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Difficulties Involved in Housebreaking PDF Print E-mail
Written by Shelly Jacobsen   
You should waste no time starting the process of housebreaking your new dog -- once you have him home, you are ready to begin. One that can only lead to confusion for the dog later on is giving your new dog a little time to get to know the family and the house before laying down the law. Truthfully, you cannot expect a dog who has been allowed to have full run of the house to suddenly accept new rules and adapt quickly to housebreaking.
by ShellyJacobsen


You should waste no time starting the process of housebreaking your new dog -- once you have him home, you are ready to begin. One that can only lead to confusion for the dog later on is giving your new dog a little time to get to know the family and the house before laying down the law. Truthfully, you cannot expect a dog who has been allowed to have full run of the house to suddenly accept new rules and adapt quickly to housebreaking.

It Is Never Too Late

You are still able to fix the situation even if you have let your dog run free with no rules. Contrary to popular belief, it is never too late to start dog training. It doesn't matter if you have a puppy or an adult dog, it is possible to train them with housebreaking techniques until it is a habit. It is important to pick out the behavior that concerns you the most,whether it is dog chewing, dog biting, or dog growling that you are dealing with. After housebreaking them on the first behavior, then you can move on to the next.

In order to make sure that your pet never becomes one of those aggressive dogs you always hear about on the news, you have to start housebreaking as soon as possible. If your biggest problem at the moment, especially if you have a puppy, is where the dog is and is not allowed to go potty then you will need to start with that.

Tips for Housebreaking your Dog

* Restrict food and water to the appropriate meal times

* If you are using pee pads then select one area and keep the pads there

* Praise the dog when good behavior is shown

* Never strike or slap the dog if it misses the pee pad

* After fifteen or twenty minutes of giving the puppy something to eat or drink, it needs to be taken to the pee pad

A lot of people leave water and food out for their dog all day long. Puppies should not be expected to hold their bladder the way that older dogs can. Young puppies do not have the ability to hold their bladder for long periods of time. This will cause more accidents in the house that are not the fault of the puppy. Making food and water constantly available can be counter-productive to your housebreaking goal.

Place the pee pad in the spot of the home where your puppy goes if he continues to miss the pee pad. At this point in housebreaking, you should really just be getting the puppy used to going to the bathroom on its puppy pad. Once your pet is used to this, you may progress the housebreaking by moving the 'pee pad' a small distance every day until it is eventually located where you want it.

Even though housebreaking can take a long time, it is very important. You definitely do not want your dog "going" everywhere. Your puppy can get discouraged if the housebreaking process is not easy to learn. Get outside help if you need it. No matter who does it, it takes time to housebreak.

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Come visit our website on Dog Training and discover more housebreaking tips as well as other dog obedience training suggestions and techniques in order to get that perfectly trained dog that you've always wanted.

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