When we bring our first puppy home, the first thing that bothers us is how we should train him. Checking into different methods employed by other dog owners might bring some insight, but but we need more than that to reach at a practical solution. We can try different tips from experienced dog owners but to train a puppy effectively, we need professional help.
Before we hire a professional trainer, however, we can house-break the puppy. There are a number of things we can do to give him basic discipline. It can be done in the first week itself and it's better done sooner than later. The more you keep dropping off harder it become for you as well as your puppy.
Before you start with any training, you have to remember one thing. Your puppy is just like a kid. It will make mistakes before it is fully trained, and there is considerable time and patience involved in this. If you show impatience or you become upset with him, it will make it harder for you as well as for the puppy. Keep a cool head and expect mistakes.
If your puppy doesn't show enough enthusiasm immediately, put him back into the crate for some time, say half-an-hour before you start all over again. A fresh start gives good and fast results. It pays not to hurry them too much. The key is to do it again and again, so that your instructions become a habit. Till then, you have to keep the kennel clean yourself.
Slowly, the pup will start liking a clean living place and it will try to keep it clean himself. You know how habits work!
If you have picked up a healthy pup, half the battle is won. Healthy puppies keep their living place clean. Even otherwise, after some getting used to, a pup is not going to pee or poop in their crate.
Another thing you have to ensure is, you have to make the crate sufficiently big. Your puppy needs sufficient space so that it can stretch himself as ease. When the living space is too restricted, your pup is not going to like it. It would try to find an alternate space in your home and all your efforts to put him back into the crate would fail.
That would make the house-breaking very difficult. So, keep these 3 things in mind and your puppy will have no issues at all. After a couple of weeks, when the puppy is sufficiently old, you can hire a professional trainer to teach him the essential tasks.
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Before we hire a professional trainer, however, we can house-break the puppy. There are a number of things we can do to give him basic discipline. It can be done in the first week itself and it's better done sooner than later. The more you keep dropping off harder it become for you as well as your puppy.
Before you start with any training, you have to remember one thing. Your puppy is just like a kid. It will make mistakes before it is fully trained, and there is considerable time and patience involved in this. If you show impatience or you become upset with him, it will make it harder for you as well as for the puppy. Keep a cool head and expect mistakes.
If your puppy doesn't show enough enthusiasm immediately, put him back into the crate for some time, say half-an-hour before you start all over again. A fresh start gives good and fast results. It pays not to hurry them too much. The key is to do it again and again, so that your instructions become a habit. Till then, you have to keep the kennel clean yourself.
Slowly, the pup will start liking a clean living place and it will try to keep it clean himself. You know how habits work!
If you have picked up a healthy pup, half the battle is won. Healthy puppies keep their living place clean. Even otherwise, after some getting used to, a pup is not going to pee or poop in their crate.
Another thing you have to ensure is, you have to make the crate sufficiently big. Your puppy needs sufficient space so that it can stretch himself as ease. When the living space is too restricted, your pup is not going to like it. It would try to find an alternate space in your home and all your efforts to put him back into the crate would fail.
That would make the house-breaking very difficult. So, keep these 3 things in mind and your puppy will have no issues at all. After a couple of weeks, when the puppy is sufficiently old, you can hire a professional trainer to teach him the essential tasks.
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