Indoor dog litter box

Thursday March 31st, 2011

Most of you will follow standard housetraining procedures and teach your dogs to go outdoors. Some may also want to set up an indoor dog toilet. But other urban owners with small dogs may want to train their dogs to use an indoor litter box.

There's now a litter on the market that's especially for dogs, called Second Nature. Just keep in mind that if you train your puppy to use a litter box now, you'll have a hard time retraining her if you later decide you want her to go outside.

To litter train, follow the same steps as for housetraining: Keep your puppy in her crate when you're not watching her, release her regularly and take her to her litter box, and praise and reward her for using it.

Tags Housetraining Puppies

DogTime newsletter

Related Content on DogTime.com

Finding a puppy: Choosing the right puppy
March 31st, 2011
By the time you bring your new puppy home, say at eight weeks of age, she should already be accustomed to an indoor domestic environment (especially one with noises) and well-socialized with people....
Setting up your home for housetraining
March 31st, 2011
To set your new dog or puppy up for a lifetime of good toilet habits, it's important to start housetraining right away--the very day she comes home. This means you'll need to get all the housetraining...
Raising a puppy: Housetraining
March 31st, 2011
Your canine newcomer is just itching to learn household manners. She wants to please, but she has to learn how. Before the young pup can be trusted to have full run of the house, somebody must teach...

If you ever want to relocate the litter box to a different spot in the house, move it a few feet each day toward the new spot. If you just move it all at once, the dog may go in the old spot-on the floor.

about 4 years ago by Anonymous

see all conversations or start your own →