Many people love dogs especially puppies. Some even provide rooms and dresses their puppies and treat them like a part of the family, But if you want to live with a puppy inside the house, housebreaking your puppy is the very first thing that you should do.

Housebreaking a Puppy

Proper Elimination

Always remember that puppies cannot control their bowel habits until they are around 12 weeks old. You should teach them to eliminate properly outside the house. Observe your puppy. If you saw signs of him like circling, pacing and sniffing on the floor, that only means one thing: it’s time for him to do his business. Take him immediately outside the house. Always bring him to the same place where he did his business so that he will be trained to go there whenever he eliminates. Teach him to learn a command from you by using a phrase associated with his actions like “No”, “Outside”, that you will consistently use for him to understand.

Crating Puppies

Another way to house train your puppy is to put him in a crate that’s just big enough for him to sleep in. The puppy’s crate will be his room where he can have his privacy. Just like humans, puppies have this natural instinct in them to keep the place where they eat, sleep and play clean. Putting the puppy in a crate teaches him to hold his bladder for a longer time than expected. A crate also provides the advantage to prevent accidents when you cannot supervise the puppy. It also stops our puppies from chewing toys and destroying things in our houses, thus, making the housebreak training easier and our houses mess free.

Verbal Cue

When housebreaking your own puppy, the commands that you will use should be consistent. This is to prevent confusion of your puppy.

Supervision

Keep an eye on the puppy if you don’t want any accident in your house. This method requires most of your time but also gives you the opportunity to monitor if your housebreaking has any positive results.

Accidents

If you caught him in the core of an accident, never hit him or push his nose on the mess. Doing it might just teach him to fear and avoid you. Say “No” and bring him immediately outside. Praise him and give a reward after letting him finish his business outside. If you found an accident inside the house but did not catch him, don’t punish him. He will not have any idea of your scolding. Just clean up the mess and forget about it.

                                                       Feeding Schedule

The feeding schedule affects the housebreaking of the puppy. If you feed the puppy consistently on the same schedule, he is more likely to eliminate on the same schedule as well, which makes the housebreaking easier for both of you.

Final Analysis

Many people don’t know how to housebreak their puppy the right way. They often resort to punishments and scolding their puppies. Puppies are young and do not have any idea of their actions. If he does mistakes, try to understand him and have more patience. It’s the best thing that you can do to get and have the best result that you want. Housebreaking puppies may be a difficult task but if you do it in the right way you’ll be glad that you completed.

Having problems with your puppy’s manners? The answer is housebreaking him! It may be difficult from the start and may take time but once you are done, that will be an achievement not only for you but also for your pet.

How to Housebreak Puppies

The first thing to consider about housebreaking your puppy is to teach him where to eliminate properly. It is a very common problem that every owner experiences with his puppy. Now, what are the ways that you can do to teach him the proper elimination procedure? First of all, let him know the right place where to eliminate. If you catch him doing it wrong, punishing him will do no good. He’s too young and does not know and understand what he is doing. Encouraging the puppy to eliminate outside will be best started by putting him in a small enough crate for him to fit where he will not be able to eliminate and sleep contentedly if he eliminates on the other side of it. If he feels the urge for elimination, carry him with your arms and take him outside. Never let him walk by himself to your door or he might eliminate even before he manages to get outside. Put him down in a place where you think he will choose to eliminate. Never engage him to play with you for he may get distracted and fail finish what he is doing. Wait patiently for him and praise him after he’s done with his business. Then, you two can play outside the house or take him inside. If you are going to take him indoors, stay in a room with him but let him stay there by closing the door or putting something like baby gates that will block his way from roaming around the house. Supervise him very well and, engage him in an interaction with you. Allow him to lighten up and chew toys. After about 20 to 50 minutes, return him to his crate for a nap. His meal should be given to him inside his crate. When he’s finished with his food, that should be taken away from the crate and the puppy should be taken outside again. Majority of the puppies needed to eliminate 20 to 40 minutes right after they finished eating. Do not take him inside until he’s done with his business. Do your supervision on him and praise him again after he’s done with his duty. Depending on your puppy’s age, he can be left in the crate for 2 to 4 hours when he is indoors. Housebreakingyour puppy is a must-do if you’re planning to house train it.

Final Thoughts

Housebreaking puppies may be a difficult task from the start. Puppies are very young and don’t know what they are doing. There might be the risk that your puppy may not easily learn your training and develop bad habits instead. You may need to invest a lot of patience and time in housebreaking your puppy but once it is done, all sacrifices will paid off as you see your puppy develop himself to be a good and well trained pet.