House training your dog should start early in his life. It's important to teach your dog early on about the things that he's allowed and not allowed to do. The easiest way to do this is by rewarding and praising him every time he does something right. The more times your puppy is rewarded, the easier and faster it is for him to remember and learn. It is also important to give your pup as much time as you can on its first few days in his new home. You should also give him regular and frequent access to his restroom area.
House training your dog usually lasts up to the 6 months of the dog's life, considering that the puppy starts house training after weaning (the 2nd or 3rd month of its life). House training your dog is not easy and it is very unpredictable. Puppies, like human babies, grow rapidly during this stage of development, eating more and burning food faster. This is why they tend to eliminate more frequently. Like babies, they haven't developed very good bladder and bowel control at this point - they can't 'hold it in' as long as older dogs can.
In house training your dog, confine him to a small room or area within the house. Place old newspapers on the floor to protect it from unwanted discharges. His bed, toys, water and food containers should also be in this area. Your puppy will very likely chew up and play with the newspaper -- this is normal behavior for puppies, so do not scold him just yet. He will also often miss the paper when he excretes. When this happens, just clean up the mess and replace the torn and soiled newspaper with clean ones.
By confining your dog to a certain area, he or she will know the places he is or isn't alowed to go. You should also guide him by praising him when he behaves or does something right. On the other hand, correcting him with a firm commanding voice when he does something wrong, or goes to a part of the house where he is not allowed, is also advisable.
While being in the confines of this area your puppy will also develop a habit of eliminating on paper. As your puppy grows older, he will start to show a favored spot on the floor to do his thing. When this spot is established and the rest of the papers in the area remain clean, then you can start covering a much smaller area. Start removing the paper that is furthest from his preferred spot. After a short while, you will only have to leave a few sheets of paper in your puppy's area.
If he ever misses the paper, then you may have reduced the area too soon. Go back to covering a larger area or even the entire room. Once your puppy is consistently doing his thing on the papers you've placed, then you may progressively move his papers to a more convenient area of your choice. Move the papers an inch everyday until you reach your desired spot. If your puppy misses again, then you are probably moving too fast - go back a few steps and start over.
Do not be discouraged if you keep on repeating these steps. Your puppy is still learning and will eventually catch on. With a little patience and consistency on your part, your efforts in house training your dog will pay off, and you'll have a loyal, friendly, and disciplined companion for many years.
The puppy is new and oh so cute. You cuddle with it every day and love to chase it around the yard or play tug of war with the stuffed animal that, in a year will probably be missing most of its limbs. However, all is not fun and games in the house with the new puppy. Now comes the hard part, house training the dog.
As the new puppy does one of two things to relieve him/herself in the middle of your new white carpet you find yourself wondering why it is so difficult for the dog to understand that you do not go in the house. You think to yourself why would anyone, animals included, go to the bathroom where they live? Would they not want it as far away as possible? You think your puppy must just be thickheaded, anyone with a dog has looked at their animal at this stage and said “you stupid dog". However, then you remember that for a couple years after you were born you not only went to the bathroom where you live but actually in your pants and you feel slightly bad for being so frustrated with your dog’s seeming lack of intelligence.
House training a dog is without a doubt a frustrating process. You wish you could just throw them outside and they would figure it out themselves. Unfortunately it is not this easy; it requires a bit more patience and perseverance. So you do a couple things as you look at the seemingly hopeless situation that has the potential to turn very expensive if you are again forced to replace your carpet. First of all you remember that you knew house training a dog was not easy or fun, second you remember that you are the idiot that bought new carpet two months before you decided to get a dog. Now you suck it up and you go to the book store to get the newest book on house training a dog and hope that it has some enlightening information that will save you both time and money-discounting the $30 you just spent on the book of course.
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