22/10/2025
Let’s talk about potty training! Teaching your doggo to go potty where you want them to, can be one of the most difficult tasks in puppyhood! But don’t fret! There’s hope! This can have many steps and take some time, but with consistency, your pupper should be trained in 2-4 weeks.
1. Decide where you want your dog to go- forever
This means, outside, on a pad, litter box, p**ping, and p*eing. If you want them to go outside, find a spot for p*eing and a spot for pooing. If you want it on a pad, decide where you want the pad to go (and stay) and keep in mind most dogs like to p**p and p*e in different locations.
2. Know how long your pup can “hold it”
Dogs can hold their p*e roughly 1 hour for every month of age they are up to 10 months. So in other words, a 3 month old puppy can only hold it up to 3 hours during the day (if they get enough exercise they can sleep and hold it for 8 hours at night), and a 5 month old, only for 5 hours etc. Please try to take your baby out accordingly. ** keep in mind this could vary with food and water schedules and availability
3. Dogs are denning animals
Denning animals like to keep their homes clean and tidy. So it helps dramatically to use this to our advantage! Using a crate to help with potty training can help get them used to a crate, it will help them understand when and where to go, and it can help build bladder muscles so they can learn to hold it for longer! ** make sure your crate is a “den size” or this will prove to be unsuccessful. This means only room to turn around. They will feel more secure this way and won’t have room to potty on one side and lay on the other.
4. Use play and walks as a reward!
When you take fluffy to their “spot”, make sure you stand there on leash all boring (no talking or moving around, petting etc) for as long as you can tolerate. If fluffy doesn’t go, fluffy goes back to the crate for about 10-15 minutes. Then repeat ( by the way, exactly the same for potty pads unless you want them to “miss” the pad). Once fluffy DOES go, then he gets to run around the fenced in yard and play and explore, or we can then start our walks! ** Be careful of using treats as a reward for potty as sometimes they will earn their treat then “finish” once they go back inside. Hope this helps! Good luck!
