When is a good time to start puppy training?
If your like me, you start right away. Most of us start with basic potty training for
our puppy.
Once your puppy starts getting their adult teeth you can start some obedience
puppy training. Puppies start getting their adult teeth around four months of
age.
From my own experience I have found that you can teach them far easier
at this age. They seem to understand what you want them to do. You
can hold their attention a little longer.
DogProblems.com has some good guides to
follow on puppy training
1. Prevent your puppy from picking up bad habits. – This means: Your puppy is like a baby. If you can’t keep one eye on your puppy at all times, then he needs to be in his play-pen or crate. I.E. Someplace where he cannot learn bad habits or get into trouble. Or put something in his mouth that he shouldn’t.
2. Expose your puppy to as many different environments and different types of stimulation as you possibly can. There is a tug-of-war between dog trainers and veterinarians: Dog trainers want you to take your puppy out into the world and expose him (within reason) to as many different things as possible. Make every new experience for your puppy a positive one, and a game.
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Hi Michelle! You are going to love having a puppy, or at least most of the time! We have had our pup, Raleigh for 4 motnhs and we just love him and can’t believe we waited this long to have a dog. Actually, I am glad we waited since they do take way more time than I could ever imagine! Be prepared to make a lot of trips to PetSmart for things that you will want once you bring your pup home. I got a toddler play yard an put an indoor/outdoor carpet inside the enclosed area. It has worked great for us along with the crate. Another suggestion is to get a potty bell that hangs on your door knob going outside. It is easy to incorporate house training while teaching the pup to ring the bell when it needs out. It was something that I could only find on Ebay. Ours is a leather strap with bells attached that hangs off the door handle. He just uses his nose to ring the bell or bats it with his paw. Other things that you might want to get are: nail clippers, finger toothbrush and toothpaste, bitter apple spray for discouraging chewing on things, slicker brush, enzyme type cleaner for accidents, lots and lots of paper towels! I was surprised with the type of toys that our puppy likes. My mom-in-law