Bringing a new puppy into the home is a very exciting time. However, it can start to take a turn for challenges when it comes to housetraining. Here, in the puppy housetraining guide, I will share with you some basic tips and techniques to make this type of training easy. In addition to that, you are likely to experience quick success by using the methods listed throughout this guide. If you are looking to get rid of all that newspaper covering the area where you have placed the new puppy, now is just as good a time as any!
You have to realize that your puppy is not born to know just when they are doing wrong by relieving themselves in unacceptable places around your home or yard. When they have to go, they just go and that’s all there is to it! This is especially true if they have had no previous training as to where they should go to the bathroom. A certain area in the yard should be designated for your puppy to do his business. It is very important that when you walk your dog and take him outside that you visit this particular area often. If the puppy happens to have an accident while indoors, you should take him to this area right away. Eventually, your puppy will begin to understand that this area is the location where he is to relieve himself.
The next thing you should do to make sure that your housetraining efforts are a success is to develop a schedule that your pet can use. Your dog should be fed at certain times of the day so that you can set certain times when you walk your animal. When you do this, be sure to take your dog back to the same location over and over again. This will serve as a reinforcement technique that this is where your animal should go to do his business. The best time to take your pet out for a walk is within the first thirty minutes of your dog eating and drinking. This will make your housetraining efforts a success.
It is very important to heap lots of praise upon your puppy when you actually see that he has gone to relieve himself in the appropriate place in the yard. You may choose to talk to your dog in an upbeat, friendly tome, playing with him, patting him on the head or giving him a treat immediately afterwards. Your dog will come to recognize that what he has done is a ‘good’ thing, and he will be motivated to do it over and over again. Once this has been done enough, you will soon begin to notice that your puppy is indeed growing up. He is starting to go out to this area in the yard alone. If you have happened to have the puppy on a leash the first couple of weeks, it would be a good idea just to take him outside alone without one just to see if he goes alone. If he does, remember to reward and praise him!
If you share the house with other people – spouse and children – it is of vital importance that you encourage everyone to get involved with housetraining your puppy. This will include feeding and watering your animal on the set schedule that you have established, walking your pooch, taking him to the area that has been set asides as the one that he can do his business and praising them and rewarding them. You will then make sure that your housetraining endeavors are successful!
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- Thomas Turner
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