December 13th, 2011
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There are no easy answers to the age-old problem of house-training. The first step in keeping your pet from “going” inside is to make sure that he gets plenty of trips outside. A young pup will not be able to wait more than a couple of hours before requiring a pit stop.
Use an appropriately sized training crate to help with outdoor potty training. Your dog will likely not eliminate in his crate, so take him outside immediately after leaving the crate. Become familiar with your dog’s warning signs so you can anticipate an imminent bathroom break. These can include circling an area, or a sudden stop during play. Take your pet outside through the same door every time, so your dog can learn to approach that exit when the need arises. And read up and seek help if necessary! Rick E. Zee is the pet nutrition expert for the online doggy shop FidoDogTreats.com |
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Housebreaking starts from the breeder. If you wish to have an easy dog to housebreak visit and discuss with the breeder the method they are using. Stay away from puppies that never get outside or are housed in puppymill situations…open grates(wire on floors) can give many new owners a tough time. If the breeder is keeping the puppies in pens where they are to defecate and urinate, eat and sleep …all in the same area…this can cause long-term problems.
Making sure the breeder keeps the puppies as clean as possible. Please make sure you visit the breeder..don’t pick up your puppy at a designated place…meet the sire and dam, check out the enviroment. If a facility is dirty and you would feel awful returning the puppy to that enviroment..that should be a hint to you to stop the purchase. The puppies start is important!
Research…train…educate.
Deborah Miller-Gurchak
Hollybush Dog Training
With all my puppies, at night time, I would put a leash on him and I would sleep on the couch. Everytime he moved, I would take him out. About 5 days, he was done. Worked everytime.
I enjoy your newsletter — I have a troubling issue to ask about. One of our male dogs has started peeing in our dining room and we have not been able to catch the culprit. We have tried EVERYTHING in cleaning and to deter the behavior, but nothing has worked so far. Do you have any ideas? This has been going on since June – and not EVERY day, so we don’t know WHEN the guilty one will do it. Thank you.
Nice tips Deborah and Joy!
If you use a pet sitter, doesn’t hurt to make sure they are being consistent with the training methodology you have chosen as well.
Karen
Pet Pals of Houston
We have a 5 month old Dane blue heeled mix. We have been doing everything to crate train him, but nothing works. We take him out every hour & he goes, but within 20 min he starts to pee or poop & we run him outside again. He can hold his pee in his crate overnight, but he can’t even hold it for 4 hours during the day. Good thing is he doesn’t poop in the crate so I guess we dodged that bullet!
we have him leashed to us when we are home so we can keep a close eye on him. We have been doing this for almost 3 weeks & it doesn’t appear to be getting better. Oh….we also give him treats & lots of praise when he does get it right. What are we doing wrong.