A pet requires attention, care for it and a certain upbringing. If it comes to the dog, then before starting it, it is worth weighing all the pros and cons, because the task remains to be solved is not simple. Bringing the animal into the house, it is necessary to be aware that the pet needs to be taught the rules of behavior indoors and out, accustomed to the schedule of feeding, sleeping and walking, in addition, the toilet, which is transferred from the apartment to the street by training, will be an important issue.
Suitable age
A puppy can get into the house at different ages, but the sooner this happens, the faster the animal will adapt to the new environment and its owner. Those dogs that were taken from a shelter or lived in another family have a harder time going through the adaptation period, but with the right approach, it also ends successfully. Puppies have a small size not only of the body, but also of the internal organs, therefore it is very difficult for them to stand for a long time without a toilet, and there is no conscious perception of the wrong action.
Until the age of 4 months, the dogs are too small to require patience and going to the toilet only on the street., therefore, the owner must consider a strategy for behavior during this period of time. In order for the training to proceed correctly, it is important to start it from the first day, when the puppy appeared in the house. Step by step, certain rules are instilled into the pet, which, with constant repetition, are assimilated and executed later without any problems.
Going to the toilet indoors is an integral part of the life of a little pet.However, even this step must be controlled. Until the dog grows up and begins to understand what they want from her, and can endure a walk, the dog must clearly master the system of emptying his body.
The house must have a place for a toilet - either a rag, or newspapers, or a tray with earth. The puppy needs to be trained to walk only there and scold if the procedure is performed out of place.
In order to develop a certain algorithm of the dog’s actions, it is worth sticking to this order.
- Feed your pet on schedule. At the same time, make a diet, including vegetable products, which increase intestinal motility and help to go to the toilet faster and easier.
- To prevent going to the toilet in the wrong place, you need to monitor the dog after eating and immediately respond to specific pet actions.
- When the puppy has reached 4-5 months of age, you need to walk with him in the morning, after feeding. Fresh air and active leisure should end with going to the toilet, after which you can return home. If the pet copes with the task, it must be praised.
- It is best to walk along the same route, developing stable habits in the dog, including bowel movements.
A little puppy will not be able to behave like an adult dog - this is due to biological characteristics and inability to recognize all the requirements that may be imposed on him. Up to 4 months, it is worth teaching the pet to empty itself in a particular place, and then working on developing patience and a toilet outside the apartment.
Step-by-step instruction
A good owner must know exactly all the nuances of raising and caring for a dog. When a small puppy appears in the house, he needs to be given all the necessary vaccinations, so that walking in the open air and contact with the outside world are safe for him. All medical procedures should be completed by about 2.6 months, after which you can make the first outings on the street. In a private house it can be an exit to the courtyard and acquaintance with everything that is there, and then a walk outside it.
All dogs are biologically arranged in the same way, which means that the reaction to certain things is as close as possible. To determine if a puppy wants to use the toilet, you just need to carefully watch it. The main signals will be:
- slowing down, stopping at some place, taking a strange and atypical pose for a while;
- pet’s whimpering, mournful gaze, going to the far corner of the room
- fussy behavior, sniffing to the environment;
- soft howls, requesting that the dog be released into the street.
If at least one of these signs has been noticed, you need to quickly go out with the dog to the street so that he can relieve the need outdoors. If you manage to respond to the requests and signals of the dog on time and systematically, then very soon the animal will understand that the body should be emptied only on the street. To make it easier to get to the toilet, you need to walk the dog after each feeding.
Training will take some time, and you can’t do without incidents, what you need to be prepared for. The puppy should lucidly explain what kind of behavior is inappropriate, and scold for non-compliance. Before you train a dog to go to the toilet on the street, you need to do some preparatory activities.
The first step is to determine the place where the little pet will relieve itself. If the toilet is in one place, the animal will not spoil the floor or furniture when urinating, which will already be a significant step towards proper education.
A home toilet may consist of old rags, newspapers, or a tray of dirt. The latter option is considered the most successful, since it imitates the environment that will become the main one for the pet in the future. If you use rags, the dog can confuse them with the material of sofas and chairs and empty on furniture.
For the first weeks, it is advisable to use a moisture-absorbing diaper, which will absorb urine well, will not exude an unpleasant odor. She also allows the puppy to quickly find the place where he was empty and repeat the procedure in the same place.
To teach your pet to use the toilet on the street, the easiest step is to walking and stimulating emptying. This option allows you to relatively quickly rebuild and cope with the need outdoors.
If it is not possible to devote the puppy all his time throughout the day, then weaning can be graduated from the diaper. When taking a pet out to the street, it is worth taking a diaper with you, on which the dog was previously emptied, and asking him to repeat the same procedure. The more often this task is repeated, the faster the animal will realize what they want from him.
It should be understood that it is impossible to demand emptying from a pet outside the house if it does not withstand the time from walk to walk. Aggressive behavior and screaming will not help to raise a dog, here you need a strict tone and angry intonation. As soon as the dog suffers the right period of time and asks himself outside, the process of training and training in the toilet can be considered completed.
A step-by-step instruction on this issue will look like this:
- arrange a place for a toilet in the room;
- to train the dog to empty in a given place;
- establish a power system and walks;
- stimulate emptying on a walk;
- praise for fulfilling the requirement, scolding for going to the toilet in the house;
- Do not use aggression and physical violence.
If these principles are systematically followed, then the puppy, growing up, will quickly get used to going to the toilet on the street and will delight her owner with obedient behavior.
For puppies
A small pet who is not yet accustomed to the manners and behavior of an adult should gradually learn the basics of training. An important point that most worries the owner is going to the toilet. To help your pet quickly figure out exactly where to empty, is for the first time significantly limit its space. To fence a small area, leaving room for a stove bench, toilet and a little free space.
