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Do you want to learn how to potty train your golden retriever fast?
Cleaning up pee several times per day is one of the most frustrating things about owning a new puppy (especially if you have carpet).
And if your puppy is peeing in the house a lot, it can feel like they’re never going to learn how to go outside.
In this guide to potty training your golden retriever, you’ll learn step-by-step how to teach them to go outside in just a few short weeks.
Let’s dive in!
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Potty Training Overview
If your puppy is having accidents inside, it’s totally normal.
It’s not that you’re a bad puppy parent, and it’s not that they’re a bad puppy.
Imagine this…
You’re traveling abroad and you don’t speak a lick of the local language.
You have to go to the restroom (bad), but you don’t know how to communicate with the locals, plus you don’t know them, so it’s a little awkward.
On top of that, you wouldn’t even recognize a restroom if you saw it because they don’t look like the ones back home.
What are you going to do?
Eventually, you’re going to have to just pick a spot and go!
That’s what it’s like for a new puppy in your home.
They’re in a new environment where they don’t know where they’re supposed to go, they don’t know how to communicate with you that they need to go, and even though you already love them so much, they don’t know that yet.
Potty training is a game of patience, consistency, and getting to know your new puppy.
In this guide we’ll cover:
- How to potty train your puppy
- How long they can hold it
- When to take them outside
- The top mistakes new puppy owners make when it comes to potty training
- Signs they need to go
- And much more
To kick things off, let’s start with the basics of how to potty train your puppy.