One of the first tasks for any new puppy owner is to train the puppy. Training a puppy at home doesn’t have to be a nightmare, especially when you start the right training routine. However, what can you do about it when the puppy has developed a habit of peeing around the house? Potty training your pet can be a lengthy process, and training your dog to pee in designated toilet locations in your home, such as a training mat or an indoor toilet, is part of the process. To solve this problem and help your dog learn proper potty spots, you can read on and try the following steps to make sure your puppy goes outside.

Reasons Your Dog Pee in the House and solutions

Your Puppy Is Holding It Too Long

Reason: puppies can also have accidents at home because it’s been too long since their last break. Puppies do not have large bladders, considering their age. Like most of their bodies, pups’ bladders are not fully developed.

Many puppies can only urinate for a short time. Frequent accidents can be caused by an overfull bladder, especially if your puppy hasn’t realized the importance of going to the bathroom in a designated spot or area.

Solution: If you think your puppy may be holding in pee for too long, consider increasing the frequency of their bathroom breaks. You don’t have to take your dog out every 15 minutes; Instead, build two or three extra bathroom breaks into your routine and monitor your dog’s behavior.

If you notice that your dog has completely emptied its bladder during the extra bathroom break, it may hold its urine too long. However, if your puppy doesn’t want to go at all, or if they’re emptying a nearly empty bladder, scheduling may not be your problem.

Your Puppy Has Too Much Freedom

Reason: It’s also possible that your puppy is allowed too much freedom indoors. Consider limiting puppies’ freedom for a few weeks after you first bring them home. This will allow them to adapt to their new environment without being overwhelmed by its size.

Solution: If you believe that excessive freedom is the root cause of your puppy’s indoor accidents, you may want to restrict their access to certain areas of your home. Consider using dogs to confine them to a safe area. Cage training your puppy will also help you limit your dog’s freedom because your dog will recognize their cage as a safe, comfortable space.

Your Puppy Has a Health Problem

puppy Pees on sofa

Reason: Some puppies can also develop illness, which can lead to indoor accidents. Even if you’ve potty trained your puppy thoroughly, a medical problem can cause you to urinate involuntarily in inappropriate parts of your home.

Diseases that cause involuntary urination include:

  • Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
  • Ectopic ureter
  • Urinary stones
  • Cushing’s disease
  • Kidney disease
  • Spinal cord disease

Your puppy’s mental health may also play a role in their indoor accidents. If you know your dog is experiencing separation anxiety, peeing indoors may be an indirect result of their stress. Hot dogs can also experience bladder problems, though that probably doesn’t explain your puppy’s problems.

As dog’s age or develop medical problems, they can develop canine incontinence. While this problem may be more common in older dogs than younger ones, it could also explain why your pup keeps having poop accidents around the house.

Solution: If you suspect your puppy is experiencing a medical problem, consult your veterinarian for help. A trained medical professional can help diagnose your puppy’s problem and will work with you to determine the best way forward.

Once your puppy’s health has been resolved, you can resume potty training. Even if your puppy’s indoor incident doesn’t subside immediately, potty training can help reinforce any treatments, medications, or treatments your veterinarian recommends.

 Your Dog is Not Fully Potty Trained

Reason: If your puppy pees in an unwelcome part of your home, it could be because he hasn’t completed potty training. Potty training a puppy takes time and effort. Even if you believe you have potty trained your puppy thoroughly, they will quickly prove you wrong.

Potty training usually solves two problems: Your puppy needs to know when and where to relax. Until your puppy understands these two concepts, potty training can feel like a fruitless process, even though it’s one of the most valuable lessons you can teach any puppy.

Solution: If you want potty training to be sustainable over the long term, persistence and patience are key. Avoid being visibly frustrated and angry with your puppy. Instead, be sure to reward correct behavior and track your puppy’s progress.

Over time, potty training your puppy will start to yield dividends that you can see and measure. Accidents will occur less frequently and your puppy will need fewer bathroom breaks to maintain a regular schedule.

You Ignored the Signs

Reason: As a dog owner, you have a lot on your plate. Between implementing an exercise program, creating a nutritious diet, and completing other tasks, you may find that your focus shifts at certain times throughout the day. If your puppy has been peeing around the house when you least expect it, you might miss some of the signs that your puppy needs a break.

