Ten Tips to Teach Your Dog to Urinate Outdoors

Does your dog urinate when visitors are present? Is your dog only housebroken when you are around? This is something you want to change fast, before it turns into a housebreaking problem! First, and most important: your dog needs to understand that urinating inside the house is Not Acceptable. Try to act with patience when you see this behavior. Don't punish him or shout at your dog, or he may be traumatized. The result will be that your dog will be frightened every time he needs to relieve himself in your presence. You need to train your dog to urinate outside the house.

Below are a few tips for this type of dog training.

1. If you catch him in the act indoors, interrupt your dog by saying, "No!" Speak firmly, but don't shout.

2. Take your dog out for a walk, and let him walk for five minutes or so.

3. When he squats to defecate, say "Go Poop!" in the voice you normally use for commands.

4. If he doesn't do so, put him in a cage. Walk him again after 20 minutes.

5. When he does follow your orders, make much of your dog. Pat him, show your appreciation, and give him a reward.

Catching him in the act is really the only way you can train him for this. If you fail to catch him, it's too late to say "No!"

When you take your dog for a walk, remember that you are required by law to clean up his feces. Carry a small plastic bag and a "pooper scooper". It doesn't hurt to take a spray bottle of water and some wipes as well, in case he urinates in an inappropriate place. If you do not clean up after him immediately, whether indoors or on the road, your dog will think it's acceptable to make a mess in these areas. Always alert the dog by saying, "No!" and cleaning up the mess right away.

Here are more steps you can take to house training a dog.

1. Buy a dog repellent to keep your dog away from furniture, carpets, etc. B'Have" is a spray repellent, while "Boundary" is a shaker can of granules. Their odors are not unpleasant to humans, but offensive to dogs.

2. Stray animals are attracted to places where other animals have urinated or defecated. Use one of the repellents above to mask residual odors. This discourages stray dogs from urinating in that area.

3. Your might want to train your dog to relieve himself on command. Choose a command word like "Pee!" or "Poop!" -- short and crisp. As soon as he starts passing urine, say the word repeatedly. Then praise him when he's done. Do this every time your dog begins to relieve himself. In a few weeks, you'll find that the dog has formed the habit of urinating when he hears your command.

4. Don't forget to reward your dog when he eliminates on command. You can carry a bag of dog treats on your walks so you don't miss the "magic reward moment."

5. If your dog doesn't relieve himself within five minutes of your command, put him in the cage for about 30 minutes, and then try again.

The key to training your dog to urinate and defecate appropriately is patience. Never shout or punish the dog if he doesn't obey your commands. Make sure any outdoor furniture is placed away from the grass. This will make it less attractive to your dog.

If you follow these housebreaking hints and tips, your dog's elimination habits will be "up to scratch"!

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Dog Potty Training: Can I Get My Dog to Stop Eating It?

Okay, so it’s not the cleanest or most appealing of dog behaviors, but it is a serious problem with most dog owners – how do I start dog potty training so that my dog stops eating poop?!

Well, there are no guarantees here, unfortunately. However, this article will detail some ideas you can try, so that your dog stops this disgusting habit.

Avoid ‘It’

One of the best dog potty training methods is avoidance. Don’t let your dog see anything he shouldn’t be eating, and he won’t. However, this is almost impossible when talking him for a walk, or really anywhere outside for that matter. For starters, at least make sure you are cleaning up after your own dog before he can get into it, and avoid places that you know are more ‘infested’ than others.

Keep Careful Guard

Make sure to go outside with your dog each time he needs to take a potty break. Then, you can watch him to make sure if he’s decided to get into the nasty stuff. If he does, use one of the obedience commands you’ve taught him, and reward him for listening. For instance, if he’s going for the doody, tell him to “Sit!”, and reward him immediately. Then you can guide him back into the house and avoid the situation altogether. A word to the wise here, though – try and frame what you want to say to your dog in positive terms, so he knows what’s expected of him. Just saying, “No!” doesn’t tell him what to do, it just tells him that he shouldn’t be doing it.

