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Potty pads also known as puppy pads or pee pads are a useful tool for teaching your puppy where to go to the toilet. This training method relies on consistency, which you may then utilize to educate your dog to finally pee outside.
Potty Pad Selection
Potty Pad Selection
A toilet pad's purpose is to give a visible, constant spot for your puppy to relieve himself. You'll want something that's absorbent, easy to clean, and big enough to handle the messes that your puppy generates. In comparison to miniature breeds, large breed dogs may require heavy-duty solutions. Newspapers, paper towels, cloth towels, urine pads from the shop, and indoor/outdoor carpet toilet stations are all alternatives.
Newspaper and paper towels are filthy and difficult to clean up after your puppy has gone potty on them, but they are cheap. Cloth towels are absorbent, but they must be laundered on a regular basis, and your dog is more inclined to chew on them as if they were a blanket or toy. Because of their absorbency, size choices, and simplicity of disposal, store-bought pee pads are the most popular alternative. Indoor/outdoor carpet potty stations, particularly made for dogs are wonderful solutions if you wish to educate your tiny dog to use the toilet indoors.
Introduce Potty Pads to Your Puppy
Introduce Potty Pads to Your Puppy
Allow your dog to inspect and smell the potty pads you've selected. This will help it become acclimated to the new thing and not be afraid of it when it's time to go pee. Allow your puppy to walk on the pad as you repeat a consistent command, such as "go potty," at potty time.
Plan for when your puppy will need to go potty.
Plan for when your puppy will need to go potty.
You'll need to keep your puppy nearby when toilet training so you can predict when they're going to go potty. There are a few crucial moments and behaviors to keep an eye out for that will alert you when your puppy needs to urinate or defecate:
Puppies normally go pee when they sleep, eat, drink, and play. You should pick up your puppy around 15 minutes after it accomplishes one of these things and set it on the potty pad in expectation of it needing to pee or defecate.
Instead of playing or chewing on a toy, your puppy will start sniffing around on the ground, indicating that it has to go pee. If it starts doing this, you should take it up and set it on the potty pad.
It's possible that your puppy will need to go pee every two to three hours. Make it a habit to take your puppy to the pee pad every couple of hours or so.
Your Puppy Should Be Rewarded
Your Puppy Should Be Rewarded
Puppies respond well to praise and rewards. If your dog uses its toilet pad, make sure to praise it right away. This can be expressed verbally in an eager tone of voice, by caressing your dog, or by providing it a special, soft reward that is only given when it is time to go pee.
Maintain Consistency
Maintain Consistency
Maintain a consistent schedule for your dog. This will help you anticipate when your puppy might need to go pee. Each time, say the same command phrase. Keep the potty pad in the same spot until your puppy begins to use it on his own. You may gradually move the potty pad closer to the door or outside where you want your dog to eventually use the toilet without using the potty pad after your dog understands what to do on it.
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