Labradoodle Potty Training

Introduction

Potty training is one of the most important steps on your way of bringing up a Labradoodle. Since the very puppyhood, your dog should know where and when it can ‘go to the bathroom’. In this article we are going to give you all the necessary tips how to potty train your Labradoodle.

How to Potty Train

There are a few important tips every Labradoodle owner needs to know before start potty training a puppy or adult dog:

  • You just need to understand your Labradoodle’s body language. Every dog is individual, and it has its own signs that will signal you about its need to go to the toilet: some dogs just looks at the door and some are running, jumping and fussing about the house.
  • If you have a Labradoodle puppy, remember, that it needs to go “to the bathroom” at fairly frequent time intervals – as soon as the puppy wakes up, after play-time, after meals and before going to sleep.
  • Take your Labradoodle for walks at the time that the dog usually does his “potty”. For example, 2-3 times a day. You can add an extra walk in the afternoon if your dog needs it.
    Warning! Remember, that the shorter your walks are, the more frequent they should be.
  • Praise your Labradoodle after it ‘discharges’ at the right place.

A ‘Traditional’ Way

Recommendation: remember, that a puppy doesn’t have entire control over its bladder until it is 4-5 months old. Do not wait for your puppy to release itself just outdoors at this age.

The most common way to potty train your Labradoodle is to take it to the designated area after every meal, nap, play, in the morning and before a bedtime, for example, on the backyard. When your puppy has done all its ‘needs’, praise it and use some positive reinforcement. Day-by-day, your puppy will develop the habit to release itself outdoors at the designated place.

Advice: if you live in a flat building, you can train your puppy ‘to go to the bathroom’ on the draw sheet as temporary measure.

Crate

Another way to potty train your Labradoodle puppy is to use a crate. The thing is that a puppy will regard the crate as its own house and won’t discharge inside it.

If you are going to use this method, you should know how to introduce a crate to a dog in a right way:

  • put a blanket or a pillow in a crate that your dog can sleep comfortably;
  • put a toy that your Labradoodle likes to encourage it to go inside the crate;
  • for the first time, take off the door of the crate if the puppy is scared to be locked;
  • slowly increase the time you let it stay in the crate.

When your Labradoodle puppy got used to a crate, start to take it for a walk every 1-2 hours to the same spot (this spot will be associated with a toilet). Use some verbal cue for your dog as a signal (command) to urinate or defecate, for example “Potty time!” or “Toilet!”, etc. Each time your Labradoodle eliminates outdoors, give it with a tangible reward and praise.

Be careful! The crate for your Labradoodle should be big enough for a dog to stand on its feet inside since Labradoodle is rather a huge breed. You can use a crate when your dog is still a puppy and when it gets older remove the crate and make your dog to sleep on its own ‘soft area’.

How to Potty Train an Adult Labradoodle?

It will be more difficult to potty train an adult dog than a puppy, since older dogs have their deeply-rooted habits (in the worst cases you will need to seek help of a dog trainer). Observe your adult Labradoodle very closely and try to understand its body signs.

Remember! Only commitment, consistency and intelligent use of positive reinforcement will make your Labradoodle a perfectly potty trained dog.

Author of 1001doggy.com Silvia Brown
Written by Silvia Brown
Glad to see you, my friends! I started this blog several years ago as a hobby and continue to write articles about dogs.
I'm a dog lover and the proud owner of two wonderful dogs: French Bulldog Maya and Beagle Tom. It's been more than 10 years since I had a dogs and worked closely with them. I've raised four dogs throughout my life and have experience assisting in the births of two dogs. At least once a week, I volunteer with friends at a dog shelter AMA Animal Rescue and Animal Care Centers of NYC in NY.

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