448. Clicker training for puppy toilet training

Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore

A clicker makes a clicking sound when you press it with your finger.
The use of a clicker to toilet train a puppy is seldom used in Singapore. One method is as follows:

Equipment:
A pee tray with or without newspapers on it.


1. Put the pee tray between you and the puppy.
2. Call the puppy to come to you. As the puppy's front feet step onto the tray, click immediately, give a food treat and praise saying "Good pup."
3. Repeat this whenever the puppy steps onto the tray.
4. The puppy associates the food treat with stepping on the tray. He will deliberately step onto the tray to get the food treat.
5. Now, call the puppy to come to you.
6. As the puppy's back legs are on the tray, click immediately,give food treat and praise saying "Good pup." His front paws can be outside the tray.
7. Repeat this procedure.
8. If the puppy pees inside the tray, wait till he finishes. Then click immediately, give food treat and praise saying "Pee here". Do not click while he is still peeing as this will stop him peeing.
9. Training lessons should not be more than 5 minutes or >10 times per day.
10. Confine the puppy in the playpen if there is no training. After waking up, after meals and when there are signs of elimination, put the puppy onto the pee tray.

Very seldom do owners have time to do clicker training. If you have full time training, the puppy may be paper-trained in 7 days.