Box defecation training is a common training method, mainly used for newborn puppies. The specific method is as follows: 1. Before buying a dog, you should prepare an uncovered cardboard box or wooden box for the puppy, put some plastic cloth in the box (a small breathable plastic mat is also good), put some newspapers or straw on it, and place the box in a corner of the room. In the first 2 weeks of the newly purchased dog, if you have free time, you should catch it in the box for a few minutes every hour until it defecates. Or if you find signs of defecation, such as restlessness, circling, sniffing, tail-lifting, squatting, etc., you should lead or carry it to the box in time to let it defecate. Over time, the puppy will get used to defecation in the box. 2. Every time it defecates in the box, you must praise it, say it is “good”, “good”, “really obedient”, it is best to pat it gently, or touch its head, neck, back or the place where it likes to be touched the most, or give it a few pieces of food as encouragement. Dogs are relatively intelligent animals. If you repeat this several times, they will understand that your encouragement is the right behavior and will be willing to defecate in the box in the future.
3. Once the puppy forgets to defecate in the box, you should immediately grab the dog and press its nose to its excrement, and scold it sternly to let it know that this is a punishment. Then hold the dog in the box and ask it to sniff. After 2-3 trainings, it will remember to defecate in the box. If your dog still does not obey the training, you can buy a special dog deodorant and spray it in the place where you do not want the dog to urinate and defecate to prevent the dog from urinating and defecating there. You can also use bleach water or vinegar to scrub the place where it defecates to eliminate its odor so that it can’t smell it next time and will not defecate there.
