HOUSE TRAIN YOUR PUPPY
When you bring your new puppy home, you will need to begin house-training it as soon as possible. Your puppy needs to understand very early on that it is wrong to use the house as a toilet; as once you a How him/her to do so on several occasions, they will keep going back to the same area and soiling it again.
Puppies under six months will not be able to control their bladders for more than a few hours at a time; therefore it will help considerably if you get into a good routine with your pet right from the start. Think about the times you feed and exercise your pup and what time you let it out in the morning and before bedtime. If you try to stick to regular times, then your pup's trips to the toilet will become fairly easy to monitor — unless an excessive amount of water has been drunk at some point.
Whilst you are in the house, don't allow your pup a free run of it; try to confine him/her to an area where the floor is easy to clean, such as the kitchen. Then, if you see your pup sniffing the ground or whimpering and about to squat, you can remove it instantly and place it outside. You will also need to keep taking your pup outside every half hour or so at first to try and ensure that it goes to the toilet outside for the majority of the time.
If you need to go out for any period of time and during the night, you can keep your pup in the same area, but cover the floor with newspaper to soak up any accidents. Every time your puppy goes to the toilet outside, make sure you praise him/her well and even offer a little treat. Never scold any accidents, just put your pup outside, clean up the mess and keep going with the house-training routine.
House-training pads To assist with house-training, you can try using House-training Pads. These are a brilliant invention and work by attracting your dog to the scent on a special absorbent pad. They encourage your dog to go to the toilet on them, rather than anywhere else in the house.
During this process, it is still better to confine your pup to a specific area to make the process easier for you. You can keep moving the pad further along the floor, nearer to the door, until you can safely put it outside. Eventually, your pup will learn to use the toilet outside the house and the pads will no longer be necessary. These pads can also be used for ill or elderly dogs.
Crate training
This can be another effective way of house-training your puppy. Temporarily confining your dog to a crate will hopefully prevent it from going to the toilet for that time period. In the wild, the puppies den is kept clean by the mother, so the pups grow up to avoid soiling their sleeping quarters. Your pup will then learn to wait until it comes out of the crate before going to the toilet.
House-training your pup could take several weeks, depending on the dog. Sooner or later it will begin to understand what is expected of it and start going to the toilet outside. You must remember that extreme patience and positive reinforcement is required at all times during this process, but it will all be worthwhile in the end.