The basic principles of toilet training your husky puppy are very simple.
Basically, you have to give the puppy the opportunity to go to the toilet in the correct place (i.e. outside) every time it needs to 'go'.
Husky puppies tend to need to go to the toilet then they wake up in the morning or after a nap, after food, and (at 8 weeks at least) every hour or two in between.
When your husky puppy wakes up, take it straight outside to a spot in the garden where you want it to go to the toilet, and wait with it until it does.
When it starts to 'go', tell it 'good pee!' or 'good toilet!' or whatever else you want to say... and there you go - toilet training has begun!
You should soon be able to tell from its behavior when your puppy is about to 'go'.
It will start to sniff the floor in circles or 'squat' down.
As soon as it does this, or if you catch your puppy 'in the act' make a short sharp noise to distract it for a second, pick it up and take it outside to a spot where you want it to pee.
Wait with your puppy and praise it while it goes to the toilet, then take it back inside afterwards.
Having a new pup sleep in your room at night also helps with toilet training.
Alternatively, many of our friends with huskies choose to sleep downstairs with their new puppy for the first few nights - this seems to work just as well.
We tend to wake up if we hear the puppy stir, at which point we get up and take the puppy outside to its toilet spot.
You must do this quickly - you might want to sleep in sweet pants annd a t-shirt, and have shoes by the bed or at the door.
Husky puppies develop incredibly quickly, and it won't be long before they will sleep through the night without needing to pee.
Training Crates are a great help in toilet training, as well as generally keeping your puppy or dog safe and happy.
The crate should be large enough for your husky puppy to stand up and turn around comfortably, but not too big.
The idea is that the puppy will not want to pee in its own bed and will let you know when it wakes up and needs to be let out to pee.
If there is too much room in the crate the puppy may go to the toilet in one corner and sleep in the other.
A standard 'small' sized crate is usually fine for a small husky puppy, but it will need a bigger one when it grows up.
We use 'medium' or 'large' crates for our adult Siberian huskies. When they are puppies, we use crate dividers to reduce the space they have. Most crates come supplied with a divider, which can be easily moved as te puppy grows bigger.
We line the crates with Vet Bed for comfort and warmth.
Toilet training will take a while, and there will be accidents... just when you think they've finally got the hang of it, your puppy will pee all over the carpet - again!
We have always found that one day it just seems to 'click' as it were... in the mean time, be patient.
Don't punish your puppy for accidents - NEVER EVER, EVER rub his or her nose in it or shout at your puppy when it goes to the toilet where it shouldn't.
All you will do is confuse your puppy and make it thing going to the toilet is bad.
Never tell a puppy off for anything unless you catch it in the act, or it will have no idea what it is being told off for.
It is much easier to teach a puppy through praise and reward when it does something good, rather than by telling it off for bad behavior.
When you tell a dog or puppy off, you are only telling it what it SHOULDN'T DO.
If you try and toilet train a pup this way, all you are telling it is that it shouldn't go to the toilet.
Stop your puppy from going to the toilet indoors with a gentle but firm 'NO' or 'STOP'. Immediately take it to the correct place. Reward it when it does go in the right place and your puppy will soon get the idea.
You will find there are various products designed to help with toilet training.
We have found that 'Puppy Pads' are not much use for toilet training husky puppies.
All the puppies we have tried them with have just ripped them apart and made a mess.
One product you probably will want to invest in is urine and stain neutralizer.
These liquid-sprays are designed to neutralize the smell of urine and toilet stains.
Dogs and puppies tend to 'go' where there is a smell of pee.
These products are really useful to discourage a puppy from peeing somewhere where it has had a previous accident.
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