Potty Training

TROUBLESHOOTING

MY DOG WON’T GO OUTSIDE IF

IT’S RAINING / COLD.

Many small breed dogs are

reluctant to go outside in bad

weather. You can use a turf

potty box near the door or

even potty pads in a plastic

kiddie pool

TIP! 

Puppies need to go out

The key to potty training is to get as many successful

episodes as possible. If your dog potties in the house,

consider it a mistake on your part for not managing the

routine well enough.

1 Take your dog on a leash to the designated potty spot.

With too much freedom, your dog will be continually

interested in sniffing and investigating and will not

potty. Plant your feet so your dog cannot range far.

Say, “Go potty” every once in a while; over time your

dog will come to understand this instruction.

2 Praise your dog with “Good go potty” when he does.

3 If you’re on a walk and your dog goes potty, do not

immediately turn around to walk home as this would

essentially teach your dog his pottying is causing the

walk to end. Instead, after he potties, continue

forward for a while before returning home.

4 There are predictable times when your dog will be

likely to potty; be prepared at these times to take him

outside to be successful. Those times include:

immediately after coming out of his crate, first thing

in the morning, after a meal, and when he wakes

from a nap.

5 If your dog has an accident in the house, do not

punish your dog. Clean the area and deodorize it to

make it less likely that your dog will go in that same

spot again. If you catch your dog in the act, take him

out immediately to finish pottying outside.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Small breed dogs generally require

more consistency in order to potty train. Puppies,

although they may seem to be potty trained in a few

weeks, will usually continue to have occasional accidents

until the age of one or two