Timing is key for House-Training (1/14)

Puppies being house-trained need more frequent potty breaks than grown dogs. Dogs can only be relied on to hold their bladder one hour for every month old they are, until 8 hours at 8 months old. That means a 4-month-old puppy being house-trained can typically hold it 4 hours, 5 hours at 5-months-old. Puppies will typically need to eliminate:

• When they first wake up in the morning;
• After a play session (or even sometimes during!);
• After a nap;
• Just after drinking;
• Just before or just after he eats;
• After chewing on a bone or chew toy
• If he hasn’t been out for an hour or two.

Contributors: Morgan Thacker from The Pack of Tampa Bay