Puppy Potty Training Tips

House training a puppy is definitely hard work, but with our great puppy potty training tips, your new furry companion will start behaving properly in no time. Potty training a puppy is only as difficult as you want to make it: since they are so young, puppies are more open to learning than older dogs, so housebreaking shouldn’t take more than a few weeks.

Puppy potty training tips from Pug include taking into consideration your house: do you live in a house with a large yard or it’s actually small? Or do you live in an apartment building on the top floors and can’t take your puppy downstairs for him to do his business as much as he needs? Asking yourself these questions will help determine which potty training is best for your puppy. If you have a backyard, Pug recommends you to find a quiet place for your dog to relieve himself. If you have any flowers or bushes you wouldn’t like your dog to use as bathroom, find a place far from these. On the other hand, if you live in a place where an outdoors area is hard to find, you can consider potty training a puppy indoors, all you need is the right supplies. In this case, a litter box is a must: they are easily found at a dog supply shop, just like dog litter.

After you have designated an specific area (outdoors or indoors), you can start potty training your puppy. As soon as you arrive to your house with your puppy take him to the designated potty area, so he gets used to it. Let him stay there for 10 to 15 minutes and then take him away. Afterwards, you can feed him or play with him, but you take him potty an hour later, as puppies have a very small bladder and still aren’t able to “hold it” for more than an hour. As they grow older, they eventually start to develop this ability. It’s very important and as Pug recommendation you need to keep an eye on your puppy when he’s around the house, as certain behaviors can hint you when he wants to go to the bathroom: if he starts sniffing the floor too much, start turning in circles or arching his back, pick him up immediately and take him to his bathroom area. Wait with him until he finishes and when he does, praise him with a “Good boy!” or something similar, but make sure you keep saying the same thing continuously, so he gets used to it and starts relating the positive remark with relieving in that specific place.

Potty training a puppy isn’t as difficult as people make it sound. Outdoors or indoors, it doesn’t matter. All that is needed is patience and continuity, and if you follow our efficient puppy potty training tips you’ll see it can be even easier.