An outdoors-trained puppy will do his best to convey the need for toilet breaks. They may scratch or sit by the door, whimpering and pacing, or just start shaking.

Solution: Fortunately, the solution to this problem is simple: You need to pay close attention to the signals your puppy is giving you. Each puppy communicates differently, depending on how you interpret their message. Whether your puppy is pacing, complaining, shaking, or circling, recognize their behavior and get them out.

Your Puppy is Not Emptying Bladder

Reason: In other cases, when puppies go outside, their bladders may not be completely empty. Puppies get excited easily and want to pay attention to every stimulus when they leave the house. In addition, puppies don’t always have full control of their bladder during infancy.

Solution: As your puppy gets older, he gets better control of his bladder. Unfortunately, there’s not much you can do to speed up the process. Until your puppy learns to completely empty his bladder every time he goes on a trip, you can limit the confusion with an absorbent solution.

Dog diapers can help keep your home clean during outdoor trips until your dog learns to control his impulses. The urinal pad provides a comfortable indoor bedpan for the dog and helps keep the floor dry.

Some dog parents also take their dogs out more often to compensate for incomplete bladder emptying. Even taking your dog for a safe five-minute walk will sometimes encourage them to re-empty their bladder before heading home.

What Are the Signs That Your Puppy Needs to Go Out?

Allow your puppy to wander around the house when you are home, but watch. You need to make sure you’re watching for any clues he might use to tell you he needs to go to the bathroom:

  • sniffer
  • hover
  • hunchback
  • Once in a while
  • Scratch the door with your claws
  • Pace or jump on your leash

What if You Have to Leave Home?

If you need to go outside, take your puppy to the bathroom first. Make sure each outing fits into your pup’s potty training schedule and does not exceed their ability to maintain their bladder.

So don’t leave your puppy away for more than a few hours, and when you return, take him out to the bathroom. Be sure to praise and reward him once he goes to the bathroom in the right place.

How Often Should a Dog Pee?

With the best wishes in the world, if you leave a puppy in a kennel or kennel all night without going to the bathroom, it’s likely to make a mess because it won’t be able to hold it until morning.

The best way to train a puppy is to keep a routine and take him out regularly. During your first week of ownership (9 weeks old), you can take your puppy outside every 30 minutes to an hour, which will help avoid any potential accidents.

However, the general rule of thumb for puppies is that they can keep their bladders open after a few months plus a month. So, if he is 2 months old, he may hold it for 3 hours (2 months plus 1 month) :

2 months: every 2 to 3 hours

3 months: every 3 to 4 hours

4 months: every 4 to 5 hours

Once your puppy gets used to his new house (in a week or two), he should quickly start adapting to the general rules of thumb. You should actively establish a consistent routine for your puppy to go to the toilet so he can begin to understand the concept of home training.

Take him out regularly, day and night. You should develop a potty training schedule that is consistent with your puppy’s routine and have him come out first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, after naps, games and meals. As your puppy gets older, you can start gradually increasing these toilet breaks.

Puppies generally have full bladder control between 4 and 6 months of age. This means that with a little patience, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and you can teach the puppy to stop peeing in the house.

How to Train a Dog with Praise and Rewards

Dogs learn through positive reinforcement. If their behavior elicits a positive reaction, they are more likely to repeat it. This is the key to potty training and puppy training.

The owner should allow himself to see the toilet as much as possible. This means that every time you take your puppy out, you should keep an eye on him so that you can see him pee in the right place.

When he finishes, praise and reward him. Through this positive reinforcement, he learned what to expect of himself.

Summary

During the first few months of life, you should take your puppy home with you as much as possible so you can let him out often and know the signs he needs to leave. Some pet parents want to take the first few weeks off to help establish a home training program and bond with their puppy.

Pet parents’ job is to make their puppies successful. Your job is to let him know what you want him to do. Don’t punish him when he makes a mistake. When it comes to punishment, don’t do it. It’s really simple. The aversive technique doesn’t work.

If you are happy to assign your puppy a potty spot with a dog potty mat in a specific area, then they can be a useful addition to your training routine.