House Breaking Your Dog
Housebreaking is the most important parts of training your best friend to be a family member. The best way to housebreak your dog is to take advantage of the dogs instincts. Dogs are instinctively clean. Thus, house training is easier than you think. Dogs do not want to mess up the areas where they sleep and eat. Also, dogs develop habits regarding where they like to urinate and defecate. For example, dogs that are used to defecating on concrete or gravel will prefer to do their business on the grave and not on the grass or dirt. The dogs instincts for cleanliness can be used for your advantage.
The first step in house training your dog is to set up your training area. A small, confined space such as a bathroom, or part of a kitchen or garage, works best as a training area. This method of training differs from crate training. Crate training is great for puppies and small dogs, but many larger dogs find a crate too confining.
The owner must spend as much time in the training area as possible. The owner should play with the dog in his training area and let the dog eat and sleep in that area. You need to provide the dog with a special bed in the training area. A large towel or large box will suffice. At first the dog may eliminate in this area, but once the dog uses his own area they will be reluctant to soil the area.
You can move the bed around the house once the dog has gotten used to sleeping in his bed. When you are not with your pet. The dog should be confined to the training area.
You must now set up the potty training area. You must give your dog access to this place every time nature calls. Also, the owner must accompany the dog each time until your best friend gets into the habits of eliminating into his toilet area. This will ensure that the dog only uses their established toilet area.
A set feeding schedule will make potty training easier. Feeding your dog on a regular basis will create a regular schedule for the dog’s potty training habits. Once you know when your dog is going to eliminate it will be easy to take your dog to the correct potty training area.
When your dog has established a toilet area, and he uses that toilet area on a regular basis, it is very important that your dog has access to his area. If he is unable to get to his potty area he may have an accident and this will make house training much more difficult.
After the dog is consistently eliminating in the toilet area and not soiling the training area, it is time to extend that training area to the rest of the home. This process should be done slowly, starting with one room and slowly expanding to the rest of the house. The area should only be extended once you are sure of the dog’s ability to control its bladder and bowels.
First, expand the dogs training area to a single room. You need to let the dog eat, play and sleep in that room. But, you need to supervise that dog. When it is not possible to supervise the dog place the dog back in the original training area. Then when the dog has accepted the area as an extension of the original training area you can then extend this area.
If this process is too lengthy for your needs, it can be speeded up, but it is important to proceed cautiously. It is easier to take your time up front than to retrain a problem dog later. One way to successfully speed up house training is to praise and reward the dog each and every time it uses the established toilet area. It is also important not to punish the dog for mistakes. Punishment will only confuse the dog and slow down the house training process.
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