Teaching Your Dog to Poop and Pee on Command
It might seem daunting or even impossible to teach your dog to eliminate on command, but it’s far easier than you’d expect!
Associating Pee and Poop with Different Commands
After a week to two weeks of rewarding your dog every time he potties, you can start associating pee and poop with commands.
An important thing to understand about your dog is that he doesn’t know how to generalize. Dogs aren’t great at taking knowledge and applying it to diverse situations.
Because of this, your dog sees peeing and pooping as two completely different activities. That means you have to use two different commands for peeing and pooping.
There are a lot of different ways to tell your dog to go to the bathroom. Some examples include:
Pick one command for pee and one for poop and be consistent with using them.
From now on whenever your dog begins peeing you should mark the behavior (click your clicker or say “yes!”), use the chosen pee command, and then praise him. The same thing goes for pooping.
This is the part that will help cut back on the time you have to spend waiting for him to go.
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Learning how to potty train puppies at the right time and place is one of the most important first steps you can take for a long, happy life together. House soiling is among the top reasons why dogs lose their homes or end up in shelters. Few people are willing to put up with a dog who destroys rugs and flooring, or who leaves a stinky mess that you have to clean after a hard day at work.
That’s why it’s so important to make sure that you do some research in advance on how to house train a dog, decide what will work best for your situation, and make a plan.
There are tried-and-true methods for training your puppy, says Mary Burch, Ph.D., director of the AKC’s Canine Good Citizen and S.T.A.R. Puppy programs. These include:
Dr. Burch says that there are pros and cons to each, but they all can be successful if you follow a few basic tips, including:
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AKC is a participant in affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to akc.org. If you purchase a product through this article, we may receive a portion of the sale.
Learning how to potty train puppies at the right time and place is one of the most important first steps you can take for a long, happy life together. House soiling is among the top reasons why dogs lose their homes or end up in shelters. Few people are willing to put up with a dog who destroys rugs and flooring, or who leaves a stinky mess that you have to clean after a hard day at work.
That’s why it’s so important to make sure that you do some research in advance on how to house train a dog, decide what will work best for your situation, and make a plan.
There are tried-and-true methods for training your puppy, says Mary Burch, Ph.D., director of the AKC’s Canine Good Citizen and S.T.A.R. Puppy programs. These include:
Dr. Burch says that there are pros and cons to each, but they all can be successful if you follow a few basic tips, including: