Puppies are so cute; everybody loves them. They are curious, fun, playful and cuddley and we tend to love every part of having a new puppy until they go potty in the house and then we have to deal with the biggest problem and difficulty of owning a new puppy, puppy house training.
The most crucial thing to remind yourself of and to be wary of is that your puppy is still just a baby. He does not yet have the ability to control his potty habits or to know what you are wanting him to do when you tell him to go potty. You will need to have patience and work with him closely for a few weeks before he develops the capability to alert you when it is time to go out and to control his bladder and other functions.
At the beginning you may need to take your puppy outside as much as 2 to 3 times per hour. That may sound like a lot but a tiny puppy does not yet understand how to control himself and the active playing that most puppies do creates urine. Nighttime may be better as a relaxed puppy will not need to go out as often. Do not wake a sleeping puppy just to go outside but rather just make sure and take him out as soon as possible after he wakes up.
The most crucial part to puppy house training is to be consistent. Use consistent commands, take him to the same spot and give him consistent praise and treats. Your puppy will learn fast if you consistently do things the same way but change anything up and he will get confused. Puppies respond well to consistency.
After your puppy completes his elimination chore reward him with abundant praise and treats. Try to make the puppy house training experience as positive as as you can for your puppy. If you are impatient or mean to your puppy as he is acquiring this knowledge of puppy house training your efforts will take longer as he will become fearful of not knowing what is expected of him.
Using a crate will assist you in your puppy house training when you need to be away from your puppy. Dogs naturally try to keep their own space clean so a crate will help your puppy to learn how to control himself. Dogs are also natural den animals so they like having a small home of their own.
Consistency is the most crucial part of puppy house training. Make sure that you use a consistent command and take him to the same spot every outing so that there is no confusion on his part. Making the experience a positive one for him will also help him to learn quicker and you will be finished with your puppy house training sooner.
In a just a few weeks your puppy house training will be over and you will no longer have to be concerned about accidents in the house. Puppy house training is the most crucial aspect of having a new puppy but it can be much simpler than you expect if you are consistent and positive.
Mike Jones is a devoted dog lover who teaches dog obedience training. If you are interested in the best house training methods for your puppy, then check out the articles by this professional dog-trainer.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Why You Should Train Your Dog
Let me ask you a question, Do you think that training your dog will interrupt the wonderful relationship you share with him/her? Sure he/she does bark rather annoyingly when you take him/her out on walks, and you do have to lock him/her up during dinner parties given how it snarls and growls at your friends four year old, but that’s all ok, because that’s what dogs do right?
Ummm….not really.
Sorry to burst your bubble but in spite of not being a human being your dog too is expected to be polite. Sure his antics might seem adorable to you, you might think it’s cute when he jumps up at neighbors and scratches up doors, but your dog’s victims sure as hell wouldn’t agree with you.
You might think you do not want to exercise the sort of authority required to tell him to behave any better, and that’s all quite all right really. Being the owner of a dog doesn’t require you to suddenly transform into a whip swinging ring master and you are right in denouncing the pathetic idea of establishing who the boss is when dealing with an animal.
Where you are wrong, however, is in your basic understanding of dog training. You need to realize that training your dog is not about proving how much better you are than it, you are not trying to teach it ‘human rules’ and thereby attempting to make it more ‘human’, training is not a method of ‘humanizing’ a dog. What it is, in fact, is a way of improving the relationship you share with your pet, and of course a means of making it more sociable.
‘What’s the point of that?’ you might ask. Well, here is the thing. Most of us spend the larger fraction of our daily lives toiling in office, drinking our instant coffee, reading those balance sheets. The little time we get with our family and pets we try to merge with some sort of socializing. We go to the park for a stroll on a lovely evening after work, or to a friend’s house to watch a movie. If our dogs are unfriendly then on all these occasions we keep it back home, alone, such that in no time it’s in no way a part of our life at all.
Now, like human beings your dog too gets lonely, it gets lonely and depressed and awfully sad especially when it’s left all alone in a dark house where there isn’t anyone to pat his tired little head.
So you see ultimately due to your aversion towards training you keep your dog from enjoying the sort of company and activities it would like to.
Obedience training is a means of letting your dog cope better with it’s immediate environment. It grants every dog an easier life and makes them easier to live with. Training your dog will give you more opportunity to spend more time with your beloved pet, no matter where you are going and who you are going with.
So get in their and give your dog a nice pat and take it out for training. A few magic words like ‘heel’, ‘down’, ‘stay’, ‘come’ and ‘sit’, will change your relationship with your favorite companion forever. Good luck.
Ummm….not really.
Sorry to burst your bubble but in spite of not being a human being your dog too is expected to be polite. Sure his antics might seem adorable to you, you might think it’s cute when he jumps up at neighbors and scratches up doors, but your dog’s victims sure as hell wouldn’t agree with you.
You might think you do not want to exercise the sort of authority required to tell him to behave any better, and that’s all quite all right really. Being the owner of a dog doesn’t require you to suddenly transform into a whip swinging ring master and you are right in denouncing the pathetic idea of establishing who the boss is when dealing with an animal.
Where you are wrong, however, is in your basic understanding of dog training. You need to realize that training your dog is not about proving how much better you are than it, you are not trying to teach it ‘human rules’ and thereby attempting to make it more ‘human’, training is not a method of ‘humanizing’ a dog. What it is, in fact, is a way of improving the relationship you share with your pet, and of course a means of making it more sociable.
‘What’s the point of that?’ you might ask. Well, here is the thing. Most of us spend the larger fraction of our daily lives toiling in office, drinking our instant coffee, reading those balance sheets. The little time we get with our family and pets we try to merge with some sort of socializing. We go to the park for a stroll on a lovely evening after work, or to a friend’s house to watch a movie. If our dogs are unfriendly then on all these occasions we keep it back home, alone, such that in no time it’s in no way a part of our life at all.
Now, like human beings your dog too gets lonely, it gets lonely and depressed and awfully sad especially when it’s left all alone in a dark house where there isn’t anyone to pat his tired little head.
So you see ultimately due to your aversion towards training you keep your dog from enjoying the sort of company and activities it would like to.
Obedience training is a means of letting your dog cope better with it’s immediate environment. It grants every dog an easier life and makes them easier to live with. Training your dog will give you more opportunity to spend more time with your beloved pet, no matter where you are going and who you are going with.
So get in their and give your dog a nice pat and take it out for training. A few magic words like ‘heel’, ‘down’, ‘stay’, ‘come’ and ‘sit’, will change your relationship with your favorite companion forever. Good luck.
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