Basic Puppy Training Techniques | Housebreaking Puppies
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Housebreaking puppies is one of the first puppy training techniques you will have to deal with. This is very basic but essential. Unfortunately, you, along with all other responsible dog owners, must deal with housebreaking your puppy. However, with some common sense you won’t have to face more than the “normal” quantity of pee and pooh. Before we get into the puppy training techniques for housebreaking, I want to remind you that we are merely fine tuning what the puppy wants to do naturally.
First, I can’t say often enough how important it is to always, always, always be patient, persistent, and always use gentle firmness when training your puppy. Never be angry or scold. That’s old school, and in this case, old school was wrong and bad. you have to do things over and over again so that the puppy will gradually learn what you want and how to please you.
Essential tips to help housebreak your puppy:
Start housebreaking your puppy around 8 weeks.
*set up a feeding schedule and stick to it.
*Never, never, never over feed your puppy.
*Follow your vet’s recommendation for amount of food.
*Do not feed your puppy later than about 90 minutes before putting your pet down for the night.
*We suggest taking your puppy out at least every two hours.
*Use this time to train a toilet command. When you see the puppy getting ready to go, tell it to “go pee” or some other command that you will use only for this purpose.
*When you let the puppy outside, be sure to remain outside with the puppy.
*When inside, take the puppy outside when you see it acting like it wants to go. If you see it getting restless or sniffing the floor as if following a trail, that means you need to take it outside.
*If you catch your puppy starting to go but not yet in the act, make some quick, sharp distracting noise to catch its attention. You want to break its focus on going, and then quickly take it outside.
*Here is a secret, rather than picking the puppy up, see if you can get it to follow you outside. That will speed up its understanding that it needs to rely on itself for transportation outside.
I’ll mention once again that you have to be willing to do the same actions over and over again until your puppy learns what you want. Again, you puppy wants to please you. Force really isn’t necessary. Instead, you merely need to guide the puppy’s actions with gentle firmness, lots of praise, and and occasional treat.
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I would suggest common sense in regard to puppy care and cold weather. How long you leave a puppy outside in cold weather will depend on breed, age, and outside temperature. Generally speaking, young puppies should not be left outside alone, and during cold weather you want to monitor them carefully for signs of discomfort. Generally, dogs do not need outer-wear, but some short haired breeds may be particularly vulnerable in severe cold weather conditions.
In severe winter weather keep your puppies inside except for toilet breaks, and even then if it is too cold, you may need to arrange a toilet for them inside.
Pay attention to your adult dogs, too. Dogs can suffer and succumb to hypothermia just as we can. If you take your dogs for a ride in winter, don’t let them sit in the car for too long.