how do you house train a dog?

Answer 1

When it's first a puppy just take it out every 20-30 minutes while you have it out in your house. If you aren't going to watch it 100% of the time, put it in a crate. Dogs won't want to mess in their "houses" so then right when you are ready to get the puppy out, take it right back outside. Really praise when it does the right thing!! I also usually hang a bell on my doors and every time I go to take the dog outside I use their paw to show them how to ring the bell. This way they start to associate going outside with ringing the bell and then when they figure out that they are supposed to go outside to do their buisness they will ring the bell!! The best way to house train a dog, is to never, or at least try not to let it do it in the house!! Don't give it the chance, most catch on pretty quick!!

Answer 2

What To Expect When House Training
Unless you can monitor your puppy 24 hours a day, don't expect the house training process to be completed until your puppy is at least 6 months old. It's normal for a young puppy to be a little 'input-output' machine. Since puppies are growing and developing rapidly at this stage, they eat more food, burn up more energy and seem to need to eliminate constantly! They also have not yet developed bowel and bladder control, so they can't 'hold it' as long as adult dogs.



House Training When You Are NOT Home
Confine your puppy to a small, 'puppy-proofed' room and paper the entire floor. Put his bed, toys and food/water bowls there. At first there will be no rhyme or reason to where your pup eliminates. He will go every where and any where. He will also probably play with the papers, chew on them, and drag them around his little den. Most puppies do this and you just have to live with it. Don't get upset; just accept it as life with a young puppy. The important thing is that when you get home, clean up the mess and lay down fresh papers.

Answer 3

When you are not home get a crate and crate train. When you are at home get puppy pads. Put one by the front door. By doing this, when the dogs gets ready to go on the pad you will see, and you can take it out. After the dog gets use to going to the door, take the pad away. This way it will automatically go to the door to go out. Always reward the dog with a treat when it goes pee or poop outside. When the pup makes a mess, take it to the mess, show it what it did,and them clean up the mess and take it outside with you, place it on the ground, and then put the dog beside the mess, so it sees that is where it needs to go.

Answer 4

Take the dog out often to a designated place to relieve itself. Eventually you will begin to have an idea of how often the dog is actually needing this and you can make adjustments accordingly. observe the dog and look for cues from the dog indicating a desire to relieve itself and take it outside to the designated area immediately. Soon the dog will begin to let you know. If you catch it in the act of going in your house, don't punish it, just take it outside. I trained my dog in 2 days using this method. She had a couple of mishaps, but it was mostly because I failed to notice the obvious.

Answer 5

Best way is consistant training. I start mine early. Taking the puppy for walks every hour on the hour, as they get a little older, every two hours and so on. I try and feed the puppy and then immediately afterwards take it for a walk. As the puppy makes outside, I give lots of praise and while its actually going I will say GENTLY "GO POTTY" or "GOOD POTTY". Eventually, the pup gets the idea, it does take time. And then once they start getting the idea, I start training them at the door, I make them sit before we leave to go outside and speak, and as soon as they do, I open the door and we immediately go out for a walk. This way, when they have to go, they eventually get the idea to go stand at the door and bark. But mostly I walk them on pretty consistant schedules. They do very well that way. Good luck with potty training your puppy!

Answer 6

If you are not with or watching your dog, it NEEDS to stay in a confined place such as a crate or a blocked off corner of a room. It will not "go potty" where it sleeps. As soon as you take him/her out of that area, put them outside. The first time they "potty" on a spot, mark it, then everytime you repeat this, take them to that SAME spot. This will teach them that this is right. Also, praise them everytime its done perfectly. Your dog will be trained in no time.

Answer 7

You train a dog in the back yard if you dont have a back yard do it out side