Probably one of the biggest headaches involved in having dogs for pets is potty training puppies.
They don’t have a button you can push to have them go potty and they can’t respond to verbal commands unless they’re trained to do that. Getting puppies to do their business when you want them and where you want them does not involve rocket science though and you would not need to hire a specialist to do it for you either. The only major requirement one needs to pull this feat off is a generous amount of patience. As long as you remain consistent in your training methods, you won’t have trouble potty training a puppy.
Having them heed the call of nature by understanding their nature
Animals act on instinct and they do not consider the pros or cons before making a decision. Knowing this can assist to a great degree in knowing how to potty train pups. Puppies are like blank slates, they posses the instincts but they’re still in the trial and error phase of discovering how to satisify certain drives. Urinating and defecating is a drive but, contrary to what most people think, puppies don’t just stop whatever they are doing and do their business. Try to observe them when they get the urge, they often run around looking a bit agitated first sniffing and fumbling about until they find a good spot and then assume the position.
This is where the training in potty training puppies comes in. You have to condition them to choose a specific area to do their business so every time they get the urge they go exactly where you want them. You do it this way? You’ll need to use something that has an earthy or musky scent, something that is distinctive so that that, when they smell it, they can easily associate the smell with doing its business. You can purchase commercially manufactured potty training sprays in pet stores or you can go hands-on and put a small amount of your pet’s urine in a spray bottle when it does its business.
Whether you choose the commercial spray or the hands-on approach, the training phase remains the same: when your puppy shows the need to do its business, prepare a liberal stack of newspapers and keep your puppy on the newspaper. Spray just a very small amount of the scent-agent onto the newspaper. Allow the puppy to move around the location and get comfortable. Once the puppy has gone potty, gently hold its head near the spot you sprayed the agent making sure it is close enough for the pup to smell the scent. Repeat this procedure for about 12 weeks each and every time the pup needs to do its business.
Performing the aforementioned steps can result in either two results or both. The puppy can associate doing its business to a newspaper or the scent, this means that whenever the puppy needs to go potty, it will either search for a newspaper or sniff around for a scent, either result leads to a properly potty trained puppy and worry free maintenance for you.
As mentioned earlier potty training puppies requires a generous amount of patience but aside from that it is actually a pretty easy thing to do.
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