Dog House Training Tips - How to Get it Going

One of the biggest challenges dog owners face is housetraining dogs.  It’s one of the most important things you need to do as a pet owner.  The best way to help you succeed with housetraining is to utilize the dog’s own nature in the process.

Dogs are rather clean animals, and would rather not soil their own sleeping or eating areas.  They are creatures of habit, and like to know where they can and cannot relieve themselves.  If a dog is taught to eliminate its waste on concrete, it’ll look for that type of surface on which to do so.  If a dog is taught to eliminate itself on grass or dirt, it’ll look for those types of surfaces.

Your very first step is in house training your dog or puppy is to find a small, confined area.  A bathroom, kitchen, or garage could work for this.  Remember---crate training works well for small dogs and puppies, but is too small and confining for larger dogs.

You should spend time with his aspect of your dog’s training.  You need to play with him or her in the designated area, and this will also be where the dog is taught to eat and sleep.  Set up a special bed.  This can be something at you make up with objects around the house, or you can go and purchase a bed. 

Don’t worry if your dog tries to use the potty in this area at first.  Once he figures out that this is the place in which they must sleep and eat, they’ll stop eliminating there, and your dog housebreaking training will go much more smoothly.   You can move the bed around the house while you’re at home with the dog.  However, if you have to go somewhere, keep it in its main spot.

Set up the toilet training area

Now you must determine where the potty training area is going to be located.  It’ll probably be outside the house.  Wherever it is, it needs to be a place in which a dog can visit whenever he needs to go potty.  You must go there with your dog so that you can reward him for his good behavior.

Establish a feeding schedule for your doggie.  This will also help in housebreaking your dog.  If your dog is in the habit of being fed at certain times, then the natural process of elimination will also occur.  Pay attention to how long it takes your doggie to relieve himself after eating, and act accordingly with the training.

Always make sure that your dog has easy access to the toilet area, so that mistakes will be less likely to occur. 

Continuing with the training process

Once your doggie is in the habit of eliminating himself in the appropriate areas and not the sleeping or eating areas, you can extend the training to other rooms in the house. Do this very slowly; start by expanding to one extra room at a time.  Don’t expand into new areas until you are certain that your dog has control of his bladder and bowels.  At first, this must only be done when you’re around.  If you have to leave, then put your dog back in the original housetraining dogs area.

Speeding the process up

If you must move the process along quickly, you can try to do so.  Remember that you must proceed with caution, however.  It’s better to speed things up gradually than to have to try to retain the dog later.  If you’re going to try to speed things up, you’ll need to always be there in order to reward your doggie for being successful.  It’s equally important to never punish for mistakes or accidents, or that’ll only cause confusion in a dog housetraining program.

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By Danny Taylor