How to potty train a dog: the best tips
The best tips for learning to go to the bathroom.
It really is quite simple to potty train your dog using a mix of simple techniques based on one simple fact.
- Your dog does not want to urinate or relieve himself in your house, bed, carpet or in his crate.
What to do if your dog urinates on the bed.
- The reason any dog urinates on your bed is because it is scent marking. If your dog or puppy is feeling particularly vulnerable and your bed smells a lot like you, your dog will try to add his scent to your scent to give him more confidence.
So how do you stop this?
- If your dog is urinating on your bed, you need to start crate training all over again (from the beginning).
- First of all, you need to start washing his bedding a little more often (just at first) to get your dog out of the habit.
- You could buy a dog gate.
- Address any social or behavioral issues that may be apparent.
- If you have two young dogs, they may be competing with each other.
My dog pees in his cage, what do I do?
- First, make sure that your dog is not crated for longer than is reasonable.
- Your dog doesn’t want to urinate in his crate, so don’t punish him, teach him.
- Here’s a simple trick that works every time: If your dog continues to urinate on the blanket, take away the blanket privileges until you begin to understand better.
I’ve made mistakes in the past, but now my dog doesn’t like his crate, what do I do?
- Buy a new box first as you associate your box with unpleasant things.
- Put the box in a different part of the house.
- Make the whole crate training process feel like a fresh start.
- Be more patient and make it look like fun.
