TIPS ON HOUSE TRAINING YOUR PUPPY
PUPPIES HERE AT R CRESTED TAILS ARE STARTED ON WEE-WEE PADS. IT IS UP TO YOU AS THE NEW OWNER TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOUR NEW PET AND TO REMAIN CONSISTENT. NO PUPPY IS 100% HOUSE TRAINED UNTIL THEY REACH AROUND 6 MONTHS OF AGE. REMEMBER SINCE PUPPIES ARE CONTINUOUSLY GROWING AND DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AT THIS STAGE, THEY EAT MORE, AND BURN UP MORE ENERGY AND HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED BOWEL AND BLADDER CONTROL. IT IS IMPORTANT TO COME UP WITH A ROUTINE AND SHOW HIM/ OR HER WHERE TO GO POTTY AND REWARD YOUR PUPPY WHEN THEY DO GO IN THE CORRECT SPOT. I FIND IF THEY ARE NOT USING THE WEE-WEE PADS AND JUST GOING WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE IT A METHOD THAT I HAVE USED THAT IS NOT HARMFUL AND I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH IS GETTING A SPRAY BOTTLE AND FILL IT UP WITH WATER. EVERY TIME YOUR PUPPY DOES GO IN THE HOUSE AND YOU CATCH THEM IN THE ACT SPRAY THE PUPPY WITH THE WATER AND SAY A FIRM "NO." THEY WILL ASSOCIATE IT THIS EVERY TIME AND KNOW WHEN THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG THEY WILL GET WET. THIS HAS WORKED FOR ME AND THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT CAN HELP SUCH AS BITTER APPLE TO SPRAY DOWN YOUR FURNITURE, AND PUPPY TRAINING CLASSES THAT YOU CAN FIND IN YOUR LOCAL AREA. ALSO YOUR VET MAY HAVE SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS TO HELP WITH HOUSETRAINING.
WHEN YOU ARE NOT HOME YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP YOUR NEW PUPPY IN A SMALL "PUPPY PROOF" AREA. PUPPIES LOVE TO GET INTO THINGS ESPECIALLY THE CRESTEDS. THEY WILL CHEW ON YOUR SHOES, FURNITURE, WOOD, ANYTHING THAT IS ON THE GROUND. SO MAKE SURE TO ONLY PLACE A BEDDING, TOYS, FOOD AND WATER, AND WEE-WEE PADS. ALSO PUPPIES WILL CRY AND TEAR UP THE PAPER AND GO TO THE BATHROOM WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE IT. MOST PUPPIES WILL DO THIS AND IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO PUT THEM IN A CRATE THEN EXPECT A MESS. IN THE CRATE IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO PLACE FOOD IN THERE YOU DON'T WANT A PUPPY TO GO TO THE BATHROOM IN THE PLACE THEY ARE SLEEPING. YOU CAN ATTACH A WATER BOTTLE HOWEVER WHEN YOU GET HOME IMMEDIATELY TAKE YOUR PUPPY OUT OF THE CRATE INTO THE AREA YOU WANT THEM TO MAKE, THEN REWARD THEM. FEED YOUR PUPPY KIBBLE THEN WAIT A LITTLE BIT THEN AGAIN TAKE THEM OUT. YOU WANT THE CRATE TO BE THERE SAFE HAVEN A PLACE THEY ENJOY BEING IN NOT A PUNISHMENT.
MOST PUPPIES WILL LOVE TO USE THERE CRATES AND WILL NOT WANT TO SOIL WHERE THEY SLEEP. HOWEVER, IF YOUR PUPPY OR DOG IS ACTING OUT AND IS SOILING WHERE THEY ARE SLEEPING THIS IS A SIGN THAT THEY MAY HAVE ANXIETY AND NEED TO BE IN A SMALL AREA INSTEAD OF A CRATE SO THEY CAN HAVE MORE ROOM TO RUN AND FEEL MORE OPENED. I NOTICED A LOT OF DOGS ALSO DO CIRCLES IN THE CRATE SO WHEN YOUR PUP IS 6 MONTHS AND OLDER I WOULD RECCOMEND BLOCKING THEM OFF IN A SMALL AREA WITH A BABY GATE AND KEEPING THE PUPPY PADS, BEDS, FOOD, WATER, AND TOYS WITH HIM SO HE/SHE DOES NOT GET LONELY. SOME DOGS WILL BEHAVE MUCH BETTER IN AN AREA WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE AND MORE FREE THEN A CRATE. ALSO PLEASE KNOW TOY BREEDS ARE GENERALLY HARDER TO TRAIN THEN A BIG DOG, THEY DO NOT LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO MAKE SO PLEASE LEARN ALL YOU CAN ABOUT THE BREED BEFORE PURCHASING.
USUALLY THE PUPPY WILL HAVE TO ELIMINATE EVERY 45 MINUTES JUST AFTER PLAY TIME, EATING AND DRINKING, AND WAKING. NEVER PUNISH BY REPRIMANDING A PUPPY FOR MAKING MISTAKES THIS COULD SERIOUSLY SET THE HOUSE TRAINING PROCESS BACK INSTEAD SHOW THE PUPPY WHAT THEY DID WRONG PUT HIS FACE UP TO IT AND SAY "NO" AND PLACE HIM ON THE PAPER. DO NOT ALLOW YOUR PUPPY FREEDOM INSIDE A ROOM UNLESS YOU ARE WATCHING HIM VERY CLOSELY. IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE HIM ON A LEASH WHEN HE IS EXPLORING YOUR HOME. HE CANT GET INTO TROUBLE IF YOU ARE ATTACHED TO THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH. EVERY 30 MINUTES RETURN YOUR PUPPY BACK TO HIS TOILET SPOT.
THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL HOUSETRAINING IS CONSISTENCY AND PATIENCE. NEVER SCOLD OR PUNISH YOUR PUPPY FOR MISTAKES OR ACCIDENTS. THE OLDER YOUR PUPPY GETS THE MORE HE/SHE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE BLADDER FOR LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. AS THEY SAY SMALLER DOGS ARE HARDER TO HOUSE BREAK AND DON'T ALWAYS LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY NEED TO GO SO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOUR PUPPY AND TAKE THEM OUT EVERY HALF HOUR. CONTINUE SHOWING THEM THE CORRECT PLACE TO GO AND THIS SHOULD REALLY HELP YOU OUT. REMEMBER THEY ARE STILL YOUNG AND IT USUALLY TAKES THEM UP TO 6 MONTHS TO BE FULLY HOUSE TRAINED. GO TO http://www.perfectpaws.com/htrp.html FOR MORE NEEDED INFO HOPE THIS HELPS!
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