Thursday, November 19, 2009

Potty Train Your Puppy Fast

By Remco van Reenen

Potty train your puppy as soon as you can. Old habits will be hard to break. Puppies bring love and joy into a home. Bringing home a new puppy is almost like bringing home a new baby. It is exciting and so very cute. You want to spend every minute with it. Treat your new puppy with the same love you would with a new baby.

A new puppy will bring joy into a home. But they do often have little habits that are not too thrilling. Being unable to go potty outside will take some work. Puppies are not potty trained from birth. And it is not a something that they develop on their own either. It needs to be trained. They do not know that peeing inside the house is wrong. Cats are born knowing how to use a litter box. Puppies are not.

Begin by sticking to a regular schedule. If a puppy has irregular patterns with sleeping, eating, then his excreting patterns will be harder to fix. Make sure he sleeps at the same time and wakes up around the same time. There needs to be a routine that is developed. The more regular his schedule is, the more faster his potty training will be conquered.

When your puppy starts to urinate inside of the house, tell him, "No!" Tell him firmly, but never yell. Yelling at the puppy will make him feel bad and resent you. You do not want your puppy to be scared of you. You want him to feel the same love and affection you towards him.

Be observant of your puppy. Watch for things like sniffing around. If he starts to stop whatever it is that he is doing and begins to sniff around, watch out! That is a sign that he is looking for a place to do his deed. Whenever he starts doing this, tell him to stop and carefully lift him outside. Let him finish his business outside.

The whole potty training process should take approximately two to three weeks. If your puppy has not mastered the routine, consult with your veterinarian or obedience instructor for any help.

It is important that your puppy knows when you are proud of him. If you keep rewarding him for his good deeds, the more effective the training process will be. When the potty training has been mastered, the same techniques can be used for other training methods. You can move onto more fun things like how to sit, stand, roll over, etc. Oh what fun you will have with your puppy! And potty training is just the start.

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