House Breaking Your Dog Tips
No one wants his carpet stained with dog urine. Yet the answer isn’t always to leave the dog outside 24/7. After all, some dogs are purchased as indoor pets. If the dog is going to be indoors, then, it will be important to train the dog to do his business in the proper place, either outdoors or in a designated area. These rules are designed to make an indoor dog welcome in the house. Get these dog training tips to accelerate your success.
The speed at which your dog learns this important pattern will depend on several things. First it will depend on the intelligence of the dog. Check online for a list of the smartest and most easily trained dogs. If your dog isn’t on it, he can probably still be trained. It will just take a little longer. Second, it will depend on the maturity of the dog. An older dog may have better bladder control, but a really old dog is hard to teach new tricks. Third, it will depend on your consistency with the training. You have to keep at it consistently until your dog won’t want to go in the wrong place. This article centers on a consistent method.
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could sit and reason with Phydeaux? “Look, neither of us wants you to relieve yourself in the house. So if you have to go, just wag your tail or stand by the door and I’ll get the message, OK?” Since that won’t work, you must try to convey the same message through your voice tone, words, praise, gestures, and rewards.
Dogs usually need to relieve themselves within twenty minutes of eating a meal. Therefore, do not feed him until you can take him out after he eats. If you want the dog to do his business outside, you must either send him out or take him outside to do it. At first, it is good to take him so that you can reinforce the good behavior when it occurs.
Success with housebreaking a dog will be achieved through consistent praise for doing what you want, and showing disapproval when he doesn’t. At first the dog doesn’t know what you want. So when he messes, be patient and instruct. As the dog gets the message, disapproval can be more overt when the dog doesn’t do what he knows he should.
Let’s say you got a new puppy that is eight weeks old. Day one is the time to start training him. Be patient because he not only must learn your commands but also how to control his bladder (Be sure to take a pooper scooper with you, just in case.) Talk to the dog. Say, “OK, time to do your business.” When he does, exaggerate how wonderful this is, just as you would a child’s first steps. Take along a favorite treat that he gets only when he does what you want. Follow this pattern after every meal and before bed for at least a month or two.
In the mean time, you may want to restrict the dog to a floor that is easy to clean. His reward for graduating will be freedom to enter the rest of the house. Be alert to any signal the dog gives that he wants to go out. If he does his business then, praise and reward him again. Be sure he has the opportunity to go out when he needs to so that self-control is reasonable to expect.
Once he goes, don’t take him back in the house right away if he likes to be out. This may be interpreted as punishment. Instead, keep making a big deal out of his success.
Building a relationship is most important. Your dog will want to please you anyway. But the greater your relationship, the more he will want to do what you like, including doing bathroom duty in the right place.
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