I am 12 days into housebreaking the new puppy who is about 13 weeks old. He is still not really showing me any signs that he needs to go out. We go out first thing in the morning and after each nap, and i just try to watch for signals after feedings and throughout the…
Category: House Training Guide
How To Teach Your Dog To Eliminate On Command
Teaching your dog to defecate or urinate on command is actually just a process of creating an association. The command I use is, “Get Busy.” But you can use any word or phrase that you please. You’re probably wondering why anyone would want to teach their dog an elimination command. And probably the best answer…
How Do I Teach My Dog To Let Me Know When He Needs To Go Outside?
First, read through the section I’ve already written, on Housebreaking in a Hurry, so that you’ve got all the other elements working in your favor. Second, make sure you ritually take him out of the house to the same door. Third, if you’ve followed step one and two, he’ll be anxious about eliminating in the…
Psychological Mistreatment Of Your Dog Through Isolation
A local veterinarian referred a client to me earlier this morning. She called to tell me that her dog was urinating in the house. First, it was obvious that this woman may have been a little unbalanced… or maybe she’d just forgotten to take her medication… because the nature of her dog problem took a…
Housebreaking A Dog – Five Secrets You Must Know
More dogs are given away every year due to housebreaking problems than any other behavior problem. Housebreaking a dog is fairly easy if you follow a few simple steps. Whenever I get a new dog, or when I advise my clients on issues pertaining to housebreaking, I generally follow five simple rules: Housebreaking A Dog —…
Preventing Unwanted Dog Or Puppy Urination
Preventing Unwanted Urination. There are a number of reasons why dogs have problems with inappropriate urination and in some cases defecation. Unfortunately most dog owners don’t understand why this happens and are unsure what to do. It can even happen to dogs that have been trained and housebroken. Many dog owners who are unable to…
House Training A Golden Retriever
One of the most common methods of house training a Golden Retriever puppy is paper training. [Which Adam doesn’t recommend.] The puppy is taught to go to the bathroom on a piece of newspaper inside of the house and then is later retrained to go outside. While this is a common method, it usually is…
Housetraining Your Chow Chow
There are many ways in life to achieve the same desired results. Of them, there are hard ways and easy ways, right ways and wrong ways. The best course is to combine the easy way with the right way and get the best results. This requires a lot of supervision and positive reinforcement. Let’s…
When is Your Dog Old Enough to be Left Unsupervised in the House
My dog is seven months-old. He hasn’t destroyed anything in the house in several months. Is he old enough to be left alone, unsupervised? Thanks, Kay Dear Kay: It’s an issue of maturity. At seven months, he’s still too immature. And he’s still got his second teething phase to go through, which can be from…
How to Use the Holidays to Improve Your Dog’s Training
Are you stressed about people coming over to your house for the holidays and your dog not behaving? Take advantage of this opportunity and use it to improve your dog’s performance. Many visitors means that your dog will be confronted with many distractions. With my approach to dog training, new and different distractions are a…