Arrange the American Bully's Elimination Time Scientifically and Reasonably
1. Toilet timing should be managed scientifically. American Bullies are energetic and often prefer to eliminate after eating, drinking, playing, or sleeping. After these activities, you can take the dog to the designated toilet area.
2. Control the amount of food and water, because what goes in must come out. Remember that when and where the dog eliminates should be determined by you. Feeding on schedule naturally creates a semi-fixed elimination schedule.
3. Once you have chosen a good-quality dog food, do not keep changing it. Many inferior foods contain nutritionally useless filler materials that can increase the number of eliminations each day. Sudden dietary changes should also be avoided.
4. When you are not at home, use a crate or fence to limit the puppy's range of movement. This is one of the best ways to reduce indoor accidents. A crate is also useful, although leaving a puppy confined for too long can still lead to soiling inside.
5. Use treats as rewards. This is one of the most effective training methods, although many people do not make full use of it when teaching dogs not to urinate indoors.
Create a Toilet Routine for the American Bully
6. Create a ritual for going to the toilet: use the same door each time, go to the same area of grass, and wait patiently until the dog finishes. Once it has eliminated, praise it with something like "good dog." Do not distract it by talking too much. If you can predict when it wants to go, you may add a cue such as "go potty," and once it finishes, praise and reward it.
7. Gradually give the dog more responsibility. Take it to the toilet area, leave it there, and only bring it back after it has finished. Slowly let it walk part of the way there on its own, until eventually it can complete the process independently. Just make sure the puppy has truly gone before assuming the job is done, otherwise an "accidental surprise" may come later.
8. At night, be willing to get up for your puppy. If the dog is under three months old, nighttime toilet trips are often still necessary. Allowing it to urinate indoors only prolongs the training period.
9. If the puppy has an accident outside the designated place, never punish it. That will only teach it not to eliminate in front of you in the future.
10. Once the American Bully reaches five or six months of age, it becomes more able to control elimination like an adult dog. If accidents are reduced during puppyhood, later control becomes much easier.