Dog Health Questions: Dog training!..?

how do you train your dog/puppy to go to the restroom outside???

Dog Training Made Easy - Find Out How

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Keep taking them outside frequently. As soon as they make a mark or drop a pile, praise them. Also keep a close eye on them inside. At the first sign of circling or other indication, get them outside quickly. Make sure any accidents inside are cleaned up and sprayed with "NO-GO" or similar product. And never clean up the accident where/when the dog can watch you. The Monks of New Skete offer numerous training books that are excellent. They are available at Borders and Barnes & Noble.

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• First of all if your puppy urinates on the floor, take a paper towel and soak it up, then bring the puppy outside where you want him to go and lay the paper towel down. Gently put his nose in the paper towel to let him smell that it's his urine. Tell them good boy or girl and give treats, if desired. Do this for the feces too.Then set a timer to take him out every half hour for the first couple of days. If this is to long and you see your puppy can't hold it, shorten the time to 15 minutes. As for the night, let him out before bedtime. I know it's alot of work letting the dog out, but the puppy has a small bladder. This will work because I have 4 dogs myself and it has worked on all 4 of mine.


• I found crate training to work great. When they are unsupervised and at nite, keep him in the crate. When you are home and after he eats, take him outside and when he releases, say "potty" and reward him with a treat. Also when you see him sniffing around the floor, it is usually time to go so take him outside at that point and again say the word upon release and reward. The reason for saying a word like "potty" is that eventually you will be able to have them go on command before you take them somewhere. My guy goes out in the back yard before we go anywhere because I dont want to be carrying a bag and picking it up while on the bike path.
  Also if he does go in the house and you clean it up, be sure to spray some of the solution made to break down the enzymes so that he does not smell it and do it again in the same spot.
  That is a quick, in a nutshell version.


• Crate Training. Its the most common and easiest way to housebreak a puppy.
  
  There are many great guides available on the Internet. The sooner you do it, the sooner you wont have to deal with soiled carpets.