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Puppy Potty Training
May 6th, 2011
Puppy house training is one of the most important things a new dog owner needs to teach their puppy. When a dog is properly potty trained an owner’s life will be made much easier. Dogs will be less likely to urinate inside and more likely to perform their business outside quickly and without resistance.
Potty training a puppy is relatively easy, and doesn’t have to be hard or take a long time to do. It just takes perseverance and repetition.
First you need to get some newspapers or pretreated puppy potty training pads. The puppy potty training pads are treated with a special chemical that will attract the puppy to it, thus encouraging the puppy to potty on the pads. When you see the puppy starting to walk around and sniff the floor, and even lifting their legs, quickly pick them up and bring them over to the puppy potty training pads. Praise your puppy once he urinates on the potty training pads.
AS you repeat the training process with your puppy he will learn to associate going potty with the puppy potty training pads, and will begin to use them on his own. When he is using the training pads consistently start moving the papers closer to the door, and you can also place some training pads outside as well. After awhile remove the training pads from the inside and your puppy will be performing his duties outside. Eventually you can remove the training pads outside.
Puppy Potty Training Made Easy
February 18th, 2011
For many families, even if they do not train anything else with their puppy, they will take the time to conduct puppy potty training. After all, who wants to go around cleaning up puppy “messes” from the carpet every day? Puppy potty training can be frustrating for all involved. Remember, though, that puppies are just babies and they do not know what you want until you let them know. There are several strategies to try when you are conducting puppy potty training.
Use A Crate: Using a crate will make puppy potty training that much easier. If you are unable to watch your puppy, put it in the crate. A crate is like a den, and dogs do not like to soil where they sleep. Use the same command when sending puppy into the crate, and always offer a reward while doing puppy potty training. Puppies may cry in the crate at first, but remember, giving them free reign will allow them to potty anywhere in your house. Do not leave puppy in the crate for long periods of time – allow puppy frequent trips outside for puppy potty training.
Designate A Potty Place: It will make puppy potty training easier if you take puppy out to the same place each time. While doing puppy potty training, the yard is only for going potty – take puppy to the same area each time. Only stay out about 10 minutes at a time before going back in. Playtime should only be allowed after the puppy has gone potty.
Reward Success: Remember, puppy potty training is about getting a desired behavior. When puppy receives a reward of praise or a small treat, they start associating puppy potty training as being a good thing. Happy puppies learn faster.
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