Potty Train Your Puppy in a Week (Easy 3 Step Process) #48

Do you have an older puppy or dog still not totally house trained? You are not alone! Check out our video on that very topic which packed full of tips to help https://youtu.be/pf6_E1TRYxU

Trained my dog- no crate. Took a week or two. You have to diligently take them out. They’re going to mess up. They’ll eventually get it. Mostly you need some treats. Give your dog a yummy treat after they potty outside.

I used a crate, a puppy play-pen and a leash. But the most successful part was taking her ball outside. She’d see it and I’d say potty as soon as she finished her biz I threw the ball. She learned that when she pottied she got to play. It was fast!

I foster dogs dogs and am responsible for potty training the majority of them. Typically, this process takes about a week to complete. I follow similar techniques to those demonstrated in the video you shared. Your explanation was clear and concise, and I greatly appreciate your guidance on this matter.

Everyone, Training starts at 2:44

I use a cheap leash for puppies with a loop. I see it as umbilical cord and constantly have the leash in my hand or near me. This way I have total control and can notice every sign my puppy shows. I don't let my puppy run around freely. I started doing this in the 1980's, when I had a Rottweiler puppy and several small children. Potty training went so perfectly well, that I did this with all my other puppies and also worth my current puppy. With 17 weeks I start letting my puppy run free a little, but I keep him supervised when he goes about freely. Also leash training is so much easier if you have your puppy on the leash at home also. Staying together 24/7 for the first months, helps the bonding experience. Recall works perfectly outside as well, when my puppy is allowed to explore a field or grass areas when going on adventure walks together. When potty training, I go outside so often that my puppy will only have accidents outdoors. I set him up for success by keeping him that close. The number of potty repetitions is so high that the puppy understands it even before being able to control his bladder, which happens around week 12. When my puppy is 13 to 14 weeks old, the puppy can go potty on command. My current puppy was able to do this with 12 weeks straight. Of course I took him outside for potty time before and after sleeping, eating, an regularly in the rest of the time, starting with potty time every single hour. Meanwhile we go outside every 3 hours, and before and after sleeping and feeding. Until my puppy was 16 weeks old, I carried him outside when waking up, to prevent accidents from happening inside while walking to the house door. My current puppy is the first winter puppy, which is both positive and negative: puppies go faster potty when their feet are cold and wet, so success happens fast, but every time we go outside, I have to dress up for the cold weather. So I sleep in jogging pants and put on a sweatshirt in the morning after waking up. All the other times I dress up more, as winter in Germany is cold. I also go on extended adventure walks with my puppy and we make many breaks on some random benches, where my puppy can observe the changing environment with people, dogs, cars, etc. This way he gets acquainted to daily happenings, which helps with socialization.

Thank you! Getting started with 11 week old German shepherd today

Susan, THANK YOU so much for this lesson. We've only had our 8 week old puppy for three days and she's already catching on that her leash means it's time to pee. When she's in her pen, our timer is set and through this, we've been lucky to avoid most accidents. I wish we had known this with our previous dogs and I'm so glad we binged your podcast before Isla came home. Many thanks (and HUGS! a nod to your other episode!) The Snow Fam

I'm working on this with my puppy to wean him off the puppy pads that the family used in the litter's playroom. I never really liked the idea of using pee pads because that's an extra step to housebreaking that seems to delay the process and it's always better to give dogs the idea that going to the bathroom outside is what's expected of them. He's had a few pee accidents because he really doesn't squat (and not old enough to start lifting his leg) so sometimes it is hard to tell if he's about to pee, but taking him out after he takes a nap, eats or drinks, plays vigorously, and in the morning after he's been in his crate has been working very well. Usually he pees as soon as he gets outside. He doesn't always poop, but I think he just has to pee alot more often than he needs to poop. So far he has had 0 poop accidents in the house. I think for being just weaned he's doing amazingly well!

Awesome! Thank you! We have an 11 week old border collie and are trying to get him trained. I appreciate your perspective and sharing of your methods!

Fantastic advice! I encourage all of my new puppy owners to watch your podcasts and this one, as with all of them really, but this one really is perfect and very well done. Thank you.

I needed to take a minute out of my day to thank you so very much. You changed my life. I spent two days attached to my puppy keeping her in my room and not just free rain of my house. Those two days were rough I was using to treats reward her after she went potty and now I point say go potty and she knows exactly what I’m saying plus I learned her bladder times length before I just kept taking her out over and over not know when she needed to go and then she would have accidents on my floor when we got inside. Well being attached to her when I take her out I now know she needs to pee about every 20 mins and ever since it’s been smooth sailing. Thank you thank you thank you!

Great video on how to Potty train a puppy that you have just brought home!!! The most important thing that you have to learn is to have lots of patience and be very consistent with the whole process of potty training your new dog!!! 👍👍👍

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! New puppy is 10 weeks old!! We are doing all of these things!!

This is fantastic! We are training an adult adopted dog who was not housebroken and these tips are so helpful. Thank you!

A very well laid out “planning” lesson. Thank you. I’m rehoming an older dog not house trained, I pray these lesson will make the transition

Absolutely the best and most practical instruction, thank you.

Loved the video, I learned a lot. Thanks

Excellent advice! Thank you for the refresher. I’m getting a new puppy in a couple of weeks. I’m glad I found you.

My last do had issues with house-training for a while. Then, I went out of town and left him with his breeder who had make 5-8 dogs. Mine came back trained. It was as if he learned: "Those dogs go outside in the yard! WTH?" I have a new pup here (got him 1 week ago), and am trying to do the standard puppy training. He was doing it initially, now he is regressing. 😞