How to train your puppy to the toilet at home 🥝 how to teach and tame

Many people want to get a dog, but when choosing a four-legged friend's breed, you always need to consider the living conditions, lifestyle of future owners and, of course, the availability of free time for walking the pet. Since the bulk of animal lovers live in apartments where there is not much space, the choice often falls on small dog breeds. Recently, Yorkshire terriers are very popular - decorative dogs, intended only for keeping in the apartment. Therefore, when buying a little friend, the question always arises of how to teach a York to a diaper.

Why to the diaper? Just as a “toilet” a rag and cat litter will not work. The first option gets wet very quickly and can permanently discourage the puppy from wanting to relieve need in this place, and the little pranksters most often use filler as game material. In the article we will introduce you how to teach a York puppy to a diaper, as this must be done from a very young age.

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When to teach a puppy a toilet?

To teach a York puppy to the toilet at home, or rather, to relieve his need for a designated place, you need to from a very young age, as soon as he appears in your home. Already at a weekly age, puppies can crawl out of their “nest” to fulfill their natural needs. At the exit from the berth, lay an absorbent diaper so that the puppy gets used to it.

Important! If you bought a puppy in a good kennel, then he should already be able to walk on a diaper or a tray, because the terrier learns all the “sciences” from his parents. However, even a puppy previously accustomed to the toilet may get lost in the new house.

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How to teach a York puppy to the toilet at home?

All puppies have innate cleanliness skills. Even the smallest and still blind puppy is trying to crawl from the place of sleep into the toilet. If the puppies were raised in good conditions, then they had their own place for the mandrel, which the breeder covered with special absorbent diapers.

We create comfortable and proper conditions for the pet

When picking up the puppy, take this diaper so that it quickly navigates with the toilet in your home. But remember that the memory of young puppies is very short and, being in the kitchen, he will not remember that he needs to run to the diaper in the corridor. Therefore, the first time, to accustom York to a diaper, a toilet should be in every room.

Possible problems and solutions

Sometimes it happens that having arrived from the breeder, the puppy stably goes to his diaper, but after a few days begins to shit anywhere. The explanation is simple - they do not crap only in the den where they sleep, but when they have a whole apartment at their disposal, the puppy determines his own place to sleep, and the rest - the street. Therefore, the skill obtained from the breeder needs constant fixing.

Important! For fixing it, 1-2 days is enough, and if the puppy is taken from unsanitary conditions, then the skill will have to be created from scratch.

Useful recommendations and rules for teaching a puppy to the toilet

To make the process of training a puppy to the toilet painless for both you and the pet, listen to the following tips:

1. Remove all the carpets and paths while the york is accustomed to the diaper.Firstly, if a puppy at least once “needs” the carpet, then he will do it all the time, and secondly, it is very difficult to remove the unpleasant odor from the carpet.
2. Decide in advance where the puppy will go to the toilet: on a diaper or in a tray. When choosing a tray, pay attention to the following points:
   • The toilet should be slightly larger than a cat.
   • Tray fillers are not used.
   • The grill mounted on the tray must be secure and keep the feet dry.
3. For the smallest puppy, use the following method: protect the territory of the room - about 1.5-2 square meters. Leave a bare floor and a tray or absorbent diaper in the area. Gradually expand the territory, and leave the same tray or diaper with a smell.
4. Do not put the absorbent diaper just on the floor - the puppy will drag and drive it all over the apartment. Use a special diaper tray. You can purchase such a tray at a pet store.
5. While the puppy is small, use several diapers, laying them in different places. A small pet can not stand for a very long time, so initially there should be several diapers so that he can run to them. Keep track of the puppy and that diaper, which York goes less often, clean. Gradually bring the number of diapers to one.
6. Immediately after eating, sleeping or playing, put him in a designated place for the toilet.
7. Use the carrot and stick method during training. If the puppy did the job correctly and used the tray or diaper for its intended purpose, then encourage it with a treat and affection. But if the baby did not go to the toilet where it was required, then express your displeasure and slightly bend the pet’s head to the puddle so that he understands exactly what caused your disapproval.
8. If the pet walked past the tray, then immediately wipe the puddle with a napkin or absorbent diaper and put it at home in the designated place of the toilet. Animals very well recognize the latrine by smell, so the next time the puppy will not miss.
9. Be sure to carefully remove all stool odors from the wrong places using deterrents and sprays. You can buy such products at the pet store or use homemade pungent preparations. This approach will allow you to quickly accustom York to the diaper.
10. Have patience in the difficult task of teaching a York puppy to the toilet. The whole process can take up to 5-7 months, but you don’t give up and perform the same ritual all the time.

