4 Sure Fire Tips on Indoor Dog Potty Training! Stop Your Pet From Eliminating Indoors! By Pawel Kalkus

Indoor dog potty training is one of the first things you will have to do after buying a new pet. Some people perceive it as a daunting experience but if one knows what to do s/he can toilet train his dog within a few weeks time and save a lot of money and nerves on cleaning the carpets and furniture. In this article I will show you the exact steps I used to house train my dog and explain their meaning so that you can understand your dog's motifs better.Indoor Dog Potty Training Part 1 - Preparing The DenDogs are naturally den animals. This means that wherever they settle down they need to find a suitable place that will serve them as a resting area. While implementing indoor dog potty training you can use this knowledge to your advantage and design such place beforehand (by either buying a crate or isolating part of a room with a baby gate). Because dogs are also clean animals (I know sounds silly but it's true:) they will do everything not to soil their sleeping area and thus learn how to control their physiological needs.Indoor Dog Potty Training Part 2 - The Role Of The Toilet AreaThe next step involves finding a place where you will regularly take your pet when he needs to eliminate. Choose a piece of grass outside and make sure to limit your dog's movements when you get there (either by holding the leash or attaching it to the tree or pole). By doing that your pet will associate this spot with the process of urination and defecation and will prefer to eliminate there over any other place. With the flow of time, as he becomes more and more trained, he will take the hint and understand that you basically want him to do the job SOMEWHERE in the yard but not indoors.Indoor Dog Potty Training Part 3 - Why You Should Always Keep An Eye On The ClockYou have to know that young puppies are not able to control their bladder until they are 12 weeks old so confining them to one place is not enough. You will actually have to monitor your pet's behavior and look for such signs of coming poop as circling or sniffing around. Dogs need to eliminate within the first 20 minutes after the last meal and you can save yourself plenty of nerves by simply keeping an eye on the clock. If you schedule the meals regularly you will know what time you have to let the dog out.Indoor Dog Potty Training Part 4 - Why Punishing Your Pet Is Pointless?Majority of new dog owners think that if they rub their pet's nose into his own poop (that he made two hours earlier) he will somehow understand the message. The truth is that your dog is not able to connect the fact of eliminating in the past with your present anger and he only gets more confused when you punish him. This can result in your pet getting involved in the habit of eating feces in order to 'hide' the stools from you.