INDOOR POTTY TRAINING " A SIMPLER METHOD " by Tinytailsnkisses

Although there are so many different ways to potty train a puppy. It is very difficult to find one that suit your pup's need and fits your life style.
A Simpler Method for Indoor Potty Training :
This method is like making a deluxe crate = a better larger crate with a bathroom in it .
This way your new dog won't go all over the house at the beginning while he/ she is still learning to master it's potty training skill.
Using a traditional crate will be too hard for people who go to work 8 - 5 daily and when the puppy is still too small to hold their pee for 7 -9 hours.
This method I created is proven to be VERY SIMPLE for ANY pups to understand. It even works for older/ untrained dogs, house with multiple dogs like mine, or hyper pups who can't focus.
It also works for busy owners and family with children who likes to keep the house clean & urine- free.
You MUST START THE POTTY TRAINING STEPS BEFORE YOU BRING YOUR DOG HOME. Yes, that's right !
What that means is, before you bring your new dog home, you must :
1. Get a GATE / PLAYPEN for your home to make boundaries for your new dog.
Your house is too big and confusing for the new dog and it needs your help to make it simpler for him/ her by using gates / playpen.
*In my video I use Small Animal Playpen (Large size).Brand : All living Things, available in Petsmart for $41
2. Choose a specific area for them to go potty (this method was designed for indoor potty training for small to medium dogs, for bigger dog I recommend using outdoor potty training).
Pick a LOW traffic area, like: the corner of a room, in a spare room,etc. Remember, this area will be pretty PERMANENT ! Your dog will always go to that same area, so choose the area very carefully and calculate the pros and cons in choosing it (kitchen is not optimal).
3.Treats (cut them in small pieces)
Now use the playpen/ panels gate to make a Potty room. Put 2 - 4 potty pads on one side, and bed+water+ food+ toys on the opposite side of potty pads. (Don't forget to put the OPENING of your gate on the BED's side, NOT on the potty pad side, this is to avoid any MESS. Because your dog will come and greet you at the opening, and we don't want it to step on it's urine or poop).
As soon as your new dog come home (I'll use male dog for this example), Potty training starts RIGHT AWAY.
- Put him inside the potty room right away, leave him in there for 1 hour or more to settle down or even sleep. Your new dog most likely will do 1 pee / poop on the potty pads inside the potty room, give praise & Treat asap.
Then now you can let him out to roam the house for 1 hour (and NOPE !! your new dog IS NOT potty trained yet. But he already started to learn)
- Then ask your dog to "go potty again after 1 hour, WALK him to the potty room, enclosed gate, and tell him to "go potty".
If he doesn't go, leave him in there for extra 1/2 hour to 45 min or until it goes potty. If he falls a sleep, then just let him rest for a while. Once he wakes up, ask again to "go potty" (dog usually go potty approx. 5 to 20 min after nap)
- Write down your dog potty times. You will notice how often your dog go potty, some dogs go every 1 hour some 1.5
- Now watch your dog's potty / poop routines for 1 day . How soon after meal does he go potty, how soon after nap, how often he goes to the bathroom to pee or poop in a day, etc. This sounds complicated, but it is pretty SIMPLE !
- WRITE THEM DOWN as a POTTY SCHEDULE (this is for you so you don't forget them the next days)
-Because he can't go in the potty room on their own YET, at the beginning you have to ask your him to go potty according to his potty schedule.
- Ask him to go in the gated area and close the gate.
- When he did go potty give PRAISE and TREAT everytime, then you can let him out.
- Repeat the word "go potty" several times if he refuse to pee/ poop, then leave him alone in the potty room.
- Come back to check on him, don't stare. Do not yell / hit, this is not a punishment room !
-Repeat steps according to potty schedule and eventually he will go in and out without being asked (& on demands)
He'll always have that gate in their mind & he will not go elsewhere.
-Once he can go in and out by them self, you can remove the gate (approx 3 mo)
I let my dogs sleep in the crate at night until he/ she is 100% potty trained.
Remember my method will work for sure, but it can NOT be compromised !
If the new owners are NOT as committed (forget to open the door to let them in / out, don't have the time to train etc) some dogs will NEVER be potty trained forever. It's NOT because they can not do it nor because they are bad pups, but because they don't get enough help and they become very confuse of what they should do.
It's never just the dog's fault ! You have to be responsible dog owners and commit 100% to HELP your dog learn this important skill.
I wish you and your pup the best !

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[carly2078]

I have two dogs a 3 month toy poodle and a 2yr old yorkie that I am trying to potty train but I am having trouble because they prefer to go around house instead of the pads HELP ME

[tinytailsnkisses]

Hi. OK you need some kind of boundaries in your home fast! If they go on like that for a while, it will be really hard to re-train them not to do it.

First, pick an area where you want them to potty. Then GATE the area. They are not allow to roam free without supervision until they go potty.

Then clean up all of the area that were peed on before.Try not to leave them in the bedroom at night without gating their area because they will just potty around your bed or surrounding area.

[sugasweetcookie]

When I first bring a puppy home, you said to put him in the "potty room" right away until it poops/pees. But how will the puppy know to poo/pee on the potty pads instead of the bed? Thank you :)

[tinytailsnkisses]

Hi. Good question. We ask him to go potty while we are putting him on the pads/ paper (that way he can relate the 2 together)

And usually puppies have the instinct to go on papers/ pads. Although if you you get a lazy breeder that don't clean their puppy's area often, you can get a puppy that's used to sleep on soiled area (but that's why you screen the breeder well before purchasing).

If the puppy make mistake, just clean the bed well (make sure no pee smell), then do it again.

[karmaluv]

I'm doing this and my 11 week old havanese hates being in the playpen. I lock him in when I know he's gotto go. Afterwards he starts crying. At night he sleeps well in it inside his crate but after going potty he wakes me up wimpering. I have to take the crate out and lock him in it so I can get some sleep. How do I get him used to being in the playpen?

[tinytailsnkisses]

Ok, he thinks he is being locked in and he doesn't know why.

Does he go potty when you put him in the playpen or he just whimpers ?

Some dogs are able to do it without the playpen. If he is more comfortable inside his crate, then you can just do the crate training.

Lock him in his crate at night, then ask him to go potty when he wakes up. Ask him through out the day to go potty and only leave him in the playpen when you are not home (or if he prefers inside the crate is also fine)

[tinytailsnkisses]

Hi, Potty training is hard work. I understand :)

1. No, the dogs get treats when they go (so if they go potty then poop .. kind of at the same time, they get 1 treat. If they go potty then come to you, you can give them treat & another one when they poop after. We don't want to discourage them by sending them away) Anyway the treats are only when they are in training, once they are pottytrained, they won't care if they are getting treats or not.

2. Yes, but make the space bigger.

[tinytailsnkisses]

That way you can close he door while you wait for him to go. Pick a low to no traffic area and have treats near by to reward him. You must ask him to go potty at the first few months, so you must know his schedule, for example: he has to go when he wakes up from nap/ sleep, after meal, etc.

Good luck and Congratulation !

Always on time on asking him to go potty.

[tinytailsnkisses]

Hi, it is usually very difficult for any puppy or a new dog to understand their potty area. It's best to make heir area smaller by using gates/ playpen so they don't get lost in the new house and make accidents.

If you are planning to potty train him outside, just make sure you don't let him roam around the whole house before he goes to potty. Know his potty schedule is always best, like how many times a day and how often. If he is going inside, make sure you have a gated area for it.

[tinytailsnkisses]

@darkharmonyjustice CONGRATULATION ! I am happy for you.