How Do You Litter Train A Dog?

• Buy the needed materials such as a litter box ( you can use either a cat litter box or one specifically made for dogs) and dog litter. I recommend either Petco's Dog Litter or Purina's Second Nature dog litter. Both are made with newspaper put into pellet form and mixed in with absorbant material. • Design the environment so that it is difficult for the dog to fail. Your dog wants to please you, and you can help him succeed. In this initial period, the dog should have only two location options: either with you, or a direct path to his bathroom area. • Soak a small bit of the dog's urine in a paper towel or newspaper and put in his bathroom area. If your dog smells his feces or urine in his bathroom area, he will be more likely to use that area. Clean any "accident" areas to an extreme degree so the dog doesn't smell his feces/urine there [you probably don’t want to smell it either] Get the dog used to simply getting in and out of the box. This can be made into a fun experience for ...  more