Toilet Training (House Breaking)
Toilet training begins from day one. It is exactly the same process as toilet training a young child. The trick is to 'catch' them. Puppies cannot hold on for longer than about half an hour when they are awake. Additionally, they usually wee and/or eliminate after food or when they wake up.
Take the puppy outside and put it on the grass or the spot where you wish it to 'perform'. If it begins to do so, stand very still wait very quietly until you know it has finished and then praise it. If you start the praise as the puppy begins to eliminate, puppies have such little concentration that it will stop midstream and might finish the job on your carpet! Never scold the puppy or rub its nose in its mistakes. That is an extremely negative action, which no puppy understands. If there is an accident, it is generally your fault because you have not been sufficiently diligent and left the puppy too long. With patience, perseverance and time, a pup soon learns to ask to go outside.