How to train Akita dogs to urinate and defecate

When you joyfully welcome a cute and adorable Akita Inu into your home, its loyal and adorable appearance instantly becomes the center of attention. But with its arrival, some small life problems also followed one after another, such as urinating everywhere, which made many owners headache. In fact, as long as one masters scientific methods and has enough patience and love, training Akita dogs to urinate and defecate is not difficult.

Akita dogs are intelligent and independent breeds with their own personalities and ideas. Before training, we need to understand their physiological habits. Generally speaking, Akita dogs have a need for excretion about 15-30 minutes after eating, drinking, or waking up. Puppies have a relatively high frequency of excretion, possibly every 2-3 hours, while adult Akita dogs have a slightly longer interval between excretions. Understanding these patterns can help us better grasp the timing of training.

To train an Akita dog to urinate and defecate, the first step is to prepare a fixed excretion site for it. You can choose a relatively quiet and well ventilated corner of your home to place a dog restroom or a urine pad. The material of the dog toilet should be easy to clean, and the urine pad should be chosen to have strong water absorption and fecal attractant function. Once the location of excretion is determined, do not easily change it, so that Akita dogs can form a fixed memory.

In the early stages of training, we need to closely monitor the behavior of Akita dogs. When it starts spinning, sniffing, or squatting on the ground, this is likely a signal that it wants to excrete. At this point, we need to quickly carry it to the designated excretion location and softly say some guiding words to it, such as "go pee" and "go poop". If it excretes in the right place, immediately give it gentle praise and small snack rewards, such as chicken jerky, cheese cubes, etc. At the same time, gently stroke its head or back to make it feel your recognition and love. Dogs are very intelligent animals, they can quickly associate excretion at the correct location with receiving rewards.

If an Akita dog accidentally defecates elsewhere, do not beat or scold it. Because beating and scolding not only cannot solve the problem, but also make it feel fearful and confused, and may even cause it to be afraid to defecate in front of you and choose a more concealed place. When it is found to be excreted in the wrong place, we can clean the excrement with a tissue or newspaper to minimize the residual odor, and then take it to the designated excretion location to emphasize the instructions again.

To strengthen the habit of Akita dogs defecating at designated locations, we can place tissues or urine pads with the odor of their urine or feces in the dog's restroom or excretion area after excretion. This can use the odor to guide them to defecate here again in the future. Additionally, every time you take it to the excretory site, repeat the same instructions to gradually familiarize and understand your intention.

As training progresses, we can gradually extend the time interval between two excretions in Akita dogs and cultivate their habit of timed excretion. For example, starting from taking it to the excretory site every 2-3 hours, gradually extending to every 3-4 hours, and then to longer periods of time. But pay attention to its reaction, and if it shows obvious excretion needs, it is still necessary to take it away in a timely manner.

During the training process, it is inevitable to encounter some setbacks. For example, Akita dogs may forget to defecate due to their playfulness, or experience repeated episodes after training for a period of time. At this point, we must maintain patience and not give up easily. Each dog's learning ability and speed are different, some Akita dogs may learn quickly, while others require more time and repetitive training. As long as we persist in guiding them with the correct methods, they can ultimately develop good excretion habits.

Watching the Akita Inu go from being naive and ignorant at the beginning to gradually learning to urinate and defecate at designated locations, this process is full of challenges but also a sense of achievement. Every patience and love we put in has been rewarded in their growth. Let us accompany Akita dogs through this important training stage with love and patience, and make them become obedient and sensible members of the family, enjoying a warm and beautiful life together.