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Housebreaking Your Puppy
When you bring home your new puppy, some training must start immediately. With just a few easy housebreaking tips, it won't be long before you can have a puppy and clean floors, too.
Understanding Puppy Physiology
To understand how to housebreak a puppy you must understand just a bit about dog physiology. Unlike humans, dogs have a short digestive tract. What goes in must come out – and rather quickly. That is basic information that makes the difference between a quick efficient housebreaking period and a long drawn out battle with your pet.
Why Puppies Need Frequent Potty Breaks
Puppies, like children, do not have the control over elimination that adult dogs usually have.
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Rule of thumb: The smaller the dog, the more frequently they will need to go outside.
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Puppies are very small! What they eat and drink doesn't stay in their body for very long.
Step One: Start with Newspaper Training
For the first few days or a week, place several levels of newspaper at the door that will be used to take your puppy out. Later he will learn where all the doors are, but at first just use one door to take him out to do his "duty".
Step Two: Establish a Feeding and Water Routine
As much as possible, take the puppy out into the yard about 10 minutes after he eats and 5–10 minutes after he drinks. Though dogs should always have water available, if you are there with him during the day it's fine to just give him the water dish every couple of hours rather than keeping it out all the time.
Step Three: Praise the Right Behavior
When you take your pet outside just set him down and ignore him. Don't play with him, just stay there with him. As soon as he eliminates, immediately praise him as a good dog and take him back inside right away.
Step Four: Handle Mistakes Calmly
He will make mistakes. If you see him in the process of a "goof", don't raise your voice at all. Pick him up (even if he's right in the middle of what he's doing) and place him on the layers of newspaper at the door. As you put him down to finish, tell him "good dog". Don't try to rush outside with him as you'll not make it in time and will confuse him.
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Why Crate Training Is Important
Crate training your dog should begin when he is a puppy, or at least when you first get him, and continue throughout your pet’s life. By making his crate kennel as much a part of his secure and familiar environment as possible you allow him to be comfortable and relaxed around it and neither of you will ever have to endure the horrors of an unhappy crated dog!
Introducing the Crate Early
If you are ever going to have to put your dog in a crate for reasons of travel or housing then the kindest thing to do is to introduce your pet to the idea as early as possible.
The Right Way to Start
That doesn’t mean pushing him in a crate to get him used to the idea! What it means is that you find an appropriately sized crate for your animal, and you put it with him in his room. When you first do this it is a good idea to place a treat inside the crate, put the crate on the floor and leave its door open so your dog can investigate it and enjoy the treat.
Creating Positive Associations
By taking such a casual approach you don’t even have to instruct your pet to go into the crate or teach him anything at all; you merely buy the crate and place it on the floor of his room and let him get used to it being a part of his landscape. It is a good idea to occasionally put treats in the crate so your pet makes positive associations with it.
Comfort and Rewards
By putting a comfortable cushion and even placing new toys in the crate your dog will understand it as a comfortable place where he will be rewarded and find enjoyment. You might even place the crate next to his bed and discover him sleeping there instead.
Closing the Crate Door Gradually
Once your dog has become entirely familiar with the carrying crate you can introduce the idea of the door being closed while he is in there.
Small Steps First
The best way to do this is to put some treats inside for him to enjoy then close the door while he eats them. The first few times this should only be done for a few minutes so he experiences no anxiety over the new situation; and remain by the crate throughout so he doesn’t feel any insecurity.
Making Crate Training Stress-Free
As with all training procedures it is all to do with taking small steps and slowly lengthening them.
Building Confidence
The first time you carry your dog whilst he is inside the case should be only a very short distance, perhaps to your chair where you will place him next to you. Always have the happiness and comfort of your dog foremost in your mind and by the time he is required to use the crate for real, he will be entirely happy with it and it will not seem unusual at all to him.
Crate training your dog should be a gradual affair at a pace which ensures the comfort of you both.
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