Two of the things that you will have to get in the habit of exercising is will and patience. These are needed along with consistency to get positive results when you are house training a dog. Even though you will not be able to watch your dog around the clock, there are effective ways you can send a positive message to them to stop wetting the floor when you are not present.

Accidents can’t be avoided with puppies. During the early months of their growing stages, they don’t have complete bowel and bladder control. They will tinkle will everywhere. That will change as they grow.

Let’s begin with securing a nice area in the house for the dog to call their home. This should be a secured area with paper covering the floor. You will also want to put their water, food, bed, and any of their play toys in the same area so they’ll be comfortable. When it is time to wet, they won’t do it on the bed or in the water or food.

The dog will get used to finding a convenient area away from their things and tinkle on the paper on the floor. Ultimately, they will find a distant spot and will continue doing it in that particular area only. This is the first sign that the training is working.

Once you notice this happening, put newspapers in the other areas of your home that are located a good distance away from the confined area. The dog will most likely, once let out of the area and into other parts of the house, begin to go to the bathroom anywhere to his liking. When they do that, put their nose near the disgusting odor, as they are sensitive to their own smell. Then direct them to the newspaper where they should have done it on. Repeat these procedures in an effort to get them to smarten up and catch on. This gets exhausting, but it has its positive results.

Over time the dog will go to the paper around the house when they have to do it. When they do be sure to get excited and congratulate them for a job well done. Go a step further and put papers in different locations and show the dog where they are at. If the dog continues using the paper in the new locations, you have accomplished the first steps in house training a dog. It is that easy.

The final stage in training is to teach your dog how to go potty outside instead of inside. This is relatively easy based on the fact that dogs love to go outside and sniff around. Begin by placing papers near the doors leading to the back of your house.

When the dog goes potty on the paper as they have been trained to do, put their nose near it, and point to the door. Then open the door and take the dog out. Dogs enjoy the outdoors so it should not be that hard to repeat these steps and help your dog realize that they need to use the bathroom outdoors. It’s that simple. A little time and consistency is needed in order for house training a dog to achieve positive results.