How to teach a Chihuahua to diaper and tray?

Chihuahua dogs are miniature creatures with a complex character. Not all owners have time to walk the dog, especially since for such a small creature like a Chihuahua, a walk can end with a cold. In order not to risk the health of your pet and free yourself time, you can train such a compact dog to use a tray or diaper as a toilet.

It is not so difficult to train a Chihuahua dog to go to the toilet in a specific place in the house. The main thing is to promptly clean up the dog's waste products, as they quickly begin to spread an unpleasant odor around the apartment. This is especially true for boys. In non-castrated males, urine has a specific, pungent odor.

To easily teach your dog to visit the diaper or litter box, you should take care of the location. It should be pet-friendly corner. Most often, dogs prefer to relieve themselves, so to speak, on the border of territories, for example, near the door or at the exit to the balcony.Therefore, it would be the right decision to put the tray in this particular place.

The most suitable places for a dog's toilet are a bathroom, a balcony, a corridor, an entrance hall. It is better if the tray is placed in a secluded corner. Do not install a toilet near where the dog is eating. Chihuahuas are clean animals and will not empty where food bowls are.

Absorbent diapers are widely sold and inexpensive, but given the fact that the animal, especially in childhood, empties several times a day, it becomes very expensive to buy diapers. Therefore, recently, reusable options have become more popular.

The easiest way to teach your dog to use a diaper is. As soon as the puppy appears in the house, it is recommended to spread diapers throughout the apartment so that the new pet does not stain carpets and furniture. You can understand that the dog wanted to go to the toilet by the following signs:

• the animal is spinning around itself;
• sniffs the place where he plans to relieve himself;
• whines uncertainly;
• sits back down.

As soon as the owner noticed this behavior, you should loudly say "No!" and carry the puppy to the diaper. When a doggy baby goes to the toilet for a diaper, it is important to praise him and hand him a treat. In the future, the dog will understand how, it turns out, you can simply get a tasty reward and get the owner's affection. At first, be prepared for bewilderment of the puppy who went to the toilet anywhere and did not receive a treat for this, as well as oversights.

It is believed that Chihuahua boys go to the toilet more often than girls, but in general this issue is quite individual. It all depends on the diet, conditions of detention, the state of health of the pet. To accustom your dog to the diaper, you can calculate in advance at what time of day the pet usually sits down to satisfy its natural needs. To do this, you can create a special notebook and make appropriate notes.

However, it is important to consider that the older the dog gets, the less often it goes to the toilet.... Already upon reaching the age of six months, the Chihuahua will urinate less often by 6-7 times, and the process of defecation will be reduced by 3-4 times.

To facilitate the process of accustoming a dog to a diaper, it is recommended to limit free space in the first days of its appearance in the house. For example, you can leave the animal in the room where the diaper is located. Then the new pet will not be at a loss in a new place and will find a toilet faster. If it is not possible to isolate the puppy, then you need to lay out diapers in each room.

When a dog becomes an adult, it will get used to going to the toilet exclusively on a diaper, and then the number of such “beddings” can be reduced to one. If the dog has chosen a certain place for himself, where one of the diapers is located, but the owner seems to find this corner unsuitable, then you can gradually move the dog's toilet by about 10 cm a day to the desired place.

Usually dogs go to the toilet for smell. If "toilet aromas" are carried from another source, then, perhaps, the puppy is right next to this place and will relieve itself. If his last mistake was not cleaned up in time, then, probably, the dog will take this smelling corner for his permanent toilet. Therefore, it is always important to leave the dog in your field of vision in order to get rid of its "surprises" in time.

When the owner leaves the house, the animal can be placed in a special indoor enclosure. Inside, a diaper should be laid, bowls of water and food should be standing, toys should be left. This method will allow you to accustom your dog to a diaper during those hours when the owner, due to work, does not have the opportunity to deal with this issue.

A tray is a more economical option compared to diapers.During the life of a dog, it is enough to buy a maximum of three trays. This is a simple and convenient container for the natural needs of a dog. However, litter training often has to start with the diaper. Once the Chihuahua has learned to attend an absorbent diaper, you can begin litter training.

