Jul
15
Isn’t it cute, that adorable little pooch you just brought home? The way it wags its little tail and jumps up to lick your face. The way it jumps at a toy twice its size. The way it is sniffing your $500 carpet and going around in circles…wait a minute…what does that little mutt thing it’s doing? Welcome to the world of potty training a new puppy.
Does this scenario sound at all familiar? I bet it does. Potty training a new puppy can be extremely frustrating. But you see, it doesn’t have to be. With the right attitude and puppy potty training tips, potty training a new puppy can be a walk in the park.
At the age of 8 I had the questionable pleasure of experiencing what potty training a new puppy should not be like. Every time my dad rubbed the poor puppy’s nose in the pee, I cringed and teared up. It felt so wrong and counterproductive, but I was only 8 and wrongfully assumed my dad knew what he was doing. From then on, every time we came home, our dog had that scared “guilty” look. Of course my dad only noticed that look when our dog had had a little accident and assumed that was why she was looking “guilty”.
Wrong of course. She was just plain scared.
I do not want you to make the same mistake.Potty training a new puppy is not about punishing and scaring your little pooch. The following puppy potty training tips should make things easier on both of you. The most important of the puppy potty training tips is to use positive reinforcement. Ignore bad behaviour, praise good behaviour.
Be consistent and set a schedule. Your puppy has very little bladder control so needs to go potty a lot (about every 4 hours). Thoroughly clean up indoor accidents to avoid confusing your puppy.
Watch your puppy like a hawk for any signs that it has to eliminate like sniffing the ground and walking round in circles.
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Follow these puppy potty training tips and
potty training a new puppy will not be hell. Moreover, it will strengthen the bond you have with your puppy.
Are these tips not enough to convince your little fur ball the living room is not an indoor dog toilet? Click on the link for more quick and easy puppy potty training tips.
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