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Dog Potty Training Problems

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Regardless of how cute your puppy is when you bring him home, resist the temptation to delay dog potty training until later. Even very young puppies can be potty trained successfully.

A Crate

A puppy crate is a very helpful tool for dog potty training. A crate gives your dog his own "space" that he won't want to soil particularly at night. Be sure he given plenty of opportunity and encouragement to go potty before he's crated. The Right Food You may be tempted to buy cheap dog food, but you will most likely regret it in the end. Cheap dog foods are full of fillers. Since the fillers can't be digested and processed into fuel, they pass through your dog's digestive system causing gas and creating large amounts of stool. Higher quality dog foods do not have as much filler so your dog passes much smaller stools

A Schedule

Establishing a schedule for your puppy from the beginning will go a long way toward him. Feeding should be done at the same times every day followed by taking him outside to relieve himself about 15-20 minutes after he eats. He should also be given the opportunity to go outside after naps and immediately upon being removed from his crate in the morning.

Communicating Establish words that your dog can learn to associate with relieving himself. Use that word consistently to avoid confusing him. It's also important to learn your dog's signals that he needs to go outside; restlessness, sniffing around (especially in places he may have had an accident at some point) or going to the door can all be signals that your dog needs to go.

Reinforcement

When your puppy does well, praise him. Using the word he's come to associate

with elimination, "good boy to go potty outside" will help him strengthen the

connection between going potty and being praised.

Successful requires patience and persistence but the pay off is well worth the effort. Well mannered dogs are a joy both to their owners and those around them.

Dog Potty Training Problems

And this can only be accomplished with dedication and repetition, repetition, and more repetition! Dogs don't fail . . . owners fail their dogs.

How To Treat Your New Puppy

First, treat your puppy from the day you bring him home as if he's already full-grown. What do I mean by this? Your cute little 15-20 pound Goldendoodle puppy is going to grow up (fast!) into a large dog.

Don't allow or sanction any behavior in your puppy you would not allow a full-grown dog to do. For example, it's so cute when your new puppy jumps up on you to get attention! It's obnoxious, not to mention dangerous, when six months later your now large eight-month-old Goldendoodle puppy has just knocked someone to the floor!

Labradoodle and Goldendoodle breeder Michael Waggenbach of Sunshine Acres says it best, "Training is vital because, if they aren't challenged, that boredom makes them trouble. So, I usually tell people if you're going to have a great dog, you have to keep them challenged. I tell people, a well trained dog makes for a happy family."

Have Honest Expectations

He adds, "When you take a puppy home, many times people have this glorious idea they will take this puppy home and it's going to be perfectly trained. It's not! They need to do training!

And there are people who give up after three days of not sleeping. They think they have the worst dog in the world! So, I think it would be good to set these expectations straight. When you take a a puppy home, it's not going to be everything you want it to be."

So, house training with a crate should be one of your first priorities when training your Goldendoodle. A crate is useful, but stock up on carpet cleaner, deodorizer, and some puppy training pads as accidents are inevitable.

You will also train on basic good manners. There are many puppy-training classes available in a variety of levels. Check the yellow pages or ask someone at your local pet store, because it's best to get a referral or recommendation.

There will be times in your Goldendoodles life when it's critical to their safety they obey your commands. Make sure they're trained that obeying you is not optional!

As you can see, the problem of training your Goldendoodle is not uncommon and by committing to training, you'll make your life a lot easier when dealing with your new puppy.

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