It takes time and patience to housebreak a puppy. It is important to understand that the learning skills of your puppy may be entirely different from the skills of another; therefore, training should not be rushed.

To start the housebreaking process, you have to keep your puppy in a crate or a small room in your home. It should be secured not by a closed door, but a baby gate. This is where your puppy is going to learn to stand up and run around. It must be comfortable in this place before it goes on to the actual training.

It is thought that the best way of housebreaking a puppy is to set a routine and stick to it. This routine should  consist of habits that your puppy can be familiarized with. If you are consistent with your training, you will find that your puppy will learn faster and better. Regularly changing a puppy’s routine will confuse it, and confused puppies make slow, if any, progress.

The next step in housebreaking a puppy is determining the area of your yard that will become the dogs potty area. Your chosen place will become your puppy’s outdoors comfort zone, and is where the actual training will take place.

What you need to do is take your puppy to the potty area every so often. Wait around in the area until it begins to defecate or urinate, and then give the puppy a treat. You will have to do this to let your puppy know that it is doing what you want and that you are rewarding it for doing so.

Talk to your puppy as much as you can whilst its in the potty area, using phrases like ‘go pee’ and ‘go poo’. Keep the phrases short and simple, and use a consistent tone, and your puppy will quickly learn to recognize what you are saying.

Finally, it is important to make sure that the puppy is eating the right types of food, so as to keep his bowel movement regular and his stool firm. Stick to plain foods meant for dogs to begin with, and only introduce plate scraps and leftovers when it has made good progress.

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