Are you tired of walking through your house looking for puddles of pee?

Does your dog think your house is his own personal bathroom?

If you have a pet and have never learned to potty train a dog, you know how frustrating it is when your dog goes to the bathroom on the floor. There is bad news and good news. First the bad: by nature a dog goes to the bathroom when it wants to and where it wants to so you are going to have to change his or her nature. Now the good: your dog absolutely adores you and will do anything to get your approval. You will use the fact that your dog wants to please you to overcome his or her natural tendencies. Read on for some tips, then get the Secrets to Dog Training.

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There are three main ways to go about potty training a dog. If your dog spends a lot of time in a kennel, you can train him to go in a corner so it is in one spot. If you have a fenced in yard and will just let your dog go outside when she needs to go to the bathroom, you can train her to go to the door and let you know when she has to go. The third way, and the focus of this article, is to potty train your dog using a mat.

Potty training a dog to go on a mat is a simple concept that works really well if you don’t have easy access to an outdoor area where you can take your dog. For those of you who live in an apartment, especially if it is multiple floors up, this may be the only way to go.

The concept is simple. You put a mat in a corner of a room and train your dog to go to the bathroom on that mat. Your mat can be as simple as a bunch of newspaper or as elaborate as an artificial grass mat that simulates the outdoors. As with anything you want to train your dog to do, positive reinforcement is the key. Yelling at a dog won’t change behavior nearly as effectively as positive reinforcement when your dog does what you want him or her to do.

When you are house training or potty training a dog, remember that you got the dog to love. Your dog will do anything to get your affection and if you use that to your advantage, potty training a dog can be a quick and easy task.

Other Helpful Pet Resources
Potty Training a Dog Weebly Page - more helpful information on dog training.
Potty Training a Dog Knol - good information to help you with your potty training efforts.
Secrets to Dog Training - Learn all the secrets to having a well behaved pet.

Contributed by David VanBergen