The first step in dog training is to potty train your dog or puppy. For a new, grown dog the process has to start from day one, to make sure that the dog never soils your house.

Your care and patience can go a long way as it could take the puppy weeks to develop the right habits. Preferably this should be done when the animal is a young pup (6 to 8 weeks old).

Puppy’s have a certain behavior when they want to use the bathroom, it is important to pay attention to this behavior. Recognizing this behavior will let you know when to command them and eventually reward them when it is doing what you want it to do.

The ultimate goal to attain in potty training a puppy is to train the dog to use the bathroom when and where you want it to. Right before a puppy is about to urinate or excrete, it will usually circle a certain spot and squat. When your dog does this, physically remove the dog, take it outside, and command it. Eventually this ritual will register in the puppy’s head and it will signal when it needs to go out.

Puppies can’t ‘hold it’ for very long and need to be taken outside often. If you are not able to take the puppy outside, do not get angry, it will only confuse the dog and prolong the potty training process.

During this period the same commands should be given when its potty time. Habits should start to develop and the animal should become more responsive to the commands. Doing this every few hours may be a good idea.

If your puppy uses the bathroom outside when you instruct it to, you should start using your command to test if it is working. When you start associating behavior with a command, the dog will start understanding the command. When it responds correctly to the command, it should be rewarded.

Some people use paper or a crate to house train their puppy. However, this is not the best idea because it potentially eliminates the need to go outside. Furthermore, it is not the best idea for cleanliness or the dog’s health. And once the dog starts using the bathroom in the same spot, it is hard to break the habit.

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