Happy Housetraining Your Dog
Saturday, November 21st, 2009When you have a new puppy the first work of the guarantees is that you will need to house train him to go to the bathroom. Now this is not an easy work for anyone veterans or fresh owners although it may be done through several methods. Remember, house training dogs can be fun; you just need to be persistence.
The goal is to make it easy for the puppy to do the right thing in the first place. Training in this way is faster and more effective than punishing the dog for mistakes. YOU play the most important part in the success or failure of this method ?you must be patient, determined and reliable for it to work.
The key to house training your dog is to rely on your dog’s natural instincts and tendencies.Dogs are instinctively clean animals. If they can avoid it, they would rather not soil themselves or their usual eating and sleeping areas. Dogs also naturally develop habits of where they would like to eliminate. For example, dogs that have a habit of eliminating on grass or dirt would rather not eliminate on concrete or gravel. You can use these natural tendencies for rapid and successful house training.
After another short play period, take the pup outside before bedtime, then tuck him into his crate for the night. If he cries during the night, he probably has to go out. Carry him outside to poddy, then put him back in the crate with a minimum of cuddling. If you play with him, he might decide he doesn’t want to go back to sleep! Puppies usually sleep through the night within a few days.
The first thing you need to remember is that accidents are going to happen. ANY other corrections such as rubbing his nose in it, smacking with newspapers, yelling, beating or slapping only confuse and scare the dog. If you come across an accident, it really doesn’t pay to get too excited about it. Dogs aren’t smart enough to connect a past act with your present anger and he won’t understand what you’re so mad about.
To make things easier on both yourself and your dog, you should put your dog on a regular feeding schedule. What goes in on a regular schedule will come out on a regular schedule. If you know when your dog needs to empty out, then you’ll know when to take her to her toilet area. Healthy adult dogs should be able to control their bladder and bowels for eight hours. It’s important that you do not confine your dog without access to her toilet area for too long.
Once your dog gets used to sleeping on her very own bed, you can move it around your house from room to room, where ever you go. Confine your dog to her bed when ever you are somewhere other than her den.