Do you have a young puppy or an older dog and you wish you could figure out the secrets to training dogs to pee outside? Potty training a dog has four simple steps and if you follow them you are guaranteed to never have to clean up pee or poop again:
1.Supervision, supervision, supervision! I can’t reiterate enough times the importance of supervision when you are training dogs to pee outside. The number one mistake of any dog owner when housebreaking a dog is to give that dog way too much freedom from a young age. You must supervise your dog or puppy if you are going to have any success.
2.Encourage your dog to pee outside. This is very simple. When your dog pees outside praise him heavily. While I am usually not a big fan of treat training this is one behavior that I will definitely reward with a treat. I want the puppy or dog to understand that peeing outside is a wonderful activity.
3.Correct a dog for peeing inside. Don’t be cruel, mean, or harsh. When you catch your puppy or dog peeing inside quickly grab the dog and rush outside while you tell him no. A correction should be unpleasant but not harsh and you can only correct your dog if you catch him in the act.
4.Training dogs to pee outside requires a good schedule. Make sure that you have your dog on a food schedule and a potty schedule so that you are more positioned for success.
If you follow these four steps you are guaranteed a dog that is housebroken and a home that is free of messes.
12 Responses to “Training Dogs to Pee Outside”
Ok I no not to do it
hi tried that it dont work, she is feed in the morning then let out and let out again bout midday when i come home for lunch then when i come home and every time she has messed both types. Her brother has the same routine and is clean can you offer any other advise thanks
That doesn’t mean that the method doesn’t work. It means that your dog can’t hold it long enough while in the crate. Have you checked to see if she has any UTIs?
Ty, I used all 4 of these steps, and my puppy is fully house trained at 5 months!! Thank you for your common sense approach. It was not always eash to be diligent, and keep the routing, but the reward made it worth it. It’s the fastest house training I’ve ever had.
I love hearing success stories! Thanks for giving your feedback.
OK,i will try this,but if it doesn’t work i will track you down and sue.
Hello,
We adopted a golden retriever just two weeks ago. She peed inside the house the second day we brought her in. For a few days, she has done a good job holding it until she get outside. But, I have put her out three to fours times a day. Some other days she can’t hold it. Today, she had several accidents inside. My question is, could she possibly have a UTI? She was taking medication for diarrhea when we brought her in and then I took her to the vet because she had a respiratory infection. We thought she was drinking lots of water because of this, but now she is medication free and she still drinks lots of water. Any suggestion will be appreciated! Thank you!
Could she have a UTI? Possibly. Other common possibilities that I see are:
1- She just doesn’t understand house training rules in a new house. A lot of dogs move to a new house and aren’t immediately clear that it isn’t okay to go inside.
2- Perhaps she just needs to go out more. 3-4 times a day isn’t a lot by any means.
Thank you so much for replying!!! We have been working on training her in these rules. She seems to understand, after she pees inside, that it was wrong. Based our reactions, at least. But she doesn’t stop. We’ve also used a crate sometimes, and she seems to be able to hold it overnight. But she really, really doesn’t like getting in the crate. Even without the crate, she seems to not pee in the room she stays in overnight (our bedroom). She holds it until the next morning, and doesn’t seem too distressed. But during the day, she seems careless about peeing in other places, especially the living room. We’re unable to tell, so far, if it’s that she doesn’t understand, or can’t hold it, or is marking her territory, or something else.
You are misreading her reaction that ‘she knows it’s wrong’. What she’s doing is she’s reading your reaction and is showing remorse. She doesn’t know WHY she’s showing the remorse and she’s not connecting it to the fact that she peed inside…she’s simply understanding that SOMETHING is off and she’s sorry about that.
i have a rottwiller and since ive moved house he wont stop weeing in the house when we leave, i do walk him, but as soon as we leave even for 10 mins there is a mess to come back to. please help?
Go back to crate training for a month or so.