August 12th, 2010
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The first key to successful potty training is to start with small spaces, which, in most houses means crates or gating. The dog should be in a MONITORED location so that you can see when he starts the circling and sniffing, which signals that a dog needs to go. Get your dog outside quickly when you see any signs. Do not play with the dog outside until he goes. Simply stand there and wait. As soon as he goes, you can give him a yummy treat or start playing with him. Timing of your potty breaks is critical too. After meals, a big play session and after naps are pretty much guaranteed successes. For small breed pups, you may have to go out as frequently as every 30 minutes to an hour and for larger puppies every hour to one and a half hours.
Tammy Reinarz, CPDT-KA and a Professional Member of the APDT, has been training dogs of all breeds within the Central PA area since 2005. |
Not really a comment but a question: I have a dog aprx. 2yrs old. I haven’t had problems with her toileting in the house until a couple of mths ago. We had dog sat. The other dog urinated in our house. Since then she has been going now and then in the same area.
We have cleaned the area with several cleaning products as well as using a few good name pooch odor cleaners. She is let out, etc. often but still continues the behavior.
My question is how to break her of doing this? We crate her now when ever we are going out unless it is for a short period of time. I would prefer to leave her out but she is ruining our area rug and the hardwood floor.
Please need some advise. Thank you.
If you ‘just stand there and wait’ while your dog potties you’re missing an opportunity to put that on cue. You can use a phrase and repeat it while the pup is doing its business. Then praise and treat. When the dog is older, and you’re getting the pup in the car for a trip for example, you can use your potty cue. This is very helpful to tell the dog when you’re travelling where and when it’s ok to go potty. I use it almost daily.
I have a adopted little dashound,an i’m still having pottiy issues,i crate her during the day,most of the time that i’m home she good,but ,I tryed to give the test to see if she doesn’t potty on the floor,usually carpet.But she failed,So [Roni] is back in the crate.help?