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Article: house training puppy
Tips For House Training A Puppy
JeffV
Tips For House Training A Puppy
By JeffV
For a person who loves dogs, there is nothing more satisfying than owning a puppy and watching it grow up. There are many things that you and the puppy will discover about each other en route to establishing a long and trusting relationship. One thing that must be accomplished first if you are planning on having the puppy stay indoors for any amount of time is housebreaking, or house training. Puppies have the capability to learn this right away. This is why it is so important to establish the correct house training routine while the puppy is at a young age. It is crucial to get the house training routine established correctly the first time, because it is hard to break a bad habit once it is ingrained.
Watching the puppy during the initial house training phase is one of the most important things you can do. Observe your puppy while at the same time keeping an eye on the time. If your puppy is very active, and the weather is nice outside, it is nothing wrong with taking him outside more than once an hour. He has to drink more water than he would if he were an adult dog due to his metabolism being so fast. Also, to feed this high metabolism, he must eat a lot more often. Just remember that all of this eating and drinking will make the puppy have to "go" more than normal.
You may want to try house training your puppy by using the paper method, which basically has the puppy using the bathroom on newspapers. Teaching your puppy to relieve himself indoors, then expecting him to make the transition to relieve himself outdoors will tend to confuse your young puppy. It will take longer and be more difficult to house train your puppy using this method, studies have shown. By teaching your puppy to "go" outside, he will learn that it is not acceptable to "go" in the house.
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Also, the puppy could get in the habit of relieving itself near the newspaper rather than on the newspaper. Just keep things consistent by having your puppy relieve himself only outside.
A very effective system that develops positive results is known as the "crate" system. The puppy is kept in a crate for roughly an hour before he is taken outdoors to relieve himself. While in the crate, the puppy is trained to "hold it" until he is let out to relieve himself, which is normally outdoors. The logic behind this system is that a puppy doesn't want to mess up its living area if it doesn't have to. If your puppy does relieve himself in the crate, it was because he could no longer hold it and because you kept him in the crate too long. If this happens, it can compromise this training technique.
Establishing good house training habits is an important first step in training a puppy. Being consistent and giving you puppy a lot of praise is an important part in house training your puppy. Understand that the process may take a while and it is important to remember that whenever the puppy has an accident during training, it is okay. You should just increase the frequency of trips outside. Don't punish the puppy if he has an accident later on after training has ended. You can get the puppy back in the groove by simply reverting back to the training process for a short time. For more information on how to house train a puppy, please visit my blog at HowToHouseTrainAPuppy.blogspot.com
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