3:19 p.m. - 2010-04-27
Two Successful Methods To Pottytrain Your New Puppy
The number one priority for nearly all new puppy owners is housebreaking. Very few people are blessed enough to get a puppy that is already trained. There are two methods that are both very successful for housebreaking and you can use either of them or you can also use both of them concurrently with dog obedience training.
The first way you can get started training your puppy is by using observation and noticing his manners. Puppies will hunker down to urinate or defecate. As soon as you see you puppy starting to change his position and starting to crouch you will need to scoop him up and take him out to his designated spot. If you happen to fail to see the signs and he has an misfortune you should not reproach him as he still does not know precisely what is expected of him and admonishment will just frighten him.
You can always go back and watch your dog training videos. If you happen to miss the signs totally and you come across an misfortune later on, do not reproach him. Dogs can only link to what is happening at the moment and he will not know why he is in trouble if you reprimand him after the fact. This will just serve to bewilder your puppy and that will cause you more tribulations in the future.
The newspaper process is the second way of housebreaking your puppy. Cover the total floor where your puppy runs around. He will do his business on the paper and he will quickly learn that the newspaper is acceptable. You must then slowly eliminate more and more newspaper until there is only a small piece left. Then you will be able to take the newspaper outside to the chosen spot. He will then start going there where the paper is.
Either of these methods can work well. You may want to use both methods all together by using alertness during the day and the newspapers at nighttime. When you are busy or preoccupied by other things, the paper routine may work better.
Sometimes during housebreaking, a puppy will go through a point where he seems to revert and not recall what he has learned. This is a wearisome event but it is ordinary so do not rebuke him for it.
Just use usual dog manners to get him back on track. A dog will infrequently dirty his own space. So use a crate and make it comfortable so he thinks of it as his own. Let him doze in the crate and right away as you let him out, take him to his chosen spot. He will need to alleviate himself right away and he will learn to only do it in that spot.
Housebreaking a puppy does not nearly need to be as disheartening as you may have come to expect. When you use either of these two methods, combined with some patience, your new puppy will be housetrained before you know it.
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