Important! If you leave home, then block all the aisles into rooms, such as plywood or special fences purchased at a pet store. Organize your pet a small pen for the time of your absence with everything you need: a berth, toilet, toys.

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How to teach York to go to the toilet on the street?

The issue of walking small decorative dogs does not have a clear answer. Of course, all animals love fresh air and street walks, where they can chat with their own kind.

If you prefer to stroll along the street with the Yorkshire Terrier, then more closely monitor him and adhere to the following recommendations:

1. Keep your pet away from large and aggressive dogs.
2. Do not let the dog get close to street cats, as they can cling to their faces and scratch their eyes.
3. Keep out of the large puddles, as they may be too deep for a miniature dog.
4. In cold and windy weather, wear a pet so that it does not catch a cold.
5. If you want your pet to meet its natural needs on the street, then also teach him to do this:
   • Immediately after sleeping or eating, go for a walk for 15 minutes.
   • After the pet has done everything correctly praise him, caress and treat him with “delicious food”.
   • Puppies like children like to repeat everything after others. Therefore, try to find the same decorative pets in the yard, which will teach your “child” all the tricks.

Important! Teach your puppy to cope both on the street and at home. If he gets used to going to the toilet only on the street, then all responsibility will fall on you. In any weather, in any condition, you will need to walk the dog, otherwise - he will endure and suffer if you do not walk him in time.

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Should I punish a dog?

First of all, remember one rule: first, with the help of praise and goodies, you need to explain to the puppy what is required of it. Only when he clearly understands everything, you can afford to scold the pet. In no case, in the first days, do not punish the baby for puddles in the wrong place - this is all clear and understandable to you, and the puppy from the punishment will certainly draw its own conclusions and it will be 10 times more difficult to accustom the York to a diaper or tray.

Important! If your pet does everything right, then he only needs to be praised and encouraged in order to form the correct character of behavior in the future. But if the prankster constantly shkodit and refuses to go to the toilet in the designated place, then he must be punished.

But which way to choose, because the method of poking a puppy in a puddle or in a diaper does not always work. Use the following recommendations from dog handlers to teach a York to a diaper or toilet:

1. Punishing a puppy is best with a slap on the croup. If you decide to use a newspaper, belt or slippers for this purpose, this will form the aggression of the animal to these objects, and at the time of your absence all these “villains” will be destroyed. But the dog will not bite and gnaw the owner’s hand, because the hand feeds, drinks and pities.
2. The punishment must be timely. If you started to swear when the puppy has already moved away from the puddle, then this is not clear for the baby, because for him 15-20 seconds after the incident is an eternity. And here is the result: I didn’t understand what they scolded, and the puppy’s head was terrified and panic, because he remembered only that he was poked in the diaper, which means that it’s better not to approach the diaper.
3. Do not call the puppy to scold you, as the next time he simply will not come to the call.
4. You can punish in a loud way, for example, clap your hands or express dissatisfaction with elevated tones.
   

The process of raising a puppy requires patience, prudence and care from the owner. Small dogs are children who are not clear what is “good” and what is “bad”. A responsible owner should help to figure this out, because only it depends on him whether life with a new pet will turn into real sincere love or a daily nightmare.

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There are no stupid puppies, there are only those puppies who do not understand what the owner wants from them, because the method of teaching a York puppy to a diaper is very simple. The main thing is love and patience!