How to Teach Your Dog to Urinate Outside

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By jknapp12105
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Teaching your puppy to urinate outside can be very easy if you have the time, the patience, and the willingness to help your puppy do his business where he is supposed to.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Time
Patience
Yard

Step 1

What not to do. You hear a lot of people say they train their pups by rubbing their nose into their pee stain and swat them on the butt and firmly saying, "NO!" Well folks, I know from personal experience that this course of action does not work! All the puppy knows is that he is getting hit for some unknown reason. Puppies at that age are too young to comprehend a mistake followed by a punishment. The puppy cannot register this concept yet. I believe there is a way better method to training your pup without physical abuse.
Step 2

Praise. Telling your dog how well he did after he did his business is probably the most important step to training your puppy to urinate outside. Puppies get so excited when you show them how wonderful they did and as time goes on, he will come to realize he will get praised or get a treat every time he goes to the bathroom. So always praise your pup after his good deed.
Step 3

When to take him outside. Puppies have very tiny bladders and it seems they have to go every five minutes, but that is not the case. You should take your puppy out every time he wakes up, after a meal, before he goes to bed, and most importantly, after he is done playing. After playing is an important one since when they are that young, they get real excited and tend to urinate more. If you take them out before it is time for them to go to bed, and he seems like he does not want to go, play with him and get him excited; this seems to make them want to go to the restroom more quickly.