Dog House Training (#3 of 10)

3. Outdoor Training

Outdoor training is about teaching your dog to only eliminate outside your home. Many people however believe that all dogs should be taught to have both the indoor and outdoor options. Furthermore, all puppies should be confined to a home area until their vaccination is complete. But for now we will talk about the outdoor only.

There are two situations: either your dog learns to go outside on his own when the need to eliminate emerges (depending on your housing situation - i.e. free access to a gated yard). Or it learns to hold it until his scheduled time to be taken out.

If outdoor training is the only option, then you need to seriously consider crating (see below). Outdoor training does not need to be complicated if crating instructions are properly followed, but it does require your time and attention. If you plan on taking your dog out on a leash, you may want to consider teaching him peeing-on-command (see below for training instructions).

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