Corgi Potty Training – The Basics of Poop Control

Potty training in Corgis usually begins when they are puppies. Unfortunately, there are a lot of Corgis who do not know yet where and when it is appropriate to poop. While house training is a must, many people still have Corgis that are not fully trustworthy. The main advantage of being house trained is that you could trust your Corgi not to make your house his large and stinky comfort room.

You’ll need to watch your Corgi constantly for the first few weeks. He needs to be confined to his crate or small pen whenever you can’t watch him. Dogs will rarely make a mess in their bed or den, so this is training your Corgi to hold his elimination needs.

You also need to take the Corgi outside regularly. With a puppy, he will need to go out every time he eats, wakes up, gets done playing, et. He will also need to go out every couple hours. Remember, he is used to his mom helping him every few minutes and has no clue of how to hold his urine and stool. It’s a learning process.

Just like other forms of Corgi training, potty training has several things needed for effective results. They are as follows:

The Timing

The best time to start correcting misbehavior, when it comes to potty training, is right after he poops or pees. If you see the Corgi pooping, get his attention immediately and encourage him to continue his job outside. If he is outside, heap on the praise. Make a big deal out of it.

If inside, give a command that will signal your Corgi to stop, but keep the tone of your voice low. Then, start introducing him to the command “outside” while guiding him gently to go outside towards a specific location where he is allowed to eliminate regularly.

The Act

Most of the time, owners just discover the accident indoors and do not see the act. In this case, it is best to ignore the incident and wait for the next occasion the Corgi poops. Just clean up the mess immediately and make sure there is no tell tale sign or smell left or he may think this is his spot to go. Never rub his nose in it, as this would not give him the proper lesson.

Your Corgi will not know why you are doing this terrible thing to him and he will just be scared of you. Your Corgi needs to trust you.

Even if only several minutes have passed, your Corgi would never be able to make a correlation between the action he did and the scolding. If he is chewing a bone for example, and you scold him for pooping inside the house earlier, he would think that he is being scolded for chewing the bone, not for eliminating indoors.

The Accompaniment

There are instances when the owner sees the Corgi eliminating indoors and orders him to go outside, but the little devil came back in and continued pooping. Again, in this case, the puppy has done nothing wrong. He does not know what the owner wants to communicate by going outside.

If you want the Corgi to understand pottying outside, you should have the patience to accompany him outside and teach him further. This could be made easier by using a leash for better control of the dog.

The Command

Training, in general, makes use of commands which are an effective tool to communicate with the Corgi. However the main problem here is the use of the words. What people don’t understand is that the dog simply can’t comprehend the meanings of the words if not introduced to him well.

So in dog potty training, the trainer has to introduce the meaning of the commands well in order to gain some good results. For example, you could begin with the word “outside” to send him the signal that he should go outside. Then it could be followed by the words “go potty” to make him understand that it is time to eliminate.

Whenever he complies, never fail to praise him (in acknowledgement of a favorable behavior) for following the commands. Doing this process repetitively will condition his thinking so that when you say the words “outside” and “go potty” you want him to go out of the house to poop.

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