Dog Potty Training and Dog House Training Tips
Dog potty training is a task that is relatively straightforward - the problem is it takes times and lots of patience. Here’s a very handy dog potty training tip that has been a real life saver at times for me in the past - and that is teaching your dog to potty on command.
Imagine the scene - you’re late for work. It’s raining, snowing, or brutally hot (take your pick). You don’t want to wait half an hour for your dog to potty; you want him to go, and go now.
As far as dog potty training goes, teaching your dog to eliminate on command is a way for you to make your life with your dog a little easier to say the least. Potty training dogs in this manner is not necessarily something I would use all the time, but if your dog understands it, it can come in very handy.
Going to the Potty on Command
Before you start training and using this dog potty training technique, decide what command(s) you’re going to use. You can use one command for both, or teach separate commands. “Hurry up,” “Do your business,” and “Get busy” are popular choices, but as always, the words you use aren’t important. Using them consistently is. Plan on taking two to four weeks of consistent reinforcement to teach your dog his new command.
When you’re potty training your dog, take him to his potty area, and be nothing more than an observant post. Don’t talk to him, or your neighbor, or let your dog entice you into taking him for a walk before he potties. The moment you see your dog assume the position, repeat your command several times, calmly and quietly (you don’t want to distract him from his task) “Hurry up, Gooood. Hurry up, Hurry up.”
After he finishes, don’t forget the most important part of your dog potty training routine - to give him praise and a treat, then give him some playtime or take him for a walk. Repeat this dog potty training technique for at least a week every time you take him to his potty area before you test your command. To test it, take him to his potty area and give him his command once. House training a dog in this way will teach your dog when to go, and that there’s a reward waiting for him once he’s completed the task.
If he starts looking for a spot and produces right away, give him praise and a treat like he’s the best dog in the world (well, he is, isn’t he?). If he doesn’t start looking for a spot, just continue as you were for another week before testing again.
Why Not Take a Walk to Potty?
One of my other dog potty training tips is concerned with walking and pottying together. If the object of your walk is for your dog to potty, rather than to exercise and spend quality time with her, then you’ll probably end the walk as soon as she goes. This teaches her to hold it so she can prolong the walk. The longer she can hold it, the longer walk she’ll get.
Let’s say you walk her until you’re tired, whether she’s gone or not, and head for home. By the time you’re back in house, she either has no reason to, or can’t, hold it anymore and does exactly what you were trying to prevent. By making the walk part of the reward for pottying, you can encourage her to potty quickly and in the right place.
As you’ll see, dog potty training is all about getting inside your dogs head, and understanding how she sees things.
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I’ve found good success with taking your dog outside and rewarding it with treats whenever it goes outside. If you dog goes inside the house take him outside and let me know by rewarding him that this is the place to go. It will take time, but it this method has been effective in the past.
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