| Potty Train Your Dog in a Few Easy Steps |
| Written by Ray Alexander | ||||||||
| Friday, 05 March 2010 | ||||||||
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Your desire to have your own puppy is to enrich your household through your rewarding experiences with your pet. However, you know that there will be obstacles to this objective. One important wake up call to this situation is when your pet starts to create a mess inside your house and in your daily schedule.
Your desire to have your own puppy is to enrich your household through your rewarding experiences with your pet. However, you know that there will be obstacles to this objective. One important wake up call to this situation is when your pet starts to create a mess inside your house and in your daily schedule. But you know that there is one very good answer for this, dog training. Teaching your pet impeccable manners and good behavior has many dimensions. It also involves different actions and reactions that you want your dog to acquire. One of your priorities is to potty train your dog. Potty training had been perceived by many as a very stressful and difficult task to undertake. But with the different schemes of going about it, many pet owners are willing to undertake their dog's training on their own. The different techniques are often as good as the others. But then, you must always remember the foundation of dog training which is to teach your pet what is a good and acceptable behavior. The sooner you start your training, the better. Over time, your dog will be able to develop habit of its own and that will be harder for you to correct the bad ones. Persevere in your efforts and be consistent with your training. Consistency is one of the main ideas that the dog could understand. Start your potty training by picking the spot. It would be helpful if the floor would be easy to clean as there could be instances of hits and misses especially at the onset. Get lots of newspapers or even cardboard and spread several layers in your chosen area. Each time your dog needs to go to the bathroom, bring it on top of the paper-covered floor area. While your dog is at it, lavish the praise and the love. This is the only best time to do this. A delayed praise might not be connected with the action and your dog will not learn. When you clean up the newspapers, always retain one slightly-soiled piece to put on top of the new pile. The dog would connect the layers of newspapers with the action of going to the bathroom. When your pet slowly understand that the designated spot is its bathroom, slowly reduce the size of the layers of newspaper. In cases when your pet makes a mess outside the covered area, spread out the coverage a little bit again. Then, repeat the process of reducing the size of the area with newspapers slowly until there are lesser misses in using the allocated spot. When you come to a point when your pet's mess is only as big as your newspaper layers, it is the proper time to move on with the training. Your next step is to either exchange the pile for an indoor toilet or move the heap towards the door. Your pet then is ready to be house trained as your pet has been successfully potty trained. The basic rule in dog training is to help your pet form the right habit. Forming a habit requires patience because of the repetitions that it requires. But continue to persevere as this is one of the best ways towards your dream of a rewarding relationship with your pet. About the Author: If you are training your puppy to be her best, please take a look at How to Stop My Dog Barking, and see our reviews of Cute Dog Collars. Views: 74
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