Now that you have a puppy, you will need to train it some important things to do. One of the most important things you will need to do is to train it to defecate and urinate outside. Training a puppy to eliminate outside is not hard to do, but takes a lot of patience and time. Properly done, your patience with your puppy will pay off and your puppy will be trained to eliminate outside in a couple of weeks.
Things You'll Need
- String
- Bell
- Bag
- Scooper
Instructions
Tie a string to the door knob in your house. You will need to tie a string to the back door, because this will be the door you will likely open to let your puppy go outside to eliminate. After you tie the string to your door, tie a bell to the end of the string. Make sure the bell is long enough that your puppy can reach it with its nose to tap it when it needs to go outside to eliminate.
Call your puppy to the door. Say potty to your puppy, or use a consistent key word of your choosing. Tap the bell with your finger. Bring your puppy outside with you. Show the puppy all the places it can eliminate. Tell him where he can't use the bathroom. Places where he should not eliminate include fruit and vegetable gardens, due to the health risk posed to humans.
Clean up after your puppy when they defecate on the ground. Clean up the poop with the scooper and throw it in the bag. You can't leave the poop on the ground because people can step on it and bring poop in the house. It can also make your yard stink and your puppy could get poop on it's paws as well.
Repeat these steps for two weeks. After two weeks. Instead of tapping the bell with your finger like you usually do, wait to let the puppy tap it with her nose instead. If the puppy does tap it with her nose, praise her and pat her on the head. Then bring her outside to go.
Bring your puppy outside every time he taps the bell with his nose. Your puppy is now trained to eliminate outside and your patience has paid off.