| There is nothing more fun than bringing home | | | | you arrive home, take your pup out on a |
| a new puppy -- for everyone except the person | | | | leash. After you play with it for a while put |
| who has to clean up after it! While there is | | | | it in the crate. Wait an hour or so and then |
| no fool-proof method for house training a | | | | take it out again. If it relieves himself, |
| puppy, crate training has proven quite | | | | shower it with praise. If it doesn't, put it |
| successful. Crate training effectively | | | | back in the crate and try again about 45 |
| teaches the puppy to "hold it" until given | | | | minutes later. This process should be |
| the opportunity to relieve himself somewhere | | | | repeated until the puppy is successful. |
| more suitable. However, this is not an excuse | | | | |
| to crate your new puppy for long periods of | | | | After it goes to the bathroom it should be |
| time. | | | | allowed to play free in the house. Some |
| | | | people find it helpful to keep a diary of the |
| This method of house training a puppy is | | | | times their puppy eliminates. While this |
| based on the premise that a puppy would | | | | seems bizarre, it helps you to determine your |
| rather not mess up its living area if it | | | | puppy's habits, thus enabling you to decrease |
| doesn't have to. Puppies should NOT be left | | | | the time it has to spend in the crate. |
| in a crate for too long. If your puppy goes | | | | |
| to the bathroom in the crate because it could | | | | The most important thing to remember with |
| no longer "hold it," the training process | | | | house training a puppy is to be consistent |
| will be drastically compromised. | | | | and offer it an enormous amount of praise. |
| | | | The process may take a while and it is |
| How does one handle house training a puppy in | | | | important to understand that if the puppy has |
| this manner? | | | | an accident during the training, it is okay. |
| | | | You should just increase the frequency of |
| If no one is in your home during the day, you | | | | trips outside. If the puppy has an accident |
| should put the puppy in a bathroom or another | | | | after its training has stopped, don't punish |
| small, uncarpeted area in your home that can | | | | it, just revert back to the training process |
| be blocked off. House training a puppy should | | | | temporarily and you will be back on track in |
| only take place when you are at home. When | | | | no time. |