Puppy training includes teaching your dog manners and socialisation skills but also toilet training. Toilet training your puppy can be very stressful, but it doesn’t need to be. Like with any training, you need to focus on positive reinforcement, be patient and consistent. This, along with the knowledge of how to do it right and necessary toilet training equipment will set you up for success in no time. Paper Training Paper training is a very effective way to housetrain puppies. I’ve used this puppy training method with my first two dogs. Paper training teaches your puppy to toilet on progressively smaller areas of paper, or training pads, until you are able to direct the puppy to a specific area where you want them to toilet. This may eventually mean outdoors or in a certain spot inside.