First of all, we need to understand why puppies urinate everywhere? And what does it do before defecation?

Why do you defecate in the open?

Because a puppy that has just entered the house will feel uneasy about the unfamiliar environment, and there is no scent of its own in the whole room, so it will find a suitable place in the room to leave its own scent. Only then will the puppies urinate and defecate everywhere.

The scientific behavioral explanation for this phenomenon is: the dog’s territorial awareness.

What behaviors do puppies do before defecating?

Before the puppies want to go to the toilet, they will quickly search for a place. After finding a suitable place, they will circle in place once or twice. If you see your dog behaving like this, it means he can’t hold it in any longer.

Many people go online to look for information on how to correct dogs’ open defecation. Some popular methods are not very effective. The most common method advertised on the Internet is to spread newspapers on the floor at home, and then collect the newspapers with puppy urine, and then train the puppies to urinate at designated places. This method seems relatively simple. Simple, but the actual effect is not good.

An alternative method is to purchase urinary catheters online, follow the instructions on it, and spray it where you want your dog to go to the toilet, and the puppies will come to the door on their own. However, this kind of urinary catheters Does it really work? In terms of actual results, 80% of people said it didn’t work at all.

(Customer comments on urinary catheters)

Why doesn't it work? Because the urinary catheter contains some chemical ingredients and some additives, it can only make the puppy familiar with the smell, but it cannot help the dog go to the toilet in a certain place.

The truly effective guidance method

To correct the puppy’s urination and defecation at a fixed time, we must use positive methods to guide the puppy, and we must not use severe punishment. Otherwise, it will cause a certain fear in the puppies.

Let’s take a look at the specific steps:

1. We must first understand the dog’s eating and toileting habits;

Example: Blue, Labrador, 4 months old, feeds twice a day, from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., each feeding ration is 250g, bad habit: anytime, anywhere every day Urination and defecation.

2. Reduce the frequency of feeding Blue by half, from 2 meals a day to 1 meal (if it was four meals a day before, reduce it to two meals a day). Don’t feed Blue in the morning, and feed him at 7-8pm in the evening. times, the feeding amount is increased to about 350g;

3. After feeding rations in the evening, take Blue out for a walk immediately and go to the designated place to defecate. Puppies usually have a need to defecate within a short time after feeding because of their short intestines;

4. Blue When defecating in a designated place, you can use a voice command (such as: "Hiss~~~"). If you insist on it for a long time, even if Blue grows into an adult dog, he will perform related behaviors according to the command;

5. After Blue defecates at the designated place, reward him immediately with food rations (a small amount) and verbal praise;

6. Repeat steps 1-5, and Blue’s bad habit of urinating and urinating everywhere can usually be changed within a week;

7. After completing step 6, return Blue’s feeding method and frequency to the original state, and repeat the above steps to consolidate Blue’s urinary and defecation habits;

8. The consolidation period is about 1-2 weeks, which will allow Blue to develop a good habit of defecation at regular times and at fixed points.