If you have your mind set on getting a boxer, take a few minutes to find out about boxer puppy training. Listening to you will be the main thing you want to teach your puppy. Without having that one skill, trouble will always begin. If you have a dog that isn't trained to listen and do what he pleases, your commands will go unheeded and you will be frustrated.
If you want to establish a good relationship between you and your puppy, you will want it to be the best. In order to establish that kind of relationship, you will need to start early. It is essential that a puppy listen, and he will if he is rewarded for good behavior. As time passes, he will continue to listen sometimes because he thinks he'll be getting a treat.
It is fine to start out with treats, but as your puppy learns more, you won't want to give him a treat each time. When you take your puppy outside and walk around the neighborhood, give him a chance to explore and learn. Take him to meet the neighbors, their children and others so that the puppy gets used to being around people.
One method to use in boxer puppy training is to make the rules so that he will have to follow them. Then enforce the rules. Straying due to distractions and excitement is normal exactly like it is with children.
A good idea is to have an area of your home that belongs to the puppy. It will be where he is sent for time outs when he misbehaves. For this reason, it needs to be somewhere quiet and private. It will also be where you keep his toys, his bed, preferably, and a place where he can use as his retreat. Keeping his toys in something that you can put away when he is in time out is important.
Chewing on inappropriate things is one of the main problems that puppies experience when being trained. Everyone knows that puppies love to chew on things, and given half a chance, they will chew on the wrong things. This is another reason for establishing a place that is the puppy's area. It should be free of anything that isn't the puppy's things. Everything located in this area is his to chew on to his heart's content.
Should the unmentionable happen and you catch him chewing your shoes or your favorite sweater, immediately take it from him and scold him. Replace it with something of his. A bone or a toy will do and when he takes it, praise him. This tells him that you are not pleased with him when he has your shoe in his mouth but you are pleased when he chews his toys. You and your new puppy can have a special relationship that lasts a lifetime if you establish the rules at the beginning and stick to them.
Like babies, puppies need to be taught what is right and what is wrong. To adequately teach your puppy, be prepared ... you are going to need a lot of patience. It might be a matter of days or a matter of months before you have your puppy house trained so that it goes to the bathroom outside.
To start with, you might want to create a special sleeping area for your puppy's naps and night time sleeping. This is usually an enclosed space, like a crate. When the puppy understands that this is its special sleeping area, it is unlikely that it will go to the bathroom there. You need to be sure to put the puppy in this enclosed bed area every night and for naps so that it will recognize and "own" this special sleeping enclosure.
Be consistent about when you take your puppy outside for bathroom breaks. Also be consistent about the location in the yard where it is acceptable for your puppy to 'do its thing.' Take the puppy out on a fairly long leash so it can walk around, sniff things over and check things out. When the puppy finally goes to the bathroom, give it a treat. You will also want to congratulate the puppy in what I call "happy dog voice" ... you know, that stupid voice that you use only for your cute little dog. When your puppy is young and active, you might need to take it outside every other hour for bathroom breaks. As it grows older, it will not need to do its duty quite as often, so you will be able to wean the outside trips from your schedule.
Be wary of sneaky indoor bathroom breaks. Keep an eye on your puppy when it is not napping or sleeping. If your puppy starts running around sniffing the floor or running in circles, this might be an indication that it has to go to the bathroom. Take it outside to its designated bathroom spot.
On the outside bathroom breaks, be sure to use words like "go potty" or something similar that your puppy will begin to recognize. Over time, when you say something like "It's time to go potty," the puppy/dog will understand that it's time to go outside for bathroom break.
When you take the puppy out for bathroom break, do not attempt to play with it or talk with it until it "does its thing." Then, reward it with a treat and/or encouraging talk. Be careful about giving the puppy too many treats! To make the treats more effective, do not leave food around the house for your puppy to gobble up. You should, however, have plenty of fresh water around at all times.
When figuring out your schedule for potty training, plan on the puppy having to go to the bathroom about 20 minutes after it eats. And, of course, as mentioned earlier, your puppy will need to have a bathroom break about every one to two hours until it grows older.
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