The pot itself must be roomy; a regular cat litter box is not suitable in most cases. For males, it should be a tray with large sides and a column in the center, since boys from the age of seven months prefer to urinate near the "bushes". For girls, there is no need for such a column. A properly equipped litter box will keep your dog's paws from getting wet, and will also protect nearby furnishings from splashing.

As soon as the dog has learned to go to the toilet on a diaper in a certain place, put a litter box on this area. For the first time, you can lay the diaper familiar for the pet on top, and then try to remove it. Alternatively, you can put a piece of your dog's used diaper into the pot. As already mentioned, dogs go to the toilet for smell, and this way the litter box will attract the pet and motivate him to empty in the right place.

This method will wean your pet from the diaper. It is quite possible to use special chemicals for litter training, and their aromas also attract dogs.

The process of teaching a puppy to the toilet in the house should begin as soon as the pet appears in the apartment. This must be done very delicately so as not to scare the new family member. Several rules will help the owner solve the problem faster.

• Praise your dog every time it goes to the right place. Scratch it, name it affectionately, reward it with a delicacy.
• Do not yell at a pet that has gone the wrong way. Perhaps he was confused and confused.
• When you leave the apartment, insulate all things (clothes, toys, shoes) that the dog may stain or mistake for a toilet.
• When returning home, do not scold a puppy that has gone to the wrong place. Otherwise, in the future, the arrival of the owner home will be associated with punishment and abuse, so the dog will experience stress every time the owner returns.
• Place the dog on a diaper after eating and sleeping. Usually during this period the puppies want to go to the toilet.
• Don't praise your dog ahead of time. That is, you should not fondle a pet that has just sat down in the tray, it is more effective to do this after the process is complete.
• While the puppy is small, place a diaper in every room. His bladder is still weak and unable to withstand the long search for a suitable place.
• Never poke an animal with its muzzle into a puddle, the pet will be very scared by such actions of the owner.
• Remove all rugs from the floor during training. An inexperienced puppy may confuse a carpet with a diaper, get it dirty, and in the future this area will smell of urine and motivate the animal to urinate in the same place.

Still, walking the dog on the street is the best option. Firstly, the owner will save himself from the daily cleaning of the apartment and airing, and, secondly, the animal will breathe fresh air every day, which is very beneficial for its health. There are several ways to train your puppy to be outdoors.

• As noted, puppies' urge to urinate and empty their bowels occurs after sleep and after eating. In these minutes, take the baby out into the street. Let him do all his intimate affairs there. It may take more than one hour, but a responsible owner will ensure that the dog goes to the toilet on the street. As usual, give your baby a compliment and treat him with a treat.
• If the owner has taken advantage of the advice on keeping a special notebook that allows you to schedule a dog's visit to the toilet, then he probably already knows at what time the animal will want to relieve himself.And this means that it is time to take the dog out into the street.
• If your dog is already accustomed to using a diaper, take some used or clean diapers with you for a walk. Let the dog urinate on its usual bedding for the first time, over time the area of ​​its "toilet" can be reduced until there is bare ground under the dog.

When the dog has learned to use the toilet on the street, the owner himself should remember the rules for walking the animal.

• Try to walk the animal only on a special dog area. Remember not to walk your dog in a nearby area. In case of walking in the local area, clean up solid waste behind the pet. You can purchase special packages for this.
• Do not walk your dog in the playground. If, however, a curious dog from an absent-minded owner nevertheless emptied into a children's sandbox, then again use a bag for cleaning feces.
• Watch your pet, do not let him off the leash in unfamiliar places. Avoid the pack of stray dogs.
• Never take your puppy outside until the quarantine and vaccination period has passed, as for an unvaccinated dog, the street is full of dangers in the form of serious infections.
• Warm the animal in rainy and cold weather. Chihuahua is a short-haired dog with weak immunity to colds.
• Do not rush to throw away the litter box if your dog is accustomed to being outdoors. If at some point the animal gets sick, then walking it will be prohibited. And this means that a pot of filler will come to the rescue again.

For information on how to accustom a Chihuahua to a diaper, see the following video.