Dog Training?
Submitted by K9 Magazine News Editor on July 16, 2009 – 4:00 pm7 Comments
i am planning on getting a dog soon. this will not be my first dog, but it will be my dog that requires training. any adive on how to house break and any other training would be really helpful. thanks.
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The individual who thinks it is a good idea to shove a dogs nose in his waste is WRONG. Although this may work over time it is NOT the most effective way to house train a dog. Also, terriers are not going to take longer to train. That is a general assumption that is in no way true!
I have 4 mastiffs and 2 terriers. I am also an active dog trainer. I have worked with several breeds of dogs that all train on different levels. As it may be assumed that bully breeds are harder to train, its just not true. All dogs have brains and need training to their specific situations. It is that simple.
Quick thought on house training:
Dogs that are not house broken should not be on teir own in the home. They should not roam free and that is the owners responsibility. Your dog should be a general down stay position where he or she cant use the bathroom. Tell me the last time you saw a dog laying down use the bathroom. Learn their/ create their outside bathroom schedule. Know the basic times and when that time is approaching you make sure you have that dog at your side! Positive reinforcement is a great thing after they handle their business outside. A simple bathroom command should be enforced(hurry up), after they make you praise and return to the home.
NEVER PUT THEIR FACE IN IT AND SCREAM AT THEM!
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Patience, patience…Defiantly crate train your dog. Make sure you let your dog out as soon as it comes out of the crate or after he/she has eaten or after an accident in the house. If the dog starts sniffing a lot, it’s time to go out. In the first stages of house training, only let your dog go out to use the bathroom and not outside to play. As soon as the dog goes to the bathroom, bring him/her in. This will make the puppy learn why it has to go outside. When you go in or out of the door, you always go first(it’s about the alpha dog/pack leader), whoever goes through first is the more dominant one, make sure it’s you and not the puppy. To get you dog to sit, have a treat in your hand and drag your hand(with the treat in your fist) over the dogs head, the dogs natural reaction would be to sit. To get your dog to lay down, have a treat in your hand and make a fist, have your dog sit, drag your hand in front of the dog down to the floor, the dog should lay down. Then give it the treat. Dogs work off treats and praise and they aim to please their owner. Best of luck to you !
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The seriously best thing to do to house train a dog is the thing that not everyone likes to do. When he pees or poos on the floor put his nose in it and tell him no over and over and when he goes where he’s supposed to go reward him with a treat and play with him. Like Pavlov’s dog he will soon learn that pooing where he’s supposed will earn him a treat and he’ll do it all the time!
If he’s very small and you want to litter train him when he goes on the floor put his droppings in the litter box and clean the floor thoroughly. He will follow the smell and learn on his own. I
It’s also good to buy puppy training pads if you’re yard training them. They smell like grass to them, and when they go on them if you reward them they will learn to go to the bathroom where it smells like grass…that’s how I trained my dog. Move the pads closer to the door as you go and it will work best.
If you are getting a terrier, just so you know, it will take a lot longer to potty train them. For whatever reason they just don’t learn as quickly how to potty where there supposed to.
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My dog has still not learnt the art of potty.Dog training is not mere a play , it is in fact requires hard core efforts from your side as they can not figure out the basic obedience by thier owners. You need to train them to behave in a particular way, but your training should never involved physical force or voilence.
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All dogs need training in order to live in a human world! Many pet owners know how to train, but if you do not understand dog behavior and do not know where to start, sign up for a training class. House training will be covered in the class as well as dog behavior and how to deal with misbehaviors. Obedience and manners will be covered too.
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For potty training, if the dog goes poo or pee in the house, then don’t yell at the dog or spank the dog. That only teaches the dog not to get caught.
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My aim initially would be to establish a stringent routine and schedule to ensure consistency and to maximise the chances of success in training. Since I would not be able to be with the dog every day all day, I would choose to bring the dog home over a weekend or when I have a couple of days off work so that I can work hard with the puppy to overcome the housetraining very quickly. I realise that I don’t want the puppy to get used to having me around all the time as this could cause separation anxiety when I do have to leave for long periods therefore, I would introduce crate training and short periods of isolation in his training programme while I am at home. Overall, I would expect the puppy to be fully house trained by 16 weeks of age or sooner.
Once the puppy is home with me, I would establish an association between being outside and urinating by introducing him to the spot where I would like him to relieve himself. I would wait patiently for the puppy to relieve himself, reward him immediately with treats in hand and lots of praise. I would then set an alarm for me to take him outside every 1 – 2 hours during the day and night over the course of a few days to help increase the amount of success. By the time the third day approaches, the puppy should be reliably house trained and understands that he should eliminate outside. However, as the puppy will be still quite little with a small bladder, I would need to have a contingency plan for when I am at work and not able to take him out every couple of hours. This is where the crate training comes in.
I would need to familiarise my puppy with an indoor pen or crate in a way that makes it inviting for him to enter and feel safe so in order to achieve this I would place the crate in the kitchen during the day (for rest and play periods) and the bedroom at night (as this is where I would like him to sleep) leaving the door open. I would place bedding inside coupled with some treats and stimulating toys and would place the puppy in the area of the crate to sniff around and wander inside the crate. Once he is comfortable in the crate, I would then start to introduce the concept of the door being closed slightly little by little and over time he would become habituated and comfortable to the idea of the door being closed and locked for periods of up to 2 hours. I would also want to ensure that the puppy uses the crate while I’m in the room and away so that I can teach him there is nothing to worry about and he should then begin to seek out the crate on his own terms.
As I stated above, I would ensure that I take the puppy outside after every meal, before and after bedtime but I would also take him after playtimes or drinking lots of water too. I have no doubt that after some stimulating play, his bodily functions would be all shook up and he might need to relieve himself in no time at all.
After 3 or 4 days of housetraining, crate training and learning to be left alone for periods of time, I would need to consider what I am going to do while I am away from the house 12 hours a day. The great thing about London in fact is there is a lot of wonderful dog walking or dog sitting services that are available to working professionals like you and me. Therefore, I would seek out a reliable and experienced dog sitter to come meet my puppy so that they can be socialised together so that when I am away the puppy will not fear the person I have hired to take care of him in my absence but it will also be important that this dog walker understands the training regime that I am instilling for my puppy and that it is respectively adhered to.
Not only will having a dog walker/sitter ensure that my puppy is not left alone for long periods of time during the day, it will help with housetraining, socialisation and training, regular exercise and stimulation ultimately achieving in a very well behaved puppy and a very happy owner!
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