Housetraining your Puppy

Have you recently brought home a new puppy? One of the first things on your agenda should be to house train him or her. Unfortunately, puppies do not come with training manuals, and housetraining your new puppy is not necessarily an easy task. Luckily, if you know what you're doing, housetraining your new puppy can be a task both fun and rewarding.

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The first Step

The first step in houstraining your puppy is to begin with the right expectations. For the first three months of so of your puppy's life, he or she will not be able to control themselves very well. Even after that, it may be another three months before your puppy has complete control of his or her bladder, so you will be working with them for at least that long. You should pace yourself, because it really is going to be a while. There is no fast fix or instant answer.

Initiate a housetraining routine

The second step is to initiate a routine! The best way to establish a housetraining routine is to set up a feeding and watering schedule which you can stick to. You should feed and water your puppy at the same exact time every single day, with no special treats or snacks in between. This way, your puppy will respond to the schedule and will become predictable when it comes to going potty. This will do wonders for your house training efforts!

Observe your puppy´s body language

The third step involves observing your puppy closely in order to discover what body language is used when your puppy needs to relieve him or herself. You will be able to discover when your little guy or girl needs to go, which is generally right after each eating session, shortly after a watering session, and probably somewhere around every hour or so between each feeding and watering session, every single day. Once you pick up on your puppy's body language, you will be able to determine when he or she has to go, so you can take the necessary housebreaking steps.

If left unattended

If you can help it, you should never leave your puppy unattended unless you are keeping him or her in a confined space like a crate, or a place where newspapers are present in case of an accident. Once your puppy uses the papers, clean the mess up and replace all of the papers. You should place at lest one of the soiled parts of the old papers in the center of the new ones, so that you can lure the puppy to that same spot for bathroom breaks. Over the span of a few weeks, your puppy's aim will begin to improve and you will be able to reduce the amount of newspapers that you put down on the floor.

The same place everytime

Once you begin to understand your puppy's body language and bathroom habits, you will know when to leash him or her up and take them out for a bathroom break. Make sure to use the same place every time so your puppy will learn when and where to go to the bathroom. When your puppy does go on cue, make sure to praise him or her and give lots of love in order to reinforce the behavior.