How Training Pads and other Tools Can Help you Housetrain your Dog

One of the mostregularchallenges that most dog owners face is to teach their pets to go potty in a place they desired. If you have a big lawn you can do outdoor potty training. Outdoor training is much easier compared to indoor training because the dog easily understands the difference between what is in and out from the house. Unfortunately, most apartment owners don’t really have that opportunity. They have to allot a spot for the dog indoors, where it’s easy to clean up and has ample access to running water. Before buying loads of training tools and begin training your dog, you need to keep a few things to remember.
Firstly, it’s best that you train your dog to go in one specific spot. Dogs are usually bewildered if you give them more than one peeing spot to do their business. If you want your dog to poop outside, be sure to stick to that idea so your pet out for a walk to pee or poo. Make sure the dog gets enough opportunity to relieve itself outside the house. If you think peeing outside is not really an alternative, then define a space indoors and remember to stick to that plan. Asides from that be consistent with your reactions; praise the dog as soon as it goes in the designated spot.
CHOOSING A SPOT FOR INDOOR TRAINING:
Don’t let the dog choose its own potty space. Some people wait for the dog to choose its own space and then put the potty tray or litter box on top of that area. If you let the dog choose, it can be anywhere in the house, it can be right in the middle of the sitting area, where you spend time with guests, it can even be on top of an dear carpet. A dog doesn’t understand the difference between a cashmere carpet and a bathroom floor tile. This is why, you need to make sure to train the dog to go in an area that you selected. As discussed before, be sure to select a space where it’s easy to clean up. This might be a corner space in a bathroom or even a small space on the terrace. When selecting a space, think of the space as the permanent location where your dog will go and do its business. This is why, consider all aspects, and then start training. Choose a space that has easy to clean flooring such as tile or hardwood. This will make your life easier once you remove the training pads. It also wise to assign a space, which is away from the eating and cooking area to prevent your eating and cooking place smell horrible.
TOOLS YOU MAY NEED TO POTTY TRAIN YOUR DOG:
Some dog owners hits the jackpot, when their pet starts peeing in the right area all by itself, without any training. If that’s the case with your dog, thank the Lords and move on to the fun stuff. However, this rarely happens, more often than not the only solution is to train your dog properly. Now, you don’t always need training pads, spray or tray to train your dog, but these simple items makes the training process a whole lot easier. Here’s our list of 4 tools that may help you potty train your pet.
Training Pads: This one product can single handedly take care of the training process. Most training pads these days, contain attractants, which draws the dog to do its business on the pad. All you have to do is place these pads in the designated space and praise the dog every time it poops or pees on top of it. These turfs has special layers that prevents leak, which means all you have to do is dispose a dirty pad with a fresh one every time the dog uses it.
Trays: Although most pads are absorbent and prevents spillage, it’s always a good idea to have an extra layer of protection. Protective trays hold the pads in place and protect the floor from leaks.
Spray-on Attractant/Training Spray: If you want to use newspaper instead of pads, then you would certainly need one of these. After it’s sprayed on a newspaper, the dog will seek out the paper and relieve itself on top of it.
Exercise Pen: This will help you create a small confined area, which you can use to train your dog. These adjustable pens can be easily assembled and can be shaped according to your will.
Odor Repellent Surface Cleaner: If you don’t want the house to smell like dog poop, you better get one of these. These surface cleaners will come in handy during the training phase as it contains special enzymes that discourage dogs to poop in a cleaned area.
HOW TO POTTY TRAIN YOUR DOG:
Now that you have all the basic supplies and information to housetrain your dog, it’s time for the training itself. There are a few different training methods you can adopt, however, we aim to discuss the simplest and the most effective method.
Create A Confined Space (Step 1): Using the exercise pen create a confined space that barely fits the dog’s bed, food bowl, and the training pad. Make sure the training pad is in the exact location, where you want the dog to go permanently. Once the space is set, the dog will have no option but to unload on the pad as they are usually reluctant to poop where they sleep or eat.
Clean The Pad (Step 2): Clean the pads regularly, and replace them with new pads. If you are using newspaper instead of pads, replace them when needed with fresh paper and spray some attractant on it. This will encourage the dog to go on the paper whenever it feels the need to pee or poop.
Increase The Confinement Space (Step 3): After a few weeks of training, your dog should get an idea about where to poop. This is when you can increase the confinement area and give your dog a little bit more freedom. If you are using pen you can buy another pen and add the panels to your existing pen to create a larger space. Keep increasing the confinement space until you feel that the dog independently chooses to use the paper or the pad.
Remove Confinement (Step 4): Once the dog gets accustomed to go to the potty area all by itself, remove the pen.