For those of you who are thinking about getting a new puppy or currently own a little puppy then you need this information! Whatever you do, don’t turn around!
House training your dog is one of the first things you should be training him or her. It is the most important single component about training your dog as a puppy.
House training a dog but not succeeding has lead to many dogs being surrendered to shelters, so it is very important that you house train your dog properly.
While this process is usually not difficult, you should always take it seriously. So you should always remember to take it slowly because it will not happen over the period of a night. If you rush the training process you may end up having to restart the whole training process.
While the owner of the dog is not at home, the puppy should be placed in a small room at all times and all of the floor should be covered with paper. Obviously it is important to make the room puppy-proof, which means that you should remove any items that could cause an injury to your puppy. At first, the puppy will likely dispose of waste at a random spot in the room and the puppy will probably play with the papers, chew them and so forth. This is normal and you should not penalize your dog for it. Always clean up any mess that the puppy makes each day as it will be routine for the first little bit. Easily clean up the dirty papers and place new ones down.
While the puppy is in the little room when you are not at your house, due to using the paper training method he will began to get used to using the bathroom on the papers. After a little time goes by he will choose to try other places to use the bathroom. When he establishes a favorite spot you should slowly take away the paper from there. Start to remove papers that are farther away from that spot then move on to laying down just a few papers. If your puppy misses the paper when using the washroom it means that you need to make the area a little bit bigger as you reduced the spot too much. After your puppy is comfortable with doing his job on the same spot all the time you can most the papers to a area of your choice. Only move the paper up to an inch a day. If the puppy misses the papers, it means again that they are not ready to make a little move from spot to spot. Do not rush this process at all. If this happens then you can just move the papers back and wait a little while.
House training…
It should be rather common sense that tells you that the more tie that you are able to spend with your puppy, the faster that he or she will be house trained. The main goal should be to bring your puppy with you to the toilet area to use the bathroom every time that he needs to go. The majority of the time, your puppy will either need to go every 45 minutes or in most instances, right after each time he play, after he just wakes up, or right after he eats or drinks.
When your puppy gets used to the toilet area and he starts to improve his bladder and bowel control, he is able to spend a longer time outside and a longer time by himself or playing, as well as being in the rest of the home. It is important that this transition is a slow process and that you do not over rush anything. Do not leave the puppy alone unless he is in his specified room.
Best of luck with training your puppy!
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