Preparation
- Choose a suitable pee pad: Choose a pee pad with good quality, strong water absorption, and a certain deodorizing function. The size should be selected according to the size of the dog's body, ensuring that the dog has enough space to defecate on it.
- Determine the placement location: Choose a relatively quiet place away from the dog's sleeping and eating areas to place the puppy pad. For example, the corner of the balcony or the corner of the bathroom should be fixed to facilitate the dog's memory formation.
Night Guidance
- Bedtime arrangement: Before going to bed at night, take your dog outdoors for a thorough bowel movement to reduce the likelihood of it defecating at night. After returning, place the pee pad in a fixed position and let the dog smell the pad again to remind it that it can defecate here.
- Night observation: If a dog shows symptoms such as whining, walking back and forth, sniffing around, spinning, and restlessness at night, it may be a signal to defecate. It is important to wake up in a timely manner, hold it on a potty pad, and reward it after defecation is completed. At the beginning, the owner may need to be more patient and alert, but as the dog gradually develops habits, it will get better and better.
Correct Rewards And Reinforcement
- Timely reward: When a dog successfully defecates on a dog potty pad, a reward should be given immediately. It can be its favorite snacks, such as chicken jerky, cheese cubes, etc. At the same time, praise it in a gentle and cheerful tone, such as "good work, really good", etc., to make the dog understand that defecating on a dog toilet pad will receive delicious food and praise.
- Repetitive reinforcement: Every time the dog defecates correctly on the potty pad, rewards and praise should be given. By continuously repeating this process, the dog's memory can be strengthened, gradually forming the habit of defecating on the puppy training pad.
Error Correction
- Unexpected situation handling: If it is found that the dog is not defecating on the potty pad, but defecating in other places, such as on the floor, do not beat or scold the dog. Calmly clean up the excrement, and then use a safe and efficient biological enzyme pet deodorizer to thoroughly remove the odor, so as to prevent the dog from defecating in the same place again based on the odor.
- Re guidance: After cleaning up the wrong defecation area, pay more attention to the dog's defecation signals, promptly carry it back to the pet pad for guidance, continue to give rewards and praise, and help the dog establish the correct defecation habits again.
Through patient training of the above steps, most dogs can gradually learn to use toilet pads for defecation at night.
