After adoption, it is very common to have difficulty teaching our puppy to go to the bathroom, or to the area chosen for it. At first it may seem very difficult to modify this behavior, however, with the appropriate guidelines you can make your puppy evacuate in the right place, you just need to have patience and be very constant.

Also remember that puppies usually learn to urinate in the newspaper between 3 and 6 months, however, some take up to 12 months to do so. Keep reading this article from Animal Expert and discover how to teach potty training, in the newspaper.

Tips for teaching a dog to relieve itself in one place

Before explaining how to teach a dog to go to the bathroom, it will be essential to carry out some preliminary steps and take into account some basic tips, otherwise this process will not work. Keep them in mind and apply them all:

The dog pen: it is a delimited space in which we will leave our dog when we leave home and it will also be the place chosen to relieve itself. It must be a large space (it can even be a room) and it is very important to choose a quiet area of ​​the house without traffic. For example, the hall or hallway will not be good places, we better use a room or the dining room.

Hours of urination: The puppy usually urinates upon waking, after eating, and after exercising or intense play. Those will be the ideal times to get you closer to your area and allow you to urinate there.

Always follow the same routines: regularity avoids stress and helps your dog understand better. So if you always follow the same meal and play schedule, your dog will probably learn to urinate in the proper place sooner.

Avoid punishment and reward successes: it is essential to understand that we can never scold a puppy for making his needs in the wrong place, we must remember that the mistake is ours for not anticipating or anticipating that it will do so. On the contrary, we will always reward successes, in this way we will make you remember better.

Eliminate prohibited toilets

When the puppy relieves in the wrong place, there are smells of urine and feces that will motivate him to do it again. This behavior is natural in dogs, and tends to lengthen the training time to go to the bathroom. Eliminate those odors and apply a dog repellent made with natural ingredients.

Go to the vet: 

The puppy needs to receive its first vaccines at 3 months of age, for that reason and taking advantage of the visit to the specialist, it will be essential to consult with him all our doubts and rule out any health problem that is complicating this learning.

Clean thoroughly

Yes, never use products such as bleach or ammonia, it is preferable to use enzymatic products. If you follow these tips, you will rule out any health problems in your puppy and encourage him to learn to urinate in the newspaper much faster.