Stimulation = Urination Do it Outside and they will!
Some of us have challenges housebreaking our puppies. This article is for all of those who like myself have faced these challenges. Let’s look at some common scenarios and dog training tips that will effectively help your puppy learn to respond to you.
Scenario #1
You get up in the morning and let your puppy out of the crate to go outside and go bizzy, they have been in their crate all night so they must have to go pretty bad … right? You let the puppy out in the fenced yard have your coffee then let them come back inside and bam…. the puppy does his business in the house! Wow my puppy is dumb, I will never get him potty trained!
Scenario #2
The puppy has been outside in the fenced yard for hours so you let the puppy inside. The kids are playing fetch in the family room with the pup while you are preparing dinner. Not 10 minutes go by and bam… the puppy goes bizzy in the house! I think my puppy is broken. Geez will he ever get housebroken?
Scenario #3
I walk outside with my puppy to go bizzy & he just stands there looking at me. I wait for 10 minutes and it seems like the stare down is really all he is interested in so we go back inside. We get back inside the house and I give him his favorite toy then we start playing tug of war. Bam my puppy goes buzzy grrrr I just took you outside! What a bad dog!
What do the above scenarios have in common?
Scenario #1: You let the puppy go outside alone. What did he do out there while you were having your coffee? The pup probably waited for you to let him back in, he hasn’t had contact with you all night. Then you let him in and give attention/play then he urinates. Why? He was stimulated by the play time and felt the comfort of being with you after an extended time of being apart. He relaxes and so does his bladder! Stimulation = Urination.
Scenario #2: The puppy has been alone waiting for companionship, probably sleeping under a shade tree. You call him inside and assume he has done all his business, right? The puppy is so excited to be back with the pack he starts playing and you happily engage. The puppy squats and pees! You have stimulated the puppy through play assuming that he would have already gotten all of that out of him when actually he was just sitting out there waiting for you to be with him. Stimulation = Urination once again.
Scenario #3: You assume that you have given the puppy enough time to do his business so you go back inside after the stare down. Then you play and he pees… you got it stimulation = urination. What was the stare down about? The puppy can’t pee on demand, can you? So he was looking at you to give him direction on what you wanted from him. If you had engaged in playtime outside he would have relaxed and the stimulation from play would have led to elimination.
Solution: Do it outside and they will
Play with your puppy outside to encourage stimulating the need to relieve themselves. When a puppy is born they are unable to defecate or urinate without the Momma dog licking the area to stimulate the act. Your puppy does grow out of that need and is able to relieve themselves without the mothers help at 3 weeks old. The natural act of stimulation to encourage elimination is a natural born response. The more you play with your puppy outside and let them eat and sleep inside the sooner your puppy will learn to ask to go outside to go potty. The common mistake puppy owners make is spending more time inside than outside with your Toy Aussie puppy. They get confused and flip the instinct to go outside to the feeling that inside your home is the potty place.
In summation play more with your puppy outside during those periods of time they should eliminate. That is 30 -45 minutes after meals and before and after bedtime. You will see a huge difference in your housebreaking success! So be assured your puppy is not dumb, broken or a bad puppy. See our puppies here
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Barks and wags, Rhyse