Dog Potty Training - Steps Involved in House Training a Dog By Branden Swanson

House training a dog or potty training is the first lesson in dog training. You can't predict when a dog would need to excrete, so what are the steps that you can take in ensuring that the dog does not develop a habit to urinate or excrete in the house? This has to be taught from the time the puppy comes to your house-and no later.A puppy's potty training schedule begins around the time they are 6-8 weeks old. Dog potty training requires a lot of patience as your puppy may take weeks before they learn about the proper place to excrete. You have to carefully observe your puppy to see what its behavior is when it wants to eliminate. This will help you in knowing when to command them and once the puppy starts doing what is asked of it, then you can appreciate its behavior.When house training a dog the basic idea to follow is that potty train the puppy in such a way that it excretes when and where you want it to. Puppies usually circle a particular spot and start squatting at such a time you should pick up the dog and take it out and command "out"-loudly and clearly. This word will gradually register and you will soon find that the puppy signals that it wants to go out.Do not shout or show anger if you were unable to take the puppy out to eliminate. This will further confuse the puppy. Puppies usually can't hold for very long so they may need to be taken out quite frequently. When doing dog potty training make it a habit to take the puppy out every few hours even if you do not see any signs of it wanting to excrete. Once you have taken it out use some words to convey that it should do potty, wait and see the effect, eventually it will start responding appropriately.If the dog does potty as instructed outside then start using this command and see if it is working. The dog will start understanding your command when you associate behavior with the command and also when it does what it is told it should be praised and patted. Occasionally people use paper or a crate for dog potty training, this may not be a good idea in the long run because then there may not be a need to go outside at all. It definitely is not good in terms of cleanliness nor is it good for the dog's health. It will start excreting in the same spot and then the habit would be hard to eliminate.