| Your puppy has learned to use his puppy pads | | | | all the time. So if you prefer that he go to the back |
| consistently, and the pads have helped teach him to | | | | corner of the yard, place him there each time. |
| use the bathroom in one specific place. Now, you are | | | | To make the process easier, take trips outside at the |
| ready to teach your puppy to go in another specific | | | | right times as much as possible. When your puppy |
| place - outside. What is the best way to make the | | | | heads for the pad, take him out. Do the same early in |
| transition? | | | | the morning, before bed, and after meals. When he |
| Many of the same techniques used to teach the | | | | starts eliminating outdoors consistently, remove the |
| puppy to use the wee pad indoors also apply to | | | | puppy pad altogether. |
| teaching him to go outside. Being consistent throughout | | | | Even though you are now teaching your pup to |
| the training and praising desirable behaviors are very | | | | eliminate outside, there is no need to punish him for |
| important for training your puppy to eliminate outdoors. | | | | using the wee pad. Remember, he is doing what you |
| If you sometimes enforce the rules and other times do | | | | taught him to do. Rather, stop making a big deal about |
| not, your actions will only serve to confuse the puppy | | | | it either way. What you should make a big deal about |
| and make training more frustrating for yourself. | | | | is praising the puppy when he goes potty outside. The |
| To start the transition, move the puppy pad by the | | | | power of praising your puppy when he does what you |
| door, and be sure your puppy knows where the pad is. | | | | want cannot be underestimated. Some dog owners |
| When you see him going toward it, pick him up and | | | | also choose to give a treat to reward their puppies for |
| take him out to his outdoor potty spot. It may help to | | | | their behavior. Treats are great incentives, but whether |
| bring a puppy pad outside at first, to help your pup | | | | you reward with treats is a matter of personal |
| understand what he is supposed to do. Some dog | | | | preference. Someday you will have to teach your |
| owners have better luck bringing a soiled pad outside, | | | | growing dog that using the bathroom is not grounds for |
| since dogs naturally like to go where they have gone | | | | a treat every single time. |
| before. If you have been using a certain word or | | | | All puppies are different when it comes to learning to |
| phrase to teach your puppy to use the wee pad, like | | | | eliminate outside. Some quickly understand and do it |
| "go potty," be sure to use that phrase when you take | | | | every time, while others will take longer to become |
| your puppy outside. | | | | fully trained. Whether you are in the lucky category or |
| When you start taking your puppy outside to potty, | | | | not, your puppy will soon know to eliminate outside and |
| carry him and set him down him in the place where | | | | one of the hardest parts of raising a puppy will be |
| you want him to go in the future. If he develops a habit | | | | behind you. |
| of going in a certain place, he will likely use that place | | | | |