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|Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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Puppy training is very important, regardless if it is your first puppy or your 10th puppy. Training a puppy may also be easier than training an adult dog because a puppy doesn’t have any knowledge on previous training techniques or other issues. On the other hand, sometimes a puppy can also be more difficult to train simply because it may not comprehend what you are trying to teach or be too young to absorb the lessons.
Puppies are also easily distracted because everything is new to it. The environment, the people, the things around, the other pets – these are all distractions to a puppy simply because it is very curious about everything! With this in mind, it will be best to keep training sessions quick and short. Each training session should also ideally end on a positive note.
Socialization is important!
As a puppy, socialization is also important. Be sure to expose your puppy to other puppies, dogs and even pets. This will reduce any likelihood dog aggression as your puppy will know how to deal with its surroundings. Socialization training will help in educating your puppy on how to play with other dogs properly and how aggressive play with other dogs in the play group is not acceptable and will lead to punishment.
As the puppies play with each other, they learn what is appropriate (and what is not). All undesirable and inappropriate puppy behavior (hard biting or scratching) is punished by its siblings, by the puppy’s mother or both. However, in this day and age, many puppies are separated from their mothers (to be sold or adopted) before this natural socialization can take place.
Hence, this is why socialization and puppy training sessions are important. It may make a huge difference to your household and your relationship with your puppy and dog. After all, you would want a puppy or dog that is obedient and responsive to your commands.
You may begin socializing your puppy by taking a trip to the local pet store. Check to make sure if the pet store allows you to bring your puppy to get used to new sights, sounds and smells.
Positive reinforcements
Puppies should be rewarded for good behaviors and not rewarded for being a delinquent. Do not reward a puppy just because it has a cute behavior. For example, it may be cute when a puppy jumps on people, but this cuteness will wear off immediately if your puppy grows into a 100 pound dog! So it will be wiser to reward your puppy for sitting instead of jumping on people.
These positive reinforcements can also be used in potty training for a new puppy. For example, teaching a puppy to do its “business” on certain surface is a good technique. If your puppy gets used to pooping on gravel or asphalt surfaces, it will be reluctant to use other surfaces such as your home carpet as potty.
A calm environment
If you are bringing home a new puppy for the first time, it would be great if everyone in the family is present. It would also be best to make sure that the house environment is calm, unlike during festive or holiday seasons. Otherwise, there will be too many distractions and the puppy will not get the attention it needs.
Once a puppy becomes part of the family, it will need to learn more about the home environment. For example, if there are stairs, your puppy may not know how to climb properly. So as an owner, you will have to slowly build your puppy’s confidence. Start at the bottom of the stairs and slowly work up the steps day by day. Do not expect it to climb all the way to the top on its first day! In general, a wide stairway may be less intimidating for the puppy.
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Bringing home a new puppy is exciting, and nerve-wracking. There are so many things that can go wrong, but so many things that can go right. You must immediately begin teaching your puppy how to treat others and how to behave in your house, and you must immediately begin teaching others (especially children) how to treat the puppy and give her consistant behavioral cues.
The period of house training your puppy is especially laden with potential hurdles and setbacks. Try to keep in mind that puppy training is not a battle or a race. The most important thing is to get good habits established early, and to stick to your guns. We love them, but dogs are simple creatures and prefer stable habits and rituals. This makes it easier to prevent mistakes and set up a good precedent for later training. Establish a food and water schedule, serving your puppy at the same time every day, and take away her water bowl before bed time. (Don’t forget to replace it in the morning!) Young puppies can only hold their urine so long, generally about an hour for every month of her age, plus an extra hour. So, a three month old puppy can hold on for about four hours.
When accidents happen (and there is no way to completely avoid them), don’t freak out about it. Simply clean up the mess, use an odor neutralizer, and get on with the training. The thing is, in their simple-mindedness, dogs don’t distinguish between a ‘good’ and a ‘bad’ place to go to the bathroom. The world is their toilet, and when they feel like going, they just do it. It is a human construction to designate a special place to eliminate. Dogs do, however, have a natural instinct to keep their bedding or sleeping area clean, and you can use that to your advantage.
Make a strong distinction between your puppy’s sleeping area and her bathroom. It’s very important that, if you live in an apartment or in a house without a yard, that you buy a doggy pad for your puppy to use when you can’t take her out. It’s like a litter box for dogs, and will constitute your dog’s special place to go. If the dog considers the whole house her bedding area, she won’t want to muck it up, and will prefer to use her specially designated “bathroom” area- the doggy pad.
The process itself is fairly simple. Keep the puppy in a little penned off area, or bedding area, for most of the day. Every hour or so, bring her to the area that you have deemed acceptable, be it outside or a doggy pad, give her a verbal command (like “go potty” or “business time”) and wait for her to go. Build up the association between the word and the action– as she’s going, give the verbal command again. When she’s finished, shower her with praise. Right after a jaunt to the bathroom, you can give her some time out and about.
If you take her to the bathroom and she doesn’t go after a minute or two, bring her back to her pen and try again in twenty minutes. Try to stick to the hour schedule, though, and you’ll be rewarded for your perseverance. Yes, this means also waking up in the middle of the night to bring her to the bathroom. You can do this only twice or so a night, though, since you’ve taken her water away and she won’t have to go as often.
Remember, be patient. Your puppy is a simple creature, and training won’t happen all at once. She needs routine and reassurance. And never use physical force to train a puppy. This will only teach her to fear punishment and mistrust you. You must encourage her to try for reward and make training into a game that she is interested in winning. Best of luck!
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Puppy Housebreaking / Housetraining Procedures and Methods
Puppy housebreaking should start just as soon as you bring your new puppy home – and it is the best way to teach your purebred puppy to go outside when it has to relieve itself. How long does it take to do puppy housetraining? (more…)
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