Cockapoo owners keen on housetraining will need to overcome at least two stubborn cockapoo training misconceptions: first, that housetraining consists of a bunch of newspapers, and second, that after the training, the puppy will have zero accidents. Reality, however, consists of doing your own responsible studying of the breed and planning out housebreaking, aside from chipping in patience, commitment, and vigilance.

First of all, your puppy will want to eliminate immediately after it wakes up, after playing, and after eating or drinking. Keep in mind a regular schedule. Start the training by getting a bathroom spot outside near the door. Every time you clean up an accident in the house, bring some of the soiled rags and paper towels and place them on the bathroom spot. Leaving the scent will help your puppy associate that area to peeing and pooing. As the dog eliminates, use the words “go potty”, so that later on it can be a command that the dog can link to eliminating. If you see the dog eliminating in the proper place, praise him lavishly right there and then, and give it a treat.

Again, it is possible to predict the “going” of the dog, based on the feeding schedule. Puppies may need to be fed three to four times a day. The point is that on-schedule feeding means less consistent pooing.

Now that you have an idea of the basics, here are some things you need to continue doing. Never allow your dog to eliminate indoors. There are many ways to control the dog into not having an accident: watching it vigilantly, watching it for signs of eliminating (such as circling the floor), using baby gates. But what you must do is to be punish the dog for peeing indoors without your knowing it.

A last tip on cockapoo training: Keep the dog inside a room or a crate whenever it is not possible to watch the dog at all times. Knowing how averse dogs are into soiling their living quarters, you can use a portion of the bathroom or laundry room limited by baby gates, or better yet a crate, as long as it is sufficient enough to allow the dog to stand on all fours and stretch comfortably. It also needs to be small enough to discourage the dog from eliminating in a corner, knowing that by moving in the opposite end it can be far away from the dirt.