Puppy Potty Training Tips
Here’s some puppy potty training tips. Have you got a puppy that needs potty training? Well I got one and I made a huge mistake straight away. As a result my carpet cleaner (who, luckily is a friend) was been busy
I made the huge assumption that my dog would naturally be potty trained. Looking back, I cannot believe that I expected them to be housetrained. I had this daft idea that he would know he could not pee on the carpet! It turns out that puppy potty training problems rank right up there in the world of dog training. Anyway, I decided that I desperately needed some puppy potty training tips. That’s when the fun stated. You see there are so many experts out there (who all want to be paid large amounts of money) who all have different “techniques”.
These methods of potty training puppies varied from the brutal “punishment” to the new age mystic zen approach (honestly). If I ever get time I’ll make a list of some of the barmy methods around. Anyway, somewhere in the middle there were more practical approaches.
These include… Start it as early as possible (not 3.00 am. I mean as early in your pups life as possible).
Puppy Potty Training Tips – The Misty Method.
One method suggested was the Misty method of puppy potty training (what on earth is that I here you ask?).The Misty Method is one that begins with the breeder, teaching puppies the difference between an eating area, potty area, and sleeping area. By enforcing this at such an early age, they will always define the three spaces as separate, allowing you, once you pick up your new puppy from the breeder, to show them the three defined spaces in your home.
At about 3 weeks, its time to take the confined space the puppies are living in, and break it down into three areas, eating, sleeping, and potty. By separating, they start to realize their food is always in the eating area, allowing them to eat with out jumping in their poop. Their sleeping area is where you place the cozy towel or blanket they like to snuggle up on. They begin to realize they play and sleep away from the other two areas. The potty area you want to put on the far end away from the sleeping area.
This allows the puppies to realize potty is separate from all other areas of their life. Although the Misty Method is most used by breeders of mastiffs, it can be used by any breeders as the concept works with all puppies. The great part about having a breeder that uses this method of separating their three sections, is the easy transition the new owners have once they bring the puppies home. The thinking is that if puppies are raised in a cage with no separation of areas, they are raised to believe they can go potty anywhere with in their living quarters they want. This gives the new owner bad habits to break, and a longer puppy potty training cycle.
Housebreaking a puppy – what time length is involved?
A puppy with proper habits instilled early on can take only 2 weeks to train once being introduced to your home environment where a puppy with bad habits can take up to 6 weeks to break and retrain. With a few simple steps, patience, and plenty of love, you can have your puppy potty training a success in no time. It makes sense when buying a puppy from a breeder, to ask them how they are raised and which puppy potty training methods, if any they used so you know what to expect when bringing home your new family member. In my case I never gave the toilet training of puppies a thought (hence the frequent carpet cleaning)! I hope these puppy potty training tips have been useful.