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House Training A Dog Properly

by Greg E. Johnson

The first assets that you will need when house training a dog is patience and determination. Without those two elements stored away in your mind, you will not succeed. You won’t be able to monitor your dog all day long. And even if you are at home, chores and other activities will take your mind off of your dog until you hear your canine tinkling on the floor.

Accidents can’t be avoided with puppies. During the early months of their growing stages, they don’t have complete bowel and bladder control. They will tinkle will everywhere. That will change as they grow.

Let’s begin with securing a nice area in the house for the dog to call their home. This should be a secured area with paper covering the floor. You will also want to put their water, food, bed, and any of their play toys in the same area so they’ll be comfortable. When it is time to wet, they won’t do it on the bed or in the water or food.

Using newspapers in the confined area will be an important step in training your dog. Regardless of where they go, they will do it on the newspapers. Eventually, they will make an out of the way spot in an area away from the things they enjoy.

After the dog has consistently used the bathroom in their own designated place in their secluded habitat, they will be ready for phase two of the training. Let them have the run of the house. Before you do, put paper in various places around the house and take the dog to each one. Let the dog out of the secluded area after they have singled out a place in their habitat to use the restroom. When they do it on the floor, put their nose close to it, as they are sensitive to the scent, then take them to the paper.

Before you know it, your dog will get accustomed to using the paper. Once they do, move it to various areas in the house to train your dog to find the paper and use it regardless of the location. When they use the paper properly on a consistent basis, reward them for their excellent learning abilities and behavior. This is the first phase of the successful completion of your dog’s training. Do you see how easy house training a dog can be?

The final stage in training is to teach your dog how to go potty outside instead of inside. This is relatively easy based on the fact that dogs love to go outside and sniff around. Begin by placing papers near the doors leading to the back of your house.

When the dog goes potty on the paper as they have been trained to do, put their nose near it, and point to the door. Then open the door and take the dog out. Dogs enjoy the outdoors so it should not be that hard to repeat these steps and help your dog realize that they need to use the bathroom outdoors. It’s that simple. A little time and consistency is needed in order for house training a dog to achieve positive results.

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