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One of the best ways to train your pup is by the crate training method.

This means that you will use a small wire crate or plastic pet taxi to confine your puppy whenever you’re not able to watch him for a short period of time. 

By nature, pups wont want to do potty where they sleep or eat.  They want to keep their den clean. By using the crate, the puppy's instinct will be working for you, and he will be pottying when and where you want him to.  
It is very helpful to have an exercise pen for the house, and one for the yard.  The exercise pen inside the house is puppy's safe haven when you are not at home.  Place the other exercise pen in the spot you wish your dog to use as a permanent potty spot, both as a puppy and adult.  Put your puppy in the exercise pen when it is time for him to potty, and step back a few steps (or watch him through the door or window).  This will help your puppy get down to the business of pottying more quickly than if he was on a leash, or running loose. 

The crate on the left is a good example of a crate for training your pup.

The exercise pen is great to have in the house so the pup can wander alittle and still have his crate for his own personal den.

Each time the puppy goes in the right spot, he is being trained to relieve himself there.  Consistent training will bring consistent results.  

Learn to predict when he will need to relieve himself.  The critical times to watch are :

As soon as he gets up in the morning

as soon as he finishes a meal

after a play session

as soon as you take him out of his crate

 

The puppy will need to be taken out to go potty every 45 min. to an hour. If you are training the pup for outside --take the puppy through the same door to the same spot in the yard each time. If you wish to litter, paper or potty pad train your puppy, take him to his litter, paper or potty pad every hour. 

When letting your pup roam inside the house, keep a close eye on him or her.    By watching closely, you will soon learn your puppy's body language. He will start to circle and sniff and look for a place to potty when he has to go and when you are watching him, you can quickly take him to his potty spot. 

 

When you will be gone longer than the puppy can hold it:

Place and keep your puppy in an exercise pen.

Put the puppy's pet crate inside the exercise pen with the door open, or off.

Cover the floor inside the exercise pen with newspapers and leave water and food available

 for your puppy.

 

To those that work 8 hours a day. You just can't leave a pup in a crate for that many hours.  If you do it will soil its crate and become what's called a dirty dog, which is a dog that has lost its natural instinct to be clean in it's sleeping area.  This type of pup may never be able to be housebroken.

 The use of an exercise pen & crate that it can go out of to soil will solve the problem.  You can use a bathroom, partition off a kitchen or laundry room if you have no other choice. Lay newspaper down in the entire area of the space for the puppy.  Always leave the crate open so the pup can leave the crate to potty.  This will help the pup to learn only to soil outside of its crate.

  He will get accustomed to pottying on the newspaper when you are gone (he has no other choice  as the whole area will be covered), and will become paper trained during the times you are not at home. 

After a couple weeks, gradually reduce the amount of the pen that is covered with newspaper.  The puppy will be used to pottying on the paper, and will continue to potty on the newspaper, even when you reduce the amount of the pen that is covered to only one or two sheets of paper.

When you are home, continue with the routine of crating your puppy, and taking him out to potty every hour.

For really good training information  Visit All about Dogs  

 

 

 

 

 

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