Use a Leash

In addition to the tip above, use a leash to reinforce this dog potty training method when taking your dog for a walk.

Make It Inedible

There are a wide variety of ways to do this, although they can be very frustrating, since every piece of something that your dog shouldn’t eat needs to be covered with it. However, if no other dog potty training methods work, try placing some bitter orange, super hot sauce or Tabasco on every ‘piece’ to deter consumption.

Supplement

Your veterinarian may have something they can provide you with that you add to your dog’s every meal to stop him from eating what he shouldn’t. One product is called “For-Bid”, although some people use meat tenderizer instead (just mix a little bit in before every feeding).

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How to Potty Train a Puppy

First off, before you potty train a puppy you need to know that puppies are like little children and usually have a 15 second attention span. This being said, you also don't potty training sessions to last longer than 10 minutes.

Here are some additional tips and information you should know before you learn how to potty train a puppy. This information will help you out a lot when you begin your puppy potty training sessions.

1. Find a good odor neutralizer to permanently remove the odor of your dog's potty mistakes from your house. Dogs have a very good sense of smell and you will notice very quickly that a dog will usually go back to the same spot to go to the bathroom. If you can remove the odor of your dog's potty mistakes then your puppy will not think of that spot as being the new bathroom.

2. Don't leave your puppy unsupervised inside. Puppies can get into really small places like underneath chairs, couches, tables, etc. Keeping an eye on your puppy will ensure they don't go to the bathroom in any hidden places and it will also let you know when they need to go outside.

3. Notice your puppy's potty signs. Your puppy will usually scratch the floor, start smelling the floor intently, start walking weird, or begin to sit down a lot when they need to go to the bathroom. Whenever you see these signs take your dog out immediately and if they go to the bathroom outside praise them for it and give them a treat.

4. Keep an eye on the time your dog is inside. Small puppies can only hold it for 30 minutes. So if the time is approaching 30 minutes you will need to start watching them to see if they need to go to the bathroom. A general rule is puppies 2 months or less can go 30 minutes without needing to go to the bathroom then every month after 2 months the puppies can hold it an additional hour. When the puppy is done playing put them back into their crate or pin.

These are just a few of the many tricks I've learned over several years of training dogs and helping people with their puppy obedience problems. Hopefully these tips will help get you on your way so you can learn exactly how to potty train a puppy as quickly and effortlessly as possible.

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Dog Potty Training In 4 Steps

An adorable puppy can turn into a nightmare quickly as they create messes all over your home. It's at this time that you need to start dog potty training. While it is far from a pleasant experience, it is necessary. In this article, I will show you a quick and effective way for potty training your puppy.

First thing you do is to set fixed times for the dog to go to the bathroom. Usually these times will be when the dog wakes up, after the dog eats and before going to sleep at night. In any case, make sure you consistently take your dog outside to go to the bathroom at fixed times. This means that feeding them at fixed times is going to be required.

Second, create an association for the dog to realize that it is time to go to the bathroom. For example, you can use a certain hand signal each time before you take the dog out, or you can use a verbal command.

The third step in the potty training process is to make sure to consistently take them to the same spot to go to the bathroom. What you're doing is conditioning them to go to the bathroom by taking them to the same spot to go to the bathroom every time. Just like any other type of dog training, potty training requires commands. When you tell a dog to sit, it sits if you have trained it properly. If you give them a command to go the bathroom they will know that it is okay. So once you take them outside, give them a command to go the bathroom.

Finally, give them positive reinforcement after they have done the necessary. Let them know what a good dog they are and how you are proud of them. You can even give them a treat the first few times they do it correctly so that they get the point.

Dog potty training isn't a very hard concept to understand. However, the most important thing is to be disciplined to be consistent with your efforts. This means consistently taken them out the same time, to the same spot, with the same command and always positively reinforcing good behavior.

If you can do this, then potty training will be as painless and easy as possible for you.

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