House Training (Potty Training) Your New Puppy

Thanks for this info. My puppy, Yoshi is now 8 weeks old and is paper trained, he always goes onto the paper to do his business. How can I get him to slowly move from the paper at the door to doing it outside?

I found the best way to move Pancakes from his training pads to the outdoors was to move the training pad to the back door, then have the training pad by the back door with the door open, then i moved it outside and took him out to do it on the training pad, then i removed the pads and he did it on the floor.
It takes patience and cant be done in one day, i moved it each step every 3 days...it worked though!
Now he knows when he goes for his long walk in the morning he does his business, then at lunch time he has a play and wee, then at night time he goes out the back for a wee before bed....
Routine, patience and persistance is key
You could even try putting Yoshi on his first lead and just leading him out to the back garden to do his business, then he will get used to toilet time being on a lead. This is what my nan did with her puppy as my technique didnt work with her shih-tzu....trial and error!

I totally agree with jketernity - this is what I did with Josh and ti worked brilliantly. You have to expect some accidents and mishaps and it will take a good few months before the penny completely drops about what you want but I think the fact that he is using the pads so well now is great because at least he won't be pidding everywhere
I always find with the boys that when the hormones kick in 6 months plus they are great for peeing on walks and toilet training is far easier with them than the girls. (Though stopping at every lampost in the world can be rather tiresome )

Thanks jketernity and simbalove, I took Yoshi out this morning on his lead which was his first time and quite an interesting experience for both of us. Once I got him moving he loved it, then after running around for around 5 mins he did a wee on the concrete in the back. I was so proud of him, he knew I was by my voice and reaction, as well as the added treat. Soon after we came back in an 10 mins later he did a poo on the paper. I'll do the same tomorrow again, and hopefully time it better, so he does both outside.

Thanks again you both, the feedback helped.