| POTTY TRAINING MY PUPPIES IS EASY! THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED. |
We start housebreaking our puppies when they come out of the whelping box around 4 weeks. Wild dogs do
not go to the bathroom in their den so we follow nature and teach our puppies not to go in the area of the
pen with their blankets, food and water. The mother dog goes to the back of the pen and puppies follow her
from a very early age. In nature dogs, go to the bathroom where some other dog has already gone so
puppies will naturally go where their mom has previously been.
When the puppies are weaned around 6 weeks, we set up their new homes. We make a very distinct "home"
area with their blanket, water, and food, and a very distinct "potty" area, a blank space. When the puppy
comes to your home, you can put any of the following in that space: piddle pad, litter box, green pad,
newspaper, etc. While still at the ranch, they are also put in a pen where they learn to go outside through a
dog door into a long dirt pen where they can play and then -by nature- go as far away from their house as
they can get to potty.
If you are not a stay at home mom/dad, crate training is very hard to do because a small puppy can only hold
it for so long and will go in the crate if left for several hours. That is why we recommend a 8 sided wire pen
(shown above in several configurations). You can use this pen during the day and when you are not
available to watch them closely. One of the ways we recommend using your pen...... When you can see the
puppy, close the bathroom door by pushing the pen closed over the potty area. (top right picture). Then
when you notice they need to potty, immediately take them outside then praise and reward them with a treat.
When you have to leave them in the pen or are unable to watch them closely, leave the pen open (as in all
the other pictures) and they will go in the area you have designated away from their "home".
not go to the bathroom in their den so we follow nature and teach our puppies not to go in the area of the
pen with their blankets, food and water. The mother dog goes to the back of the pen and puppies follow her
from a very early age. In nature dogs, go to the bathroom where some other dog has already gone so
puppies will naturally go where their mom has previously been.
When the puppies are weaned around 6 weeks, we set up their new homes. We make a very distinct "home"
area with their blanket, water, and food, and a very distinct "potty" area, a blank space. When the puppy
comes to your home, you can put any of the following in that space: piddle pad, litter box, green pad,
newspaper, etc. While still at the ranch, they are also put in a pen where they learn to go outside through a
dog door into a long dirt pen where they can play and then -by nature- go as far away from their house as
they can get to potty.
If you are not a stay at home mom/dad, crate training is very hard to do because a small puppy can only hold
it for so long and will go in the crate if left for several hours. That is why we recommend a 8 sided wire pen
(shown above in several configurations). You can use this pen during the day and when you are not
available to watch them closely. One of the ways we recommend using your pen...... When you can see the
puppy, close the bathroom door by pushing the pen closed over the potty area. (top right picture). Then
when you notice they need to potty, immediately take them outside then praise and reward them with a treat.
When you have to leave them in the pen or are unable to watch them closely, leave the pen open (as in all
the other pictures) and they will go in the area you have designated away from their "home".
This is a Clean Go Pet Indoor Dog Potty. We have had a lot of people calling and asking about this so we
tried it and think it works really well! I like that we can just wash it off and reuse it. The puppies seem to take to
it pretty fast and can not pick it up and try and play with it like they do a piddle pad or newspaper. The last 2
pictures show the pad inside a tray that is available. The pad is very similar to the material used on putting
greens.
tried it and think it works really well! I like that we can just wash it off and reuse it. The puppies seem to take to
it pretty fast and can not pick it up and try and play with it like they do a piddle pad or newspaper. The last 2
pictures show the pad inside a tray that is available. The pad is very similar to the material used on putting
greens.
