House training dogs made simple

Housetraining a puppy is a plain and simple system that nevertheless asks for vigilance, patience time, and commitment from you as dog owner. By keeping track of the advice and tips below, you can actually prevent most housesoiling incidents, but in the end every puppy will soil the house at least several times despite some careful planning. But then again, all this is part and parcel of puppy raising. The thing to be mindful of is that the more consistent and persevering you are in putting into action the housetraining procedures, the more likely it is that your puppy will absorb the desirable behavior you are teaching. Consider it a milestone in the training if the puppy does not have accidents for two to three months.

Establish A Routine

1) First of all, a regular schedule works wonders in dog house training. As a consequence, you  will need to take your puppy outside often, such as every two hours, aside from appointments like when he wakes up after a nap, after playing, eating and drinking.

2) Train the puppy to make use of a bathroom spot instead of soiling the house. Designate a spot near the door as the dog’s bathroom spot, and always take your puppy to that spot using a leash. Then take some soiled rag or paper towel from a recent accident, and bring some material containing the scent to the bathroom spot. The next time your puppy looks for a place to eliminate in, he will often have recourse to this prearranged spot.

3) Lavish praise on your dog, or give a treat each time he eliminates outdoors. Some dog experts even advocate acting like crazy before the dog, so that it is impressed on him that he did well eliminating there. But this positive reinforcement needs to be performed the moment the dog is done eliminating. Giving the reward on time is vital, since by rewarding your dog for eliminating outdoors, he will realize that this is an appropriate behavior.

4)  Feed the dog on a regular schedule as best as you can. By feeding your puppy on the same consistent times each day, you make it more possible that they eliminate at the same times as well. This tip is a big boost to your housebreaking.

Whatever your housetraining preparations, brace yourself for the odd occasion that the dog commits an error in the house. But stay calm, since accidents beyond your utmost efforts are part of housetraining.

1)  When you see the puppy about to eliminate outside the bathroom spot,  interrupt the act by making a startling noise (which however must not frighten the dog). Then bring the dog to his bathroom spot. Take time to praise him and give him a reward in case he fully eliminates there.

2) Whatever happens, your puppy does not deserve punishment for pooing or peeing in the house. More importantly, if you spot a dirty spot with the dog even just a meter away from it, it is fruitless to give a correction. Clean up the mess, and leave the dog alone. Examples of actions that will make the dog scared and tense of you, or afraid to eliminate in your presence, is to rub his nose in the dirt, take him to the spot and scold him (or any other punishment or discipline). However we insist, animals (and dogs for that matter) cannot understand punishment after the accident or error, even if it’s only seconds later. It is in this context that punishment actually is more of an obstacle than an advantage.

3) Lastly, cleaning the soild area will motivate the dog to stick to the agreed-upon bathroom spot, since he will actually want to eliminate in any spot that bears the scent of his feces or pee.

Take advantage of the supervision and confinement procedures of these housebreaking tips above to bring down accidents and errors at home. Using the procedures will speed up the housetraining process for the dog.

Published on September 30, 2009 under Dogs And Family
Tags: dog house training, House training dogs, house training your dog, housebreaking problems, housebreaking tips, housebreaking training

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