I assume you mean for a puppy? I don't know what a best schedule is, but here is what we did:
Take puppy out after every meal.
Take puppy out after playing with him.
Take puppy out after drinking water.
Take puppy out first thing in the morning.
Take puppy out last thing before going to bed.
Take puppy out at 2:30 AM.
Take puppy out at 6:30 AM.
Take puppy out every two hours during normal (human)waking hours.
Take puppy out whenever he starts to sniff suspiciously. Initially, all sniffing is suspicious.
And, here is what we did with ours. We set aside a special place for him to do his thing and surrounded it with railroad ties, covered it with pea gravel. Every time he was taken out to go we took him there. Eventually, one day, when he was about 8 months old and we were playing in the back yard, he went to his area by himself without being led there. Now we just have to open the back door and tell him "go potty" and he heads over to the pea gravel to relieve himself.
I just wish my son was as good when I open the back door and say "go scoop poop".
I'm not sure of exactly what you are asking, but young pups need frequent potty breaks.
Immediately after eating, after playing, after waking from a sleep, etc.
If you are crate training your pup you need to make sure that the crate is not too large; this may encourage the pup to eliminate in one corner and use the rest of the crate for its den.
How old is your pup? If very young, you will need to set the alarm to take the pup out once or twice in the middle of the night.
Make sure to give no water after 5:00 or 6:00pm, and to take the pup out right before you go to bed.
If you are home w/ the pup during the day, tether the pup to you. This helps prevents accidents and keeps the pup out of trouble.
I did not do this w/ my pup and I think it took far longer to potty train her because we had accidents in the house that could have been avoided if I had tethered her to me...
Good luck!
(Rich and I were typing at the same time! what he said!)
And don't forget that the dog does not know until he is trained where potty is supposed to be. Set him up to succeed by having him outside when he needs to go, so that he is not forced to go indoors. I say this not because you want to avoid ever cleaning up a puddle -- that will happen -- but because every time he goes outside and is congratulated and praised and rewarded, a habit is cemented into place. The same thing happens every time he has to go and goes indoors -- a habit is formed.
You will be so glad if you put in the effort now to establish solid outdoor habits. You want to throw a party for your dog when he first goes outside. You want a lightbulb to go on in his lil head that says "Whoa! This is a good thing that gets me GOOD STUFF!"
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