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An Example Of How To Potty Train A Puppy

There are a lot of different commands you can teach your dog. Commands such as “stay” are useful, and some like “come” are potentially life saving. There are a number of other commands that may not be as important, but they are very convenient. My favorite command is to teach my dog to pee when I ask him to.

Why would I want to do that? I used to participate in agility and obedience competitions, and if my dog urinated in the ring, we were heavily penalized. I taught my dog to pee on command, and before we would go into the competition ring, I’d take him for a walk, tellhim to pee, and I’d be confident he would not cost us points by doing it at the wrong time.

There are also some other times it is useful. As an example, late at night, when you are tired, the last thing you will want to do is wait for your dog to eventually empty his bladder. If your dog can pee on command, you will be back inside and in your bed very quickly.

You may be visiting your vet, and they may want a urine sample. No problem here, take your dog outside and commans it to pee, and come back in with a freshly voided sample for testing. It is really a very useful behavior for your dog to learn.

Although your dog may not always pee immediately when told to, he will go to the toilet quicker than if he had not been trained.

You can train your dog to urinate when you ask him to at the same time as you are toilet training him. It’s easier for him to learn at the same time as he learns where his toileting area is when you’re potty training a puppy. However, older dogs are just as capable of learning this command.

Take your dog outside to his toileting area, and as he urinates, give him whatever command you’ve chosen - it could be “toilet” or “pee” or even “tinkle”. It does not matter, just as long as you are consistent, and you use the same command every time.

When your dog urinates, give it lots of praise and cuddles. That way, while he’s learning where he’s allowed to pee, he’s also associating it with your command.

You must give your dog this same command every time it pees, and reward him when he gets it right. This means you’ll have to do it while you’re out walking, or at the beach. You may get some odd looks from other people, but don’t let a chance go by to reinforce what your command means.

Unlike commands like “sit” or “drop”, which can be very quick to teach using food, training your dog to pee on command is a slow process. It will take time, repetition and a lot of patience, and in some cases, dogs do not ever “get it”. Dogs are clever though, and in most cases, they eventually learn. When your dog does figure it out. providing your dog has something in it's bladder, it will be very willing to do as you ask. Taking him or her to go potty last thing at night will be so much more convenient.