Smartie in the Dirt

There are many ways to potty train your puppy. You can take it outside, set up a litter box, train it in a crate, or use an exercise pen. Exercise pens can be set up inside a house or outside. They are portable so that they can be moved from the inside...

Puppies are not born knowing how to go to the bathroom outside. You have to take the time to train them to do what you want. This can be done in as little as seven days if you have the time and the patience to do it. You can request the help of family...

Once you bring your puppy home, you will want to train him. One of the first commands your puppy will need to learn is to "Come." This gives you control so that your puppy doesn't run off and get lost when you take it to the park or the beach. You will...

House-training a puppy with a pad can be a good way to reduce accidents in the house, and it makes it much easier to clean up messes a puppy leaves in the house. Puppy pad training is also a very simple method for house-training. Puppy pads contain a...

Before your puppy is ready to be house-trained to go to the bathroom outside, you want to teach it to go inside. Teaching your puppy to go inside on some papers will keep your house free from messes, and will be a great start at getting your puppy to...