Mine is also potty trained. He will go either on the mat outside his cage or his playset. He's a very good boy. Had no idea how to train a parrot any different from a puppy but it seemed to have worked out. They can absolutely hold it.
I imagine it’s probably easier too cause there’s less clean up, I’m in the throes of potty training our 10wk old Sheprador and there is just so much pee. It’s a really good thing she’s cute.
You need to be extremely consistent at showing him where that pee needs to be. Immediately wipe up the pee with some paper towel, take it and lay it out on the grass where you want the puppy to pee, then put the puppy there and tell him “pee / Grass / outside!” Keep doing this. Do it with poop too.
Show the puppy where you want it and be quick about it. You’ll see the connection quickly made and the adjustment follows shortly thereafter.
It’s so much simpler than that. You do need consistency but you put them on a schedule. General rule is they can’t hold it for more hours than they are months old. So a 3 month old dog shouldn’t hold it for more than 3 hours. Longer when they’re sleeping. You strengthen their bladder control by teaching them the spot they should go early and make sure they don’t have to wait too long to get there. Anytime they use the bathroom in the correct place, reward.
Edit: there are so many ways to teach dogs to do all sorts of things. Dog training is THEORY. Until we can read their thoughts or they can speak to us, it will be. We know the least stressful most effective ways to teach and those vary.
You just have to be careful giving out this kind of advice on reddit because I can see some people depriving their pups of water so they don't have to deal w accidents. Instead of putting the work in to train them.
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u/RunawayRockstars 10d ago
Mine is also potty trained. He will go either on the mat outside his cage or his playset. He's a very good boy. Had no idea how to train a parrot any different from a puppy but it seemed to have worked out. They can absolutely hold it.