House training is probably the first training you want to give your dog when he or she first comes into your home. Puppies generally are quicker to train, but all dogs regardless of age or breed can become house trained. It is only the length of training required that varies.
Why Crate Training Is Important
So where to start? Many people think that it is just a case of telling the dog off when it goes to the toilet in the house. This is definitely not how to house train! In fact, all this will do is get the dog to eliminate where you can’t see him, making training even harder.
First of all, you should crate train your dog. Dogs instinctively hate eliminating in their bed or “house”, and you can use this to your advantage. If you can show your dog that a crate is a place to feel safe, comfortable and sleep, then you’ll already be well on your way to house training. This is because you can put the dog in the crate whenever you can’t keep a close eye on it, and it’ll be reluctant to go to the toilet there (as long as you don’t leave him or her too long!)
House Training Is All About Patterns
Dogs are creatures of habit, and once you’ve been living with one a while you’ll start to notice a pattern to when they go to the toilet. Often, it is after eating and sleeping. So you can use this knowledge to predict when the dog will need to toilet and take him outside at these times. The crate will help the dog to keep it in until it’s been let outside.
While house training your dog, you need to be keeping an eye on him at all times when he’s indoors and not in the crate. This will be tiring at first, but is why the crate is so important. Don’t abuse the crate though, if you leave the dog in there for extended periods of time it may not be able to help itself going to the toilet. This is especially the case for puppies.
If you see that the dog is starting to go to the toilet inside, you should immediately take it straight outside so it can go there. Before long, your dog will get used to the idea that it should go to the toilet outside.
This is how to house train a dog, punishment is definitely not.
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