Monday, June 18, 2007

Tips To Potty Train Your Puppy

Article Title: Tips To Potty Train Your Puppy
Author: Abigail Franks

The idea of potty training a puppy may seem more than a little
daunting with all the information available today. Fact is
though that it's not hard if you have the right tools and
methods. Below are a few tips that will start you on this
adventure of interacting and teaching your new best friend how
to behave. If you want your puppy to be happy, you need to
realize that they need to be able to spend time indoors with
you. Most dogs prefer to enjoy interacting and being with
their human family and not living alone outdoors.

WHAT IS HOUSETRAINING?
House training is teaching your puppy not to use your house as
their personal bathroom.

Contrary to some pet owners, proper crate training methods are
not cruel or unkind to your pet. Being kept outside for years
because you didn't teach them that using your living room as a
bathroom was not ok is truly cruel to a social animal like a
puppy. Here are a number of Important Tips for Successful
potty training a puppy

TIP #1
Never Scold or Punish your puppy. Dogs have few cognitive
reasoning skills, if any. This means that hitting or yelling
at your puppy will most likely result in confusion for your pet
and not correction. So even if you are frustrated, don't ever
hit, smack, or abuse your pet either physically or verbally.

TIP#2
OK, next tip is to be consistent in your house breaking
efforts. Take your puppy outside immediately after a feeding.
Don't wait for them to have an accident. The majority of
puppies also cannot hold their water with a full tummy. A full
stomach pushes on the bladder.

By taking them out at regular times, you lower the possibility
of accidents. You also gain the opportunity to give your pup
praise when they go the bathroom outside where you want them to
go.

TIP#3
Speaking of consistency, use only one word to mean one thing.
Don't use Bathroom one time, then potty the next. Your pet has
enough trouble figuring out what you want without having you use
different words that mean the same.

TIP#4
Watch your pet when inside your home. Penning your puppy isn't
the same as house breaking. Your puppy needs to be confined to
their crate whenever you cannot actively watch them. It only
takes a few seconds for an accident to happen so you need keep
a watchful eye to limit accidents.

The biggest problem with potty training a puppy is the need to
remain consistent. The idea of moving a dog crate from the
living room to the bedroom at night can be a chore. The answer
to this problem is a portable doggie crate available only from
the site below. Find out more about these affordable -
portable dog crates used to quickly house train your puppy

If you are serious about successfully house breaking your Dog,
you need a lightweight, portable and easy to use doggie crate.
For more information about the latest in easy to set up and move
dog crate, visit the link below. After all, don't you want to
make potty training puppy as easy for both you and your dog as
possible? Not having to continuously move that cumbersome
metal cage or bulky plastic crate throughout your home will
make house breaking a lot easier.

About The Author: Find out first hand from Abigail how to
properly potty train your puppy at her website at
http://www.doggiecrates.com

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