Tips For House Training A Puppy

For a person who loves dogs, there is nothing more satisfying than owning a puppy and watching it grow up. There are many things that you and the puppy will discover about each other en route to establishing a long and trusting relationship. House training a puppy is one of the first tasks that completed if you are going to have the puppy indoors for any length of time. Fortunately, a puppy learns things very fast, and house training can be learned very quickly. This is why it is so important to establish the correct house training routine while the puppy is at a young age. The house training routine that a puppy acquires can be difficult to break once it is established, so it is important to get it right the first time.

Watching the puppy during the initial house training phase is one of the most important things you can do. Observe your puppy while at the same time keeping an eye on the time. If it is a beautiful day outside, and your puppy is very active, taking him out more than once an hour is a good idea. He has to drink more water than he would if he were an adult dog due to his metabolism being so fast. He has to eat a lot more often to feed this higher metabolism, also. With all of this food and water going in, it is easy to understand that he has to "go" more often.

You may want to try house training your puppy by using the paper method, which basically has the puppy using the bathroom on newspapers. Teaching your puppy to relieve himself indoors, then expecting him to make the transition to relieve himself outdoors will tend to confuse your young puppy. Actually, this technique will make it more difficult and take longer to house train your puppy. You teach your puppy that it is not acceptable to use the bathroom in the house by only permitting him to use it outside. Also, the puppy could get in the habit of relieving itself near the newspaper rather than on the newspaper. It is vital that you keep the puppy on a regular schedule by having him "go" outside.

A very effective system that develops positive results is known as the "crate" system. You keep the puppy in a crate for about an hour, and then take the puppy outdoors so he can relieve himself. While in the crate, the puppy is trained to "hold it" until he is let out to relieve himself, which is normally outdoors. Why this system works so well is based on the puppy doesn't want to relieve himself in its living area. If your puppy does relieve himself in the crate, it was because he could no longer hold it and because you kept him in the crate too long. This could have a negative impact on this training method if he does relieve himself in the crate.

House training a puppy is an essential step in dog training if you would like your puppy to establish good habits from the beginning. The most important thing to remember with house training a puppy is to be consistent and offer him a tremendous amount of praise. Understand that the process may take a while and it is important to remember that whenever the puppy has an accident during training, it is okay. By carrying the puppy outside more often, this should put an end to these accidents. If the puppy has an accident after training has ended, don't punish him. You can get the puppy back in the groove by simply reverting back to the training process for a short time.