Having woken up, the puppy will not be emptied to the place of his sleep, it will also be uncomfortable on the floor. But the moisture-absorbing diaper or specially laid rags will suit his taste. When the skill is fixed, you can gradually expand the boundaries of free space, and then completely remove the fence.
If it is not possible to make a mini-aviary, then in the first weeks it will be necessary to lay out several makeshift toilets in the apartment or house in order to minimize emptying on the floor or other unwanted surfaces. As soon as the puppy understands exactly where to go to the toilet, it is necessary gradually reduce the number of toilets, leaving as a result one that is most popular with the pet.
If the puppy stubbornly does not want to empty himself in the diaper, you need to notice the moments when he is going to go to the toilet and quickly carry him to his place. After a successful procedure, it is important to praise the pet, and in case of violation of the task - to scold. With systematic training, the puppy will very soon understand what is required of him. Once the stage of toilet training in the house is completed, you can move on and master a new peak, going out into the street.
For adult dogs
In the event that the desire to have a dog at home is very strong, and there is no time to walk it, you need to equip a permanent toilet for the pet right in the house. Learning a puppy is faster because it does not yet have any established rules of behavior in such situations. In the case of an adult dog, you will have to sweat in order to teach her to walk to a clearly defined place, observing cleanliness in the house.
To speed up this process, you can use the following recommendations.
- In the process of training, it is important to constantly monitor the pet and follow the first signs of a desire to empty.
- Establish a diet so that the body works like a clock.
- To make the pet comfortable going to the toilet, it is important to buy a convenient and high-quality tray for him. Filling in it can be different, it is worth considering the wishes of the pet and stick to them.
- Leaving the house, you need to leave the dog in the room where her toilet is.
- An dog not accustomed to the tray can give quite clear signals about what he wants to use the toilet, after which it is important to bring him to the tray and give a command that should become permanent.
- If the dog does not understand what to do in the tray, you can put paper or a rag soaked in her urine into it, which will tell the pet the procedure.
- For a successful team it is important to praise the dog and treat him with something tasty.
Training an adult dog to go to the toilet will be much longer, but not useless. As soon as the process with the tray can be set up, this stage can be considered completed. If it becomes possible to walk with the pet on the street, then it is necessary to gradually withdraw it, following the same rules as in the case of training puppies.
A stable schedule of food and walks, stimulation of the necessary actions and approval of the result will quickly do their job, and even an adult dog will master the tasks assigned to him, it just takes more time.
What can not be done?
In order for the toilet training process to proceed as quickly as possible, and the result is fixed in the dog in the form of the right actions, you need to know not only the sequence of actions, but also what the owner should never do.
In dog training you can not:
- use physical violence, as this does not facilitate learning, and may cause psychological trauma to the puppy;
- to be lazy and work through the sleeves with the dog. If it was decided to have a pet, then you need to devote all yourself to this matter, otherwise nothing will work out;
- scolding a puppy for what was done some time ago, all actions should be interpreted immediately. The pet is not able to understand why they criticize him if a lot of time has passed since the emptying in an unidentified place;
- scolding a pet for coping out of place if he is sick, very afraid or too happy;
- poking a puppy with his nose in urine or feces - this does not help him understand the infidelity of his action;
- throwing a dog training halfway - in a similar way, the result definitely will not work.
Knowing the training methodology and without making a mistake, you can successfully teach a puppy or adult pet to the toilet.
What if there is no result?
Each dog is individual, and you should not achieve results only by one method. For one pet, a certain technique may work, for another it will be necessary to choose a different one. The result will always be if the owner is diligent, takes responsibility for his business and works with the dog daily from morning to evening.
Inexperienced dog breeders can make mistakes that they themselves are not aware of. To rectify the situation, it is worth enriching your knowledge, reading literature, watching relevant master classes, and talking with more experienced colleagues. If these actions did not help, then you need to contact to qualified dog handlers, which will help in learning, but at the same time increase the level of knowledge and skills of the owner himself, which will be much easier to work in the future.
The success of working with dogs lies in the systematic nature of the actions taken, understanding the desires of your pet and the ability to achieve the desired results. If you can’t get the result, it means that some stage in achieving the goal is not performed properly, and only after fixing the problem can you count on success.
Useful Tips
To accustom a dog to going to the toilet on the street, you can use the recommendations of experienced dog breeders.
- The first walks should be in a quiet and peaceful environment so that nothing prevents the dog from frolicing and emptying.
- To consolidate the habit, it is important to drive the puppy along the same routes and ask to go to the toilet in the same places. The smell of urine instinctively causes the animal to repeat the procedure in the same place.
- After the first trips to the street in order to go to the toilet, you do not need to remove the diaper from the house - for some time the puppy will be emptied in both places.
- If the dog is very emotional and can be described with joy, then you need to teach his team to “sit” in order to calm the pet and minimize its active actions, which lead to urinary incontinence.
- If the puppy is violently happy with the upcoming walk, leash or dressing owner, you need to prepare to go out into the street quietly, preferably so that the dog does not see this.
- The first time you need to take a notebook with you is to write down what time the walk was, when the dog was empty. Stability and schedule will speed up the training process.
- A positive attitude to the success of the pet, praise, approval and treats from the owner are the most important for the dog, so do not forget to celebrate the success of your four-legged friend.
Having a dog at home requires a lot of patience and a lot of free time to care for and raise a pet.
Those who start dogs without preparation doom themselves to torment with a naughty dog, which they subsequently refuse. A true dog breeder should love his pet, devote himself entirely to him, teach all the necessary commands and protect him from dangerous situations. A good pet is the result of the long and serious work of its owner.
Below, watch a video on how to teach a puppy to use the toilet on the street.