Puppies have irregular urination and defecation habits when they are young, making training somewhat challenging. As an owner, you must be patient. Before training your puppy to go to the designated spot, ensure it understands its name and comprehends your tones of praise and criticism. Every morning after your puppy wakes up and after each feeding, take it to the place where you want it to relieve itself and wait for it to go. If it does it correctly, praise it promptly.
If it urinates or defecates outside the designated area and you catch it, use a stern tone to tell it that this is wrong (you can use a rolled-up newspaper to tap the ground as a warning), then thoroughly clean the area and spray deodorizer. Repeating this multiple times will help the puppy remember where it can and cannot relieve itself.
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You can do this:
1. I heard from a dog trainer that puppies generally defecate about 30 minutes after eating or about 15 minutes after drinking water.
Everyone can pay special attention at this time. If you find the puppy sniffing around on the floor, be highly alert as it is looking for a place to relieve itself. Also, puppies usually defecate once after waking up in the morning (including urination and defecation). So you can carry the puppy to the place where you want it to go immediately after it wakes up and let it stay there for a while. At the same time, use a special tone to tell the puppy commands like "hurry up" (be consistent with this, even when it grows up, as dogs really understand this command).
They will gradually understand that this command urges them to go to the toilet.

2. Puppies defecate many times, so most people like to let them use pee pads or newspapers for the bathroom first. Some puppies will use pee pads, but some really hate them. My dog, for example, would tear the pee pads into pieces.
So I eventually chose newspapers. At first, my dog did not know that newspapers were for relieving itself, so I soaked the newspaper with its urine, then placed that sheet on top of many sheets of newspaper (around 7-8 sheets), not throwing it away. The next time I saw the dog sniffing around, I would pick it up and place it on the newspaper. It would sniff the already dried urine on the newspaper. You need to watch nearby, and if it tries to run away, catch it and put it back on the newspaper.
(At first, you can spread the newspapers over a larger area, then gradually reduce the size). After that, whenever you see the dog about to relieve itself (sniffing around) or doing so in the wrong place, immediately pick it up and place it on the newspaper. Leave a sheet of newspaper with its waste on the stack daily. Usually, after a few days, the dog will know to use the newspaper.
Once it gets used to it, congratulations, the first step is successful. You can then only leave clean newspapers because the dog now knows to use the newspaper scent to go to the bathroom.

2. The next step is simpler. Gradually reduce the size of the newspaper (from about two newspapers' size to one newspaper, then to half a newspaper).
You can also slowly move the newspaper's location, gradually moving it toward the door. When the dog gets used to going to the newspaper near the door, you can remove the newspaper. When the dog wants to go to the toilet, it will go to the door looking for the newspaper. When you see this behavior, immediately take it outside to go.

3. Then you can select 5 fixed times during the day to take the puppy out.
(It is best to choose times about 20 to 30 minutes after the puppy has eaten.) If the puppy wants to go outside of these 5 times, you should also take it out. These are extra times beyond the 5 basic ones. Over time, the puppy will know these 5 times are for going to the bathroom. Use your toilet command continuously while outside until it completes the task. After finishing, pat it and give verbal encouragement and praise so it knows it did the right thing.
Because dogs have a biological clock, it is best to keep the 5 times relatively fixed. This way, the dog will realize it has to go outside first to relieve itself. Once the dog can fully relieve itself during these 5 times and no longer does so inside the home, you can continue like this for a while, then gradually reduce the times from 5 to 3. (Generally, if the puppy is still young and you feed it 4 times a day, take it out 5 times—once after waking up in the morning and after each meal, totaling 5 times.
Once the dog is accustomed to outdoor toileting and as it grows and you feed it 3 times a day, you can reduce outings to 3 times: once after waking up, once 30 minutes after lunch, and once before sleeping.

3. After that, your dog may be able to go outside on a schedule! Be reminded, during the training initial phase, limit outdoor toilet trips to 5 minutes. If there is no action in 5 minutes, take the dog home immediately and lock it in the crate so the dog knows that if it doesn't go outside, it won't have another chance until the next outing.


There are some points to note. Before the dog can fully hold its bladder and bowel until you take it outside, put it in a crate. But this does not mean to keep the dog locked in 24 hours.
Dogs generally don’t eliminate where they sleep, so the crate space should only allow enough room for the dog to turn around and lie down.
If the crate is too large, the dog may eliminate anywhere in the crate except where it lies, forming a troublesome habit. It is suggested to buy a crate that the dog will use as an adult, and during puppyhood, stuff the crate with cardboard boxes or other items to leave only the sleeping space. Gradually remove the boxes as the dog grows. This avoids buying multiple crates as the dog grows.
After eating, put the dog in the crate to prevent it from relieving itself everywhere and to avoid vigorous activity that is bad for its stomach. After 30 minutes, take it out to go to the toilet. Afterward, let it play for a while, then return it to the crate until the next toilet break. (This method applies during the newspaper stage and outdoor toilet training.)
If you want to let it out to play intermittently, watch carefully for signs of needing to toilet and immediately take it to the toilet area if any appear.
Good luck :)

1. When to start fixed place toilet training?
Before you bring a puppy home, prepare its cleaning tools.
From the moment it enters your home, be patient and meticulous in guiding it. Once it finds a toilet spot in the new home, it will return to that place afterwards, so training starts with the very first time.
2. How to timely recognize when the puppy needs to relieve itself?
Puppies soon relieve themselves after eating or drinking. They also usually relieve themselves after waking up or playing.
A puppy about to urinate or defecate often shows signs of being restless and eagerly sniffs the ground. When you notice these signs, immediately carry it to the cleaning area.
3. I carry the dog to the cleaner, but it does not relieve itself, what should I do?
When you notice the puppy has the urge, don’t shout loudly as this might scare the urge away. The correct way is to act quickly but gently, carry it to the cleaning spot.
Gently encourage it to urinate or defecate without excessive petting to avoid distraction. Patience is crucial.
4. What if I find it already started to eliminate?
Quickly and firmly lift it to the cleaning spot while soothing it gently so it continues. Note: do NOT reprimand it on the cleaning area as this will make it associate toileting there with negativity and cause fear, making future training difficult.
5. What if I find that it has already finished?
If caught in the act, scold immediately. If discovered later, just clean the area thoroughly and remove the scent as much as possible. Scolding after the fact only confuses the dog, as it doesn’t understand why you are angry.
Scolding on the spot and timely praise are effective training methods. Focus more on praise and encouragement; use scolding and punishment as secondary. Praise stimulates the dog’s desire to learn.
6. Can male dogs use this training?
Yes. People often mistakenly think male dogs always raise their legs to urinate. Actually, this is a marking behavior between dogs competing for territory, and leg lifting helps the scent last longer—this is dog behavior work.
At home, male dogs can squat to urinate. If your dog is used to newspapers, you will see fast results. Simply place the Meika cleaning tool where you had the newspaper and put the newspaper inside it. Detailed training methods are in the product manual.