Once you bring it home from your schnauzer breeder, a good way to start a housebreaking schedule is to know when your puppy is going to eat. By feeding them at the same time every day with fresh water available to them, makes it clear to you when they will need to use the toilet.

Do not assume that your dog will know or in fact, remember where to use the toilet. Puppies generally have fairly weak bladders and will go wherever they are stood! So, after feeding, take them outside and put them somewhere safe to use the toilet. If you do this every day without fail, the puppy will soon remember and realize that they need to go outside to use the toilet. Eventually, the puppy will tell you when they need to go and it will always be after feeding time!

When you take your puppy outside to use the toilet, make sure you always go with them. Do not just put the puppy outside, go back indoors, and leave it outside. You can never be sure, if the puppy has gone to the toilet or not unless you actually see it! Puppies often become distracted by other things, so they may forget to go! The clearer you make it for your puppy as to when and where to use the toilet, the quicker they will understand what they want from you.

When you puppy does successfully go outside and use the toilet, make sure you heaps bundles of praise on them! Scolding them when they go indoors will not achieve anything, praising them when they go outdoors will achieve everything!

Housebreaking does not have to be difficult if done correctly. It is difficult if you do not keep to a regular and well-maintained schedule. If you preserver at housebreaking and be patient with the Schnauzer puppy, you will soon have the dog going where it should and not on your best rug!

You may have to take time off work to care for a new puppy. If left alone they can be extremely destructive. You never know what you are going to come home to! By showing your dog what to do every day, they will eventually pick it up all by themselves. Some dogs pick this up quicker than others, so make sure to stay patient!