Effective Puppy House Training
If you want to keep your house clean after deciding to adopt a new puppy, you need to insist on puppy house training rules. House training must be worked through by every new puppy and its owners. All puppies are different, some pick up things rather fast and some don’t. So don’t be frustrated when you are not having that much progress with puppy training at first. Keep being consistent, loving, and patient and your puppy will learn what you want.
In the Puppy’s Mind
Looking into how your puppy thinks will certainly assist you in producing good puppy house training results. Cleanliness has very different definitions when it comes to you versus your new puppy. Puppies do not need the structure of a set place to relieve themselves outside, what they want is the freedom to go where and when they feel the need. Your puppy’s only concern is to go away from his food and bed which is also the health and safety rule of nature. From your puppy’s point of view, a place away from his food and bed could be anywhere from behind the sofa up to the bedroom floor. You must teach your dog that places that may be acceptable to him are not necessarily acceptable to you, you must lead him to the spot that you have chosen for him.
Reading the Signs
During the first couple of weeks of a puppy, the early warning signals aren’t always easy to read, so you need to find a way to understand this as soon as possible. As soon as possible, you should choose a spot in the area where the puppy is plays, eats or usually sleeps. It is very rewarding to be able to anticipate when your puppy needs to go outside. Puppies need to relieve themselves frequently particularly after they eat, drink, play or get excited.
As you get to know your puppy, you will get to learn the various signs that he needs to go out to the bathroom. When a puppy is persistently sniffing, circling a single spot or has his tail held high, those are common signals. When this happens, all you have to do is get your pup and bring him or her to the appointed toilet area. You will be on your way to successfully completing puppy house training in doing so.
Seeing family members and visitors, or being excited in general, can still make dogs, even those that have had dog training, have small accidents. This is an instinctive reaction known as submissive urination and shouldn’t be handled apart from house training. You should never go as far as punishing you dog, even if other accidents occur. Punishments will only confuse them and make them secretive about going to the toilet.
When accidents happen during periods of excitement, do not shout at your dog, instead work things out until he breaks this habit. It is best to try to greet new people while you are both still outside and the setting is low key. Greet your dog gently and build up his or her confidence. If they do have an accident, clean it up and don’t make any issue out of it. Soon your dog will no longer be having these accidents and you’ll be congratulating yourself for having successfully completed another round of puppy house training.
“Sennen” puppy training @ 12 weeks