Potty Training Puppies Made Easy For You
Probably one of the biggest headaches involved in having dogs for pets is potty training puppies. They do not have a button you can push to have them do their business and they cannot comprehend any verbal command unless they were trained to do so. Getting a puppy to do its business where and when you want it to does not involve rocket science. The one major requirement one needs to complete this task is a large amount of patience. As long as you remain consistent in your training methods, you won't have trouble potty training a puppy.
Getting them to do their business by recognizing their nature
Animals are instinctive; they do not weigh any sort of pros or cons before making a decision. Knowing this can really help you in learning how to potty train them. Puppies are like sponges ready to soak up information, they have the instincts but, for the most part, are still in the trial and error phase of finding out how to meet certain needs. 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 teach your puppy to decide on a specific location to do their business so each time that they get the urge to go potty they go precisely where you want them to go. How do you do it? You will need something with a musky or earthy scent, something distinct that when they smell they can easily associate with either urinating or defecating. You can purchasecommercially 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 a small amount of the scent agent on the news paper. 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 for about 90 days every time the puppy needs to go potty.
Doing the steps talked about already can get you 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.
