Hooray, your new puppy just arrived into your life - bringing lots of love and fun, along with a small bladder and no idea about going outside vs inside!

Not to worry, we know starting to house train your new puppy is at the top of your immediate to-do list. That's why we've brought together four certified positive reinforcement dog trainers in these 4 guides to take you step by step through how to house train your puppy.

In these training guides, you'll learn the tried and true positive training steps and pro tips from each Dogly Training Advocate that make successful potty training easier and simpler.

Here's a quick overview of each guide to potty training your puppy positively and successfully...

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Potty Training Guide 1: 3 Tips to Potty Train Your Puppy Easily

Potty training your puppy may seem daunting but it certainly doesn't have to be! Positive reinforcement dog trainer and Dogly Advocate Brooke Fagel (and dog mom to her puppy Spirit) takes you through simple, clear steps to successfully potty train your puppy easily.

What you'll learn in this guide:

First, what's your puppy thinking/feeling when you're potty training?

Dogs aren't born knowing where they need to go. It's up to us to guide them! One pro tip to know that helps successful potty training: dogs don't like to potty where they sleep or eat. (You'll see how that useful fact comes into play with crate training.)

3 Simple elements that make potty training puppies work

1) "Management" techniques

• What is "management" in house training - and why it's the quickest route to a fully potty-trained pup
• What management looks like in real-life potty training
• How to use the tether method - keeping your dog with you when inside by tethering to you with a leash (That way you'll always have eyes on your puppy and know when you need to pop outside.)
• How to use a crate for potty training - 4 steps to keeping your puppy happy, safe, and out of trouble in his/her crate. You can see Brooke take you through it step by step with her puppy Spirit in the accompanying video in the guide. (This can also work with a puppy playpen or baby gate.)

You'll find having your dog feel happily at home in his/her crate as a safe haven is incredibly useful to have in your repertoire for all kinds of situations. But remember, a crate is not a babysitter or a place to leave your puppy for long periods of time!

2) Interrupting accidents

Of course, accidents happen! What to do and why...

• Why interrupting accidents and calmly whisking your puppy outside is the most effective thing to do
• What to do if you find an accident after the fact - spoiler alert: nothing except clean thoroughly
• Why you NEVER want to reprimand or punish your puppy in any way
• Exactly what to do when interrupting step by step - including when to treat (of course!)

3) Reinforcing (treating) when your puppy goes outside successfully

Dogs do what works for them! Even young puppies are quick to make the calculation when they're treated immediately for good behaviors.

• Why marking with a clicker or YES! and treating instantly is critical to your pup's learning of the behavior you want to see consistently (during potty training, puppy brains connect the reward with the behavior that happened that nanosecond... true of any dog training actually)
• How to figure out your puppy's timing to go outside for potty breaks

For all the step-by-step details on puppy potty training, jump into the full guide here with the accompanying video of Brooke potty and crate training Spirit. Next up, the must-haves to support your potty training that make it all so much easier...

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Potty Training Guide 2: 4 Must-haves for Successful Potty Training

Having the right tools on hand and ready to go can make the whole house training process infinitely smoother. In this guide, Dogly Training Advocate Ayelet Berger shares 4 must-haves and why and how to use them to make your potty training work.

What you'll learn in this guide on puppy potty training:

Tools you'll want to have on hand and how to use them...

1) Baby Gates, crates & playpens: create a contained and defined space to limit your puppy's options to only good choices.

You'll learn why that works for both you and your puppy for more effective potty training - and how to know what's the right amount of space to create for your puppy.

2) Arm yourself with an enzymatic cleaner and a black light: keep occasional accidents from becoming a go-to potty spot!

• Includes specific recommendations for cleaners that work to remove even the scent only your dog can smell - important for no more repeat performances.

3) Stock up on special, potty-training designated treats: make your success celebrations for good behavior memorable.

While your puppy is learning, and actually throughout your lives together, it's extremely important to savor and celebrate every victory large and small. Learning good potty behavior is a big deal. Use a treat/food your dog loves and make it for housetraining success only so it becomes indelibly memorable for your puppy.

• Includes trainer-recommended treats to use in small bites when you're potty training a puppy.

4) Get a harness and leash for your outside potty breaks.

It's a good idea to start your puppy off right with a leash and harness when you go outside. You'll learn why a harness is not only better for training but healthier for your dog's neck/throat at every age.

• Includes specific recommendations to make choosing the right leash and harness for your puppy simpler.

Check out the full guide here for more on the 4 essentials plus specific recommendations of trainer favorites. Now for 5 pro tips to help you and your puppy get through the potty training process like pros...

Potty Training Guide 3: Key House-Training Pro Tips from a Positive Reinforcement Trainer

Whether it's your first time to potty train a puppy or it's been a while since you've done it, it helps to get some insider tips from a pro. In this guide, positive reinforcement dog trainer and Dogly Advocate Aislynn Ross shares 5 things you'll want to incorporate into your puppy potty training that can boost your puppy's learning success.

What you'll learn in this guide:

5 Pro tips to potty train puppies successfully...

1) Set up a consistent schedule.

Consistency is your friend and your puppy's - both for your feeding schedule and the frequent trips you'll be taking outside with your puppy. Aislynn shares exactly how to calculate the frequency and time between potty break trips outside using your puppy's age and size - plus a checklist of all the daily happenings that trigger a potty break for most puppies.

2) Make a crate your puppy's haven (& always keep your puppy in view)

You'll learn exactly why and how to do that - giving your puppy another happy place to be and giving yourself an incredibly useful tool.

3) Use a special high-value treat for potty training only

Why and what to choose as a specifically designated treat to mark every potty success as a wonderful thing for your puppy.

4) Use a single door, one cue, and a bell

Dogs love predictability - how it helps your puppy's learning and why you want to use the same, one door to go outside and incorporate one, single cue. You'll also learn how easy it is to teach your puppy to ring a bell to go outside (and most dogs love it because it gives them a "voice" and sense of choice/control).

5) Keep a log of feeding and each potty break trip outside - and accidents

You'll be surprised how helpful it is to see what's working/what's not working by keeping a log of feeding, potty breaks outside, and accidents. Even more so if you have multiple household members helping with puppy care.

These are just the highlights of each tip to help your puppy become fully house trained - for the details of why and how, you can see the full guide here.

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Next up in the Puppy Channel on Dogly

Once you've finished all 3 potty training guides, you and your puppy should have a good base to master potty manners as a solid and lasting life skill. If you haven't already, check out the many other guides on all things puppy, from socialization, nipping behaviors, leash walking, and more in the Puppy Channel here on Dogly.

If you have any questions about your puppy, just ask in our Community Discussion. Continue in our Puppy Channel where you'll learn everything you need to know for your puppy from our community of Dogly Training Advocates or hop over to the Life Stage Feeding Channel to learn the best foods for your puppy's growth and overall health from a certified canine nutritionist.

If you need more personalized dog training guidance, get started in your dog's plan today.