House / Toilet Training

Sometimes housetraining a puppy or newly adopted dog can seem difficult and frustrating. However, as long as you stick to the following rules, many puppies and dogs can be housetrained in around two weeks.

The key to housetraining your dog quickly is to give him as many opportunities as possible to get it right. It really is that simple! The more times he is rewarded for going to the toilet in the right place, the quicker he will learn.

However, equally important is that you must ignore any mistakes that he makes during this training. If you give him attention (even though it isn’t ‘nice’ attention) when he gets it wrong, you’ll only confuse him and the training will take much longer.

The following sections might help with your training:

The basics

What if accidents happen?

Important points to remember

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