House Training Your Dog
House training is unique for every puppy. Some breeds are high strung and will have a problem potty training. It is impairative that your dog start potty training as soon as possible.
My brother and his wife had an Eskimo puppy. When my brother came into the house after work the dog was so excited to see him he would pee. This could not keep happening. His wife decided to take the dog outside an hour before my brother got home. This was not working so it was decided to take him out a half an hour a head of time. When this did not help the problem. The next step was to use the crate technique. This did work.
My friend Kathy had a poodle that had a different problem with potty training. The dog went where ever it wanted to go. They used an empty little kiddie pool to contain the poodle when they were not watching. It worked very well at first. The dog could not get out of the kiddie pool but soon learned how to pull the stem of the pool out to deflate it. They had to keep him in the bathroom where there was no carpeting.
Many methods for training have been developed over the years. Some are good and others not. One technique that is not recommended is finding an accident on the floor and yelling at your dog. This just leads to confusion for your dog. It is ok if the dog is in the act of going potty where you do not want them to go. It is then acceptable to say no loudly or clap to stop the dog from going. After he stops and you take him where you want him to go. You need to praise him when he goes there.
Hitting your dog is never recommended. This can create fear and neverousness in your dog. The dog may not trust or come to you.
Many years ago potty problems were delt with puting the dogs nose into the dogs waste. This does not help at all. What does the dog learn? It will not prevent it from happening again.
The use of pateince and kindness will go a long way to potty training your dog.
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