House Training
Housetraining can be a breeze if you use dog-friendly methods. It is as simple as preventing mistakes (using on-leash supervision and confinement) and rewarding your dog for eliminating in the right spot (indoors on pads, paper, or litter; or outdoors).
Being a good doggy time manager is what house training is all about- making sure that your dog is in the right place at the right time.
Mistakes happen because the dog is either in the right place at the wrong time or in the wrong place at the right time. If, for example, you take your dog for a walk to relieve himself when he doesn't need to go, he will probably need to go when he gets back inside!
This is an example of being in the right place (outside) at the wrong time (when he doesn't need to go). Once the dog gets back inside, you have an example of being in the wrong place (inside) at the right time (when he needs to go).
During house training, your dog needs to be taken to his doggy toilet (the right place) when he needs to eliminate (the right time), and he needs to be rewarded for going.
All you have to do is make sure you don't give him the opportunity to make any mistakes in the wrong spot, and pretty soon your dog will have developed a strong habit and desire to eliminate in a particular area-his doggy toilet. Developing this strong habit is the essence of house training.
Dogs usually need a trip to the doggy toilet thirty to ninety minutes after eating a meal or drinking, so a well-planned feeding and watering schedule will help you determine when your dog will need to relieve himself.
Your dog will also need to go after playing and when he wakes up. So you can be pretty sure that your dog will need to go to the bathroom when he wakes up, soon after eating and drinking, and after playing. This is especially true with puppies who haven't yet developed strong bladder and bowel muscles.
However, successful house training requires more accurately predicting when your dog needs to go. The best way to do so is to use confinement.
Confining your dog to a small area, such as a crate, inhibits him from eliminating because most puppies and dogs naturally want to keep their sleeping areas clean.
So your dog will need to eliminate when you release him from his crate and take him to his doggy toilet.
Don't fall into the trap of thinking that confining your dog is cruel.
Using confinement in an educated manner is not unkind, especially considering how it accelerates house training (and chew-toy training) and therefore how quickly your dog can be trusted to spend his time in all safe areas of your home.
We use confinement to help keep our children safe (for example, cribs), and we can likewise use it with our dogs.
Housetraining can be a breeze if you use dog-friendly methods. It is as simple as preventing mistakes (using on-leash supervision and confinement) and rewarding your dog for eliminating in the right spot (indoors on pads, paper, or litter; or outdoors).
Being a good doggy time manager is what house training is all about- making sure that your dog is in the right place at the right time.
Mistakes happen because the dog is either in the right place at the wrong time or in the wrong place at the right time. If, for example, you take your dog for a walk to relieve himself when he doesn't need to go, he will probably need to go when he gets back inside!
This is an example of being in the right place (outside) at the wrong time (when he doesn't need to go). Once the dog gets back inside, you have an example of being in the wrong place (inside) at the right time (when he needs to go).
During house training, your dog needs to be taken to his doggy toilet (the right place) when he needs to eliminate (the right time), and he needs to be rewarded for going.
All you have to do is make sure you don't give him the opportunity to make any mistakes in the wrong spot, and pretty soon your dog will have developed a strong habit and desire to eliminate in a particular area-his doggy toilet. Developing this strong habit is the essence of house training.
Dogs usually need a trip to the doggy toilet thirty to ninety minutes after eating a meal or drinking, so a well-planned feeding and watering schedule will help you determine when your dog will need to relieve himself.
Your dog will also need to go after playing and when he wakes up. So you can be pretty sure that your dog will need to go to the bathroom when he wakes up, soon after eating and drinking, and after playing. This is especially true with puppies who haven't yet developed strong bladder and bowel muscles.
However, successful house training requires more accurately predicting when your dog needs to go. The best way to do so is to use confinement.
Confining your dog to a small area, such as a crate, inhibits him from eliminating because most puppies and dogs naturally want to keep their sleeping areas clean.
So your dog will need to eliminate when you release him from his crate and take him to his doggy toilet.
Don't fall into the trap of thinking that confining your dog is cruel.
Using confinement in an educated manner is not unkind, especially considering how it accelerates house training (and chew-toy training) and therefore how quickly your dog can be trusted to spend his time in all safe areas of your home.
We use confinement to help keep our children safe (for example, cribs), and we can likewise use it with our dogs.
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