Dog Training –

House Training Your

Dog

One of the most confusing and anxiety-ridden areas

of dog training is house training. Yet, it is one of the

most important, especially for the humans involved.

The best way to understand and find success with

house training is to use the dog’s own nature to help

you.

Dogs are, by instinct, very clean animals. They would

rather not soil any areas where they normally sleep

or eat. Dogs are also creatures of habit --- they like

to know where they’re supposed to go urinate and

defecate. If the dog is taught to eliminate on gravel

or concrete, they will tend to look for either of those

surfaces to do so. If they’re taught to eliminate on

grass or dirt, that’s where they will choose. Use

these habits to your advantage.

Setting up the training area

This is the first step. Make sure the area you choose

is small and confined. A bathroom works for this, or

a place in a kitchen or garage also work well.

Remember that crate training works well for puppies

or small dogs, but for the larger animals, the crate is

too confining.

You need to spend some time with this aspect of the

training. You need to play with your dog in this area,

and this is also where the dog will be taught to sleep

and eat. Put together a special bed. This can be

something you make up with items around the

house, or you can go to the store and purchase a

bed. Don’t worry of your dog eliminates in this area

at first. Once they figure out that this is where the

sleep and eat, they’ll stop eliminating there.

Once your dog realizes that the bed is for sleeping,

you can begin to move it around the house. But, only

when you’re there. When you’re not, put the bed

back in the training area.

Setting up the toilet area

Now you need to determine where the toilet area is

going to be located. Presumably, this will be outside

the house. Wherever it is, it has to a place that the

dog can go to whenever it needs to go. You need

to go there with your dog so you can give the

appropriate rewards for good behavior.

Establish a set feeding schedule for your dog. If the

dog is in the habit of being fed at certain times, the

natural process of elimination will also begin to

occur at certain times. Once you learn when those

times relate to the eating times, it will become much

easier for you to guide the dog to the established

toilet area.

Don’t forget to make sure your dog has ready

access to the toilet area. That way mistakes

aren’t as likely to occur

Continuing the house training process

Once your dog is in the habit of eliminating in

the toilet area and not in the sleeping/eating

area, you can begin to extend the training area to

the rest of the house. Do this slowly. Start by

expanding to one additional room, and then

gradually expand into other areas. Don’t expand into

new areas until you’re sure your dog has control of

its bladder and bowels. At first, do this only when

you’re around. If you’re away, then put your dog

back in the original training area.

Speeding up the process

If you have to move this process along more quickly,

you can do so. Remember to proceed with caution,

though. It’s better to go slowly than to have to try to

retrain a dog later. If you’re going to try to speed

things up, you will have to be there in order to

reward your dog for successful eliminations. It is

also important not to punish for mistakes. That

will only confuse the dog and slow the process even

further.

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