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Puppy Potty Training: This is often the first
thing you need to do with your puppy. This is
your first training request for your new puppy.
To save you lots of work, confine your new family
member, the puppy, to rooms that are tiled or
have washable rugs. This will save you a lot of
work in the months to come. It's important to
have reasonable expectations when it comes to
potty training your puppy.

While potty training your puppy is important here
is an ideal area you can learn how not to lose
your temper and see that positive praise really
works and makes the whole process easier on you
and your puppy. As you start to get to know each
other, some of the guess work is eliminated. At
first you are going to have to take your puppy to
the potty a lot.

The more time you can spend with your puppy the
more easily you will get to your end goal of a
dry house. Puppy's need to go to the potty about
eight to ten times daily between six weeks and
three months, that is how often they need to go.
As you start to read the puppy's clues, to when
they need to use the potty, things become easier.
A puppy will need the potty, ten to fifteen
minutes after eating.

As the puppy gets older their ability to hold on
increases, due to their muscular development.
Therefore, you will need to take them to the
potty area less often. At four and a half months
to six months you see a reduction, the high
figures of early puppy potty training go down to
four to six times daily. Tips to reading your
puppy are if they start to turn in circles, sniff
the ground a lot or are hunching their back, all
these are signs to get your dog to the potty area.

Really give over board praise when the puppy has
used the potty area, after all it is one less
mess for you to clean up. Really praise the
behavior that you want to see, positive
reinforcement works. Accidents will happen, do
not punish your puppy, no shouting or hitting. If
you manage to catch the puppy in the act, pick
them up and rush them to the potty area, if they
then manage to finish off in the right area lots
of praise.

Take your puppy to the potty after they have had
a nap, again they are more likely to use the
potty. Take away drinks and food at night, if
your puppy has drinks and food at night they are
going to want to use the potty area, you are
going to want to sleep.

Another tip is that on average puppy's can hold
on the same amount of hours as their age in
months, so if they are three months they can hold
on about three hours. This is not a rule and
different breeds vary as well as the puppy's own
personality. Keeping your puppy on a food
schedule, this will help a lot. Puppy need lots
to drink so do not limit their drinking
throughout the day.

You may like to pop them on the potty area ten
minute after they have had a drink. If you feel
that your puppy is not getting potty trained,
even though you have been trying you may need to
see your vet to just check there are no problems.

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