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To housebreak a puppy, it is important to accustom the puppy to being in a crate from the first day that you have him. This job is much easier if you provide a crate that fits him well. If the crate is too large, barricade off one end. It is necessary that the crate you provide is just the size for him to lie down in comfortably and does not have a lot of extra room. It is also important that the crate have plenty of air and visibility . There are two basic types of crates, the wire crate and the fiberglass crate. The long coated breeds which suffer from the heat are often best in a wire crate, while toy breeds and short coated breeds usually do well in the fiberglass variety.

To housebreak your puppy, begin by crating the puppy each time he is ready to nap. As soon as he wakes up, take him from the crate and take him directly outdoors. Encourage him to eliminate by using key words such as “go potty” or “hurry up” each time. He will nearly always eliminate. Have patience, since often a puppy wants to play with you during this time and often he will take a little while before he urinates.

At first the puppy can be upset by being crated. Accustom the puppy to a crate gradually and sensibly. Do not put him in the crate and ignore him for hours on end. Put him in the crate for perhaps a half hour, then let him out. He will probably whine and cry and bark. Be sure not to let him out if he is whining and crying, all you will do is reinforce the noisy behavior. Ignore whining, crying and barking. As soon as he is quiet, praise him. If he is raising a real fuss, quietly but firmly tell him “quiet” in a commanding tone of voice. this can be reinforced by taking advantage of his startle mechanism…. slap a rolled up paper against a wall nearby and yell “NO!” or “QUIET” in a loud voice. AS SOON AS he is quiet, go to him and give him a little treat but do not let him out. When he remains quiet for ten seconds, then you can let him out. Repeat this a few times during the first day.

When night fall comes and it is your bedtime, move the crate into your bed room and put him in the crate. Often it will help him to put a small fan outside the crate for “white noise”. Avoid the temptation to take the puppy out and let him sleep with you. It is far better to put up with a little whining and crying that first night than it is to let him think that he can get out of the crate by throwing a fit. Be sure to get him up after six hours the first few nights and take him outside to go potty. After the puppy is 10-12 weeks old, he can usually remain crated for 8 hours at night.

Housebreaking puppies in the winter is similar in puppy training technique to housebreaking your puppy during more weather-friendly times of the year. We have housebroken and raised our puppies through harsh Iowa winters. Not only did our dogs come through just fine, they also happen to love winter weather, love fresh snow “ice cream” and can’t get enough of chasing snowflakes.

When it comes to housebreaking puppies in the winter, you don’t really have anything to worry about, but you do want to pay attention to a few important points.

First, never leave your puppy alone outside in winter weather. When you let it outside to relieve itself, be sure to be there with it until it is ready to come inside.

Second, puppies are much more sensitive to cold weather and harsh weather conditions. You must never leave a puppy out in cold weather for long periods of time. When housbreaking a puppy in the winter, it is important to know that they are much more susceptible to hypothermia and frostbite.

Hypothermia is a condition of too little warmth (hypo=not enough or under and thermia=heat). The puppy’s body temperature falls too low to keep it warm. If you see your puppy start to shiver, take it inside immediately and warm it up. A rule of thumb to follow is that if you are cold so is your puppy. Take it inside.

Frostbite is tissue damage to the skin due to cold. You will notice damaged skin turn pale or white. The most vulnerable areas will be the webbing between toes, the ears, and possibly the tail area.

When housebreaking your puppy, follow these basic guidelines, and you won’t go wrong:

start puppy housebreaking around 8 weeks old
establish a regular schedule
take your puppy outside when it looks like it wants to go
take the puppy outside approximately every two hours
always stay outside with your puppy

Follow these tips, and both you and your dog will come through the cold weather just fine, and your dog will use its new housebreaking training during the more clement months of the year.

One of the most annoying pet dogs is their habit of answering calls of nature almost anywhere you want. Your bedroom rug, the drawing room sofa, your Persian carpet, everything seems a good place as any to cool the little puppy to go to his blister.

If you’ve just brought home your puppy, therefore, prepare to buckle up and get ready to save your upholstery and carpets, with a simple method we call Housebreaking shop.

Well, here’s what is breaking. We humans tend to visit the toilet when we feel we must free ourselves, in one way or the other. But not our pooches will not potty mother at the age of 1, they say, a trash can at a time set on a shiny blue potty, and therefore tend to treat this as a big ol’ lavatory. It would be okay if there are dogs, perhaps, but most do not tend to mean something. So what we do is trivial train our doggies ourselves. And this training, in short, is what we, as a “housebreaking”. Read the rest of this entry »