You need to make sure that you move a puppy to its permanent home before it is eight weeks old or else getting it to move will be hard. Puppies have to first acclimatize themselves to a particular home before any form of training starts. Puppies are usually afraid of new things when they are between ten and twelve weeks old and need to be taken to a new home before the to prevent ant fear.
Dog training is the process of influencing a dog to act or not to act in a particular way. The way you react to your dog's actions will determine its tendency to either re-do or desist from a particular line of action. You need to be clear about your words and actions if you want your dog to respond appropriately.
Some dog trainers make the mistake of bribing their dogs to respond to their commands. If your dog gets used to getting a treat before responds to your commands well, it will not perform a command unless a treat is there. Giving treats to your dog should not be an everyday affair in order to prevent the risk of bribery.
You will learn how to communicate with your dog under the tutorship of a dog trainer. A dog trainer basically ensures that you and your dog understand each other perfectly. Training your dog is definitely a worthwhile investment that you and your dog will enjoy.
The kind of learning environment that you train your dog in counts as it contributes to the success of the training. A learning environment that is too noisy may distract your dog from doing what you command it to do. Make sure that your dog has all that it needs to feel comfortable before you start any training session.
Dog training involves the issuance of commands to a dog in a particular context. Dog training entails the familiarization of both dog and owner to each other. Basically, dogs are creatures of habit and can easily pick up what you teach them.
If your dog training commands don't seem to be having any effect on the behavior of your dog, don't be quick to blame yourself. A dog may fail to respond to a string of commands because of physical or psychological disorders. Take your dog to see a dog behavioral analyst if your dog is acting out of order.
Teaching your Dog to go to the toilet outside the home, not in it, usually starts between six and eight weeks of age. Dogs as young as four weeks old, have been started on the house training, but at such a young age, a puppy is unlikely to have enough muscle control.
Like any dog training, the trainer's patience is as important as the dog's temperament. 'Sit', 'stay' and other behaviours can often be learned in a few days. 'Potty' training can take weeks - sometimes as short as two, often a month or more.
As with other learned behaviours, you should look for signs of the impending action, then enforce and direct them with a voice command followed by praise. In this case the technique works to the trainer's advantage, since all dogs will naturally go to the toilet. The trick is to get them to do it when and where you want!
Look for signs such as circling or squatting, then pick up the pup, say 'outside' and hurry outside. The puppy may circle some more, but will often squat immediately. As it begins, say ?quickly? (or some other phrase) in a clear, firm (but not angry) voice. Wait until the puppy finished and give lots of praise.
You won't always be able to catch the puppy about to begin, but don't become angry or impatient when the dog goes to the toilet indoors. It takes time for the dog to learn to tell you it's time to 'go outside'. It also takes time for the muscles needed to control bladder and bowels to develop.
Young dogs need to go to the toilet every 2-3 hours, on average. If you haven't spotted evacuation behaviour within that time, take the dog outside anyway. Issue the command 'quickly? and wait. At first, usually, the dog will have no clue what you want.
Again, even when outside, it helps to wait and watch for the desired behaviour then issue the command. That helps the dog associate the command with the behaviour. If the dog hasn't gone after a few minutes and a few 'quickly' commands, take it back inside for an hour. Of course, if you spot the pre-toilet behaviour in less time, go outside again immediately.
Dogs have a surprising ability to quickly learn what their 'alpha' (the leader of the pack) wants. This is almost always accomplished by associating a verbal command with behaviour, followed by praise. Punishment is usually counter-productive, and nowhere more so than in toilet training. Never rub a dog's nose in waste.
Paper and/or crate training is preferred by some. A pup can be trained to go on a newspaper, or on one of the chemically treated puppy pads designed for the purpose. Some small breeds that live all day in the home may not need to go outside at all.
The technique has a couple of down sides however. Unlike cats, dogs will rarely go in a perfumed litter box. Newspapers (even with the top layer removed after the dog goes) will eventually create an unpleasant smell in the house.
Also, long before the odour becomes unattractive to humans, dogs can smell their own distinctive aroma. They don't find it unattractive - quite the opposite. And that's the problem.
Dogs that are paper trained will often prefer to eliminate indoors. Sometimes they'll miss the paper by only an inch, creating a mess to clean up.
Once the odour is in the carpet, the dog will often seek that spot out as its proper 'place to go'. This makes training the dog to go to the toilet outside even more difficult. Best to suffer a few accidents than to create a hard-to-overcome habit.
Patience, praise and consistency are the keys to any dog training. Elimination training is the first test for you and your dog.
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