to the toilet onto the pad. When you see your puppy start their toilet routine such as walking around in circles sniffing and looking for a good spot to go you should pick them up and put them onto the puppy pad. After a while your puppy should start going over to the puppy pad[...] Puppy House Training Pads
Puppy Crate Training
This can be used as an alternative to puppy pads. Some people do not agree with crate training as they feel as though they are locking their puppy up in a cage but it can be very effective in puppy house training. This method works by placing the puppy into a "crate" or "cage" that is just big enough to be their bed. The reason for this is that most dogs do not like to soil their bed. And who can blame them. The crate can also[...] Puppy Crate Training
Supervised Puppy House Training
Doing the puppy house training this way requires a lot more effort than the other ways but can work very well. If you are like the majority of people that go to work every day then this may not be the best method for you as you will be required to spend a lot of time with the puppy. The reason being[...] Puppy Supervised House Training
General Puppy House Training Guidelines
Puppy house training can be broken down into some simple yet important rules. As long as you follow these puppy house training rules then your puppy house training experience will be greatly improved. During the course of the house training, accidents are going to happen. It is how you deal with these accidents[...] Puppy House Training Guidelines