House Training a Puppy without TearsWe take great pains to train a toddler on where to answer his nature’s call and gradually ensure that he responds. Similarly, house training your puppy too needs patience, time and consistency. Patience – yes, because puppies lack the innate sense of where to relieve itself, instead they simply know that when they have the urge, it is necessary to relieve themselves. As an intelligent and kind owner of the dog, it becomes your duty to train your dog towards the right place to relieve itself. Best results are achieved on this front, when you are calm and consistent. Absence of too much anger, drama and frustration on your part can make house training your puppy, just a brief process with a happy ending.
Methods of House Training a Puppy
Numerous methods can be employed to house train your puppy. You can start with training him indoors, and work your way outside gradually. Confining your puppy to a specific area of the house, an area that has a hard and easy to clean floor, can be the first step. You can also put a training pad or some papers on the floor of that room. When your puppy is sniffing the ground or running in circles, understand that as the signs of the animal to say “I need to go”. Your reaction to such signs should be by putting the puppy on the papers which you carefully laid there for the purpose. Each time your puppy responds by using the right spot, give him some praise. Gradually, your dog gets the hang of the pad or paper. That is the time to move the pad/paper closer to the door. Soon enough, your puppy will associate the urge to relieve with the need to go out.
A crate can be another handy tool to house train your puppy. In fact, in recent years, the crate method has become quite popular. This method has multiple advantages because; confining your pup saves your home and carpet in your absence in addition to providing a safe place for your puppy to hang around, while you are unavailable to him. The crate will also help your puppy to learn to hold the urge till he gets to the right location. This is simply because; most dogs would not relieve themselves in the same place as they sleep. Chances are therefore best that your puppy will also strive to keep his crate unsoiled while he is inside. House training your puppy using the crate method should in the long run, lead to fewer accidents.
It can be a challenge House training a puppy, but not impossible. With consistency on your part on instructions to your puppy as to where he should relieve himself, and plenty of love and praise for making the good choice, your little puppy will absorb the house training in the shortest space of time. |
