Puppy Potty Training – Get The Kids In On the Act!

Bringing home your family’s new puppy is a very happy time for everyone. Your children are excited that their months of waiting are over and you are excited for them, knowing how much your own childhood dog meant.

However, new puppies are not all fun and games. Puppy Potty training can be one of the hardest and most demanding times for a family and their new pet, but parents can use this opportunity as a learning experience for their children. They can use it to show just how much responsibility there is in owning a dog.

Puppy Potty Training consists of taking the dog outside often enough that they will eventually learn not to do their “business” inside the house. Most dog trainers say that to be successfully housebroken, the puppy should be taken outside at least three times an hour and immediately following every meal. This can seem like a lot of trips to the backyard, but it will significantly decrease the number of accidents your puppy will have and cut down on damage done to carpets and furniture.

If you place your children in charge of the training schedule they can gain not only a sense of responsibility, but valuable life lessons such as caring for others, to respect animals, patience and tolerance.They will also feel a sense of pride when any of the training is a success, applauding and showering their new puppy with praise when he tinkles outside for the first time. You will also notice that your children will be more wiling to take part in other dog training responsibilities.

Once the puppy is housebroken, you can have your children move on to being in charge of walking, feeding and brushing the dog, all the while they will learn what it is to provide for someone other than themselves and that hard work and persistence always pay off.