Download - Dog Training – House Training Your Dog
One of the most confusing and anxiety-ridden areas
of dog training is house training. Yet, it is one of the
most important, especially for the humans involved.
The best way to understand and find success with
house training is to use the dog’s own nature to help
you.
Dogs are, by instinct, very clean animals. They would
rather not soil any areas where they normally sleep
or eat. Dogs are also creatures of habit --- they like
to know where they’re supposed to go urinate and
defecate. If the dog is taught to eliminate on gravel
or concrete, they will tend to look for either of those
surfaces to do so. If they’re taught to eliminate on
grass or dirt, that’s where they will choose. Use
these habits to your advantage.
Setting up the training area
This is the first step. Make sure the area you choose
is small and confined. A bathroom works for this, or
a place in a kitchen or garage also work well.
Remember that crate training works well for puppies
or small dogs, but for the larger animals, the crate is
too confining.
You need to spend some time with this aspect of the
training. You need to play with your dog in this area,
and this is also where the dog will be taught to sleep
and eat. Put together a special bed. This can be
something you make up with items around the
house, or you can go to the store and purchase a
bed. Don’t worry of your dog eliminates in this area
at first. Once they figure out that this is where the
sleep and eat, they’ll stop eliminating there.
Once your dog realizes that the bed is for sleeping,
you can begin to move it around the house. But, only
when you’re there. When you’re not, put the bed
back in the training area.
Setting up the toilet area
Now you need to determine where the toilet area is
going to be located. Presumably, this will be outside
the house. Wherever it is, it has to a place that the
dog can go to whenever it needs to go. You need
to go there with your dog so you can give the
appropriate rewards for good behavior.
Establish a set feeding schedule for your dog. If the
dog is in the habit of being fed at certain times, the
natural process of elimination will also begin to
occur at certain times. Once you learn when those
times relate to the eating times, it will become much
easier for you to guide the dog to the established
toilet area.
Don’t forget to make sure your dog has ready
access to the toilet area. That way mistakes
aren’t as likely to occur
Continuing the house training process
Once your dog is in the habit of eliminating in
the toilet area and not in the sleeping/eating
area, you can begin to extend the training area to
the rest of the house. Do this slowly. Start by
expanding to one additional room, and then
gradually expand into other areas. Don’t expand into
new areas until you’re sure your dog has control of
its bladder and bowels. At first, do this only when
you’re around. If you’re away, then put your dog
back in the original training area.
Speeding up the process
If you have to move this process along more quickly,
you can do so. Remember to proceed with caution,
though. It’s better to go slowly than to have to try to
retrain a dog later. If you’re going to try to speed
things up, you will have to be there in order to
reward your dog for successful eliminations. It is
also important not to punish for mistakes. That
will only confuse the dog and slow the process even
further.
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