There are two ways to house train your puppy – outdoor training or indoor training. Which one should you use? Which house training method suits you and your puppy the best? It actually depends a lot on the breed of your dog and your own lifestyle.

Let’s say you’re a full-time housewife or are working from home, and have great outdoor areas in your neighborhood, then house training your puppy outdoor can be an interesting choice. You have the flexibility to put work aside and take your puppy out for his bathroom break.

However, taking your puppy for a stroll and potty break outdoor can be troublesome if you’re staying in a high-rise apartment block. Or, if you are experiencing some health problems that you can’t leave the house or move around easily, then indoor house training method may be more suitable for you.

Small size breeds tend to do better with indoor potties. If your puppy belongs to one of those, then you could opt for indoor potty training. Indoor house training may have some disadvantages for bigger dogs, one of it being that their waste is bigger in size! If your four-legged friend is a male, sooner or later he will lift his leg while he pees. He won’t be able to aim properly at his potty, whether it’s the newspapers or a litter box. What you get will be some messy and stenchy matter on the floor.

While you can always train an indoor house trained puppy to eliminate outdoor, and vice versa, your puppy shouldn’t use both types of potty places regularly. You’ll need to decide on one potty place.

Let’s say you want your dog to release himself outdoor in the future, then it’s advisable to house train your puppy outdoor from the first day onwards. You can cover the indoor living area with papers to protect your floors from soiling accidents when you’re not at home to take your puppy out for a potty break. You would never want your puppy to get confused with his bathroom etiquette, would you?