Puppy Dog Potty Training - Don’t Let Your Puppy Get Used to Making Messes

When it comes to reducing household messes, your young puppy can be easier to house train than a teenager. That’s because a puppy - by nature - can not stand to live in the same area with his messes.

You can use that instinct to house train your puppy with minimal distress for the both of you. A puppy that comes into your home directly from the breeder has many adjustments that you have to consider.

Not only is the puppy in a strange environment, but he has been taken from his mother and siblings. Where there were once lots of little barks and playful activity among other puppies and mama dog, he is now an “only dog” in a home where he must wait for your time and attention.

If your home is filled with children, then the puppy can actually become overwhelmed with attention and not be given enough time to rest. Be mindful that your little puppy has many adjustments to make in becoming part of your home and family and that it will take a little bit of time to adjust to the new surroundings and people.

If you are crate training your young puppy, everyone in the home needs to agree that this job is under the control of one person, you, - or at least kept on a schedule. Otherwise, the whimpering puppy in the crate might be released by a well-meaning child (or another adult) and suddenly, there’s a mess on the floor to be cleaned up.

Worse still is to wake up in the predawn hours of the morning to take the puppy out for a break, only to have to go looking for the puppy. Someone weakened, took the puppy out of his crate and put the puppy in the bed. Unfortunately, the puppy needs to potty and the next pillow is as good as anyplace. Lesson learned - at least the lesson for the owners.

You may have to train the family at the same time you are training the puppy. Explain how the dog’s instinct is to avoid doing potty business where he sleeps and eats. That is why crate training is a kind of aversion therapy - so that the puppy will want to hold it until he’s taken outside for official potty time.

Then make sure that you don’t let your puppy spend time in his own mess inside the crate. If you constantly interrupt the house training routine, your puppy learns that you’re not dependable and he accepts living in mess.

Once that happens, you lose weeks’ worth of effort. So take advantage of the puppy’s instinct for separating his life functions. Who knows - maybe this will rub off on your teenager!

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