Puppy Training: Ways to Train My Puppy
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About 90% of American pet puppies live indoors with their owners. If you are thinking of having your dog live inside with you and your family, you have to go through the process of housebreaking them. The process of potty training a puppy is a prospect that intimidates many dog owners. It is not that difficult, it doesn’t have to be messy and housebreaking can be accomplished without a struggle. You have to keep in mind though that this is a training issue and you have to put in a little more than just casual effort. It requires time, involvement, and some tools of the trade such as puppy training pads.
The Puppy is Boss
Two guiding rules exist for helping puppies and dog owners in puppy training. First and most importantly, don’t punish your pup for something you did not catch him do! Secondly, always tell puppy how good he is for the things he did correctly. Don’t let training lead to situations where your only action is saying ‘no’ when you catch your pet doing something wrong. Praise them or offer them a reward when they do the right thing.
Housebreaking Guidelines for Your New Puppy
There are different ways to housebreak puppies. When you start indoors, encourage them to use papers or puppy training pads for their bathroom acts. Puppy pads generally are treated with scented chemicals that lure pups and get them to use the pads. As soon as you see them starting with their pre-potty pattern of walking around and sniffing the floor, pick them up gently and without saying anything, and carry them over to the puppy training pads or paper and reward them for the doing their bathroom acts properly.
When everything is going well and the doggies are using the papers and puppy training pads consistently, you can either move those closer to the door or place them outside. The transition is accomplished by focusing their toilet habits in a specific in the home to an outside place. In the very near future you will have no need for papers or training pads indoors.
The biggest issue with this method of puppy potty training is that is requires more time to get the puppy to go indoors. Other popular methods of house training puppies involve puppy crate training or the use of cages plus constant pet owner supervision.
When you opt to use a crate or a cage for housebreaking your dog, take note that dogs can only hold their bladders and bowels for about seven to eight hours. Usually this technique is very effective because most puppies consider their cage or crate as their sleeping area and they don’t want to have to lie in their own mess. Leaving them in their cage or crate for very long, however, is not good to do.
This is not to say, though, that continual supervision involves crates or cages, and paper or puppy pads. It is here that dog owners opt to spend whatever time is necessary with their pups. This works good for those who are retired, work from home, or any owner that can spend lots of time with the puppy. Pet owners can normally usher their dog outside as soon as the pre-potty signs are noticed with this technique. You need to keep a constant eye on your puppy to prevent any accidents or slip-ups.
To summarize, housebreaking and training your puppy should be included along with teaching them the basic commands like ‘come’ and ’stay’. However, housebreaking and potty training a puppy are always the messiest lessons, and will usually give you more problems than any other form of dog training. Have faith!
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