You need to be patient to teach your dog to pee and poop in the right place. But don't worry, he learns relatively quickly, it just depends on your teaching method.
You may think that your dog has already learned, but one day he makes a mistake, calm down, this usually happens very normally, so do not be discouraged or despair and is that all this forms part of the learning process And it won't take long for it to adjust one hundred percent of the time. In addition, below we will tell you some things that may be happening so that your dog is doing the needs in the wrong place.
Tips for potty training your puppy
In the first few weeks, your puppy should not be left loose throughout the house. This is not only for the needs part but also for the safety itself and is that in a certain part it is a baby. Imagine it as a child who needs to play in a certain place and it can't stay loose all over the floor.
Now that you have defined your house, that you have separated the area where your pet will be, line the entire floor with newspaper, without leaving cracks and the dog has to have space to relieve himself, in addition to playing and sleeping. Remember to always clean the newspaper, because it has to feel like the needs are being absorbed.
Teach him to do the needs in the right place. Leave him there for a week, not alone, you have to always supervise him and he plays a lot with him in that space and if he does, he will be doing it in the right place.
Give praise whenever you see him peeing and pooping in the newspaper. You must cheer it up and caress it so you know you're doing it right.
In the second week, he takes out a part of the newspaper and exchanges it for a bed, so he takes the newspaper from where he eats, leaving only the pots for feed and water.
Continue with all the rest lined with the newspaper and go reducing every day the rest of the newspaper. If he does it in his place, you have to congratulate him, but if he does it in the wrong place, go back to the previous training. Keep him in that space in the second week as well and play with him there, lead people to see him in that space.
In the third weekWait for him to eat and after he goes to the bathroom, if he starts smelling the floor or pees every two hours, take him into the space with newspaper. Only let him out after he's done the business, even if he seems to have lost his will.
And after the third week what?
If you start to do in the wrong place, say a strong no, take it and take it to the space for that. If he finishes peeing on the newspaper, even a drop, you praise him like he got it right. If not, leave it there until he relieves himself in the newspaper. Do not play exhaustively with him, many dogs, so as not to interfere with the game with their owner, endure the needs until they can no longer and do where they are caught. Therefore, play a lot, but don't forget to stop from time to time and lock it up.
In no time you will realize that he starts looking for the newspaper only. Praise him and congratulate him a lot every time he makes it.
You should also keep in mind that the noise of the newspaper Being ripped is tempting for a puppy and it is very common for him to want to have fun pecking at all the newspaper with his teeth and nails. To break that habit, sprinkle some water on the newspaper and leave it wet. This way, it won't make a noise when it rips and your little animal won't be tempted to destroy it.
To avoid leaving the papers loose, tape them to the floor whenever it is changed.