How to Potty Train a Puppy in an Apartment

By Alicia Bodine

Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

Schedule
Treats
Newspapers
WizDog Indoor Dog Potty

Step 1:
Make sure someone can be available for an entire week to train the puppy. You can make up a schedule and have your family members sign up for different times so that the puppy is not left alone.
Step 2:
Buy a WizDog Indoor Potty (see Resources). Place this potty in a location where you want your puppy to consistently go to the bathroom.
Step 3:
Bring your puppy to the indoor potty as soon as you wake up in the morning. This will teach the puppy that it will get a chance to relieve itself first thing in the morning. Don't leave the indoor potty until the puppy goes to the bathroom.
Step 4:
Get a treat for your puppy and make sure that you pet your puppy and let it know that you are pleased with it going to the bathroom on the potty. Puppies react well to the fact that they pleased you.
Step 5:
Take your puppy to the indoor potty after each meal and long nap. This is the time that puppies will naturally have to go. Stay with the puppy until it goes.
Step 6:
Put your puppy's water bowl up for the night around 8 p.m. and then take your puppy to the indoor potty one more time. This will empty the puppy's bladder so that it won't have to go during the night.
Step 7:
Walk away from your puppy if it has an accident. Don't give it any eye contact or attention. The puppy will see that it hasn't pleased you and it will not want to do it again.

Tips & Warnings

Stick to the 7-day schedule, and your puppy will be potty trained without a problem.
Yelling and hitting your dog for an accident will not teach it any lessons.

Resources

WizDog Indoor Dog Potty

Photo/Video Credit

Elaine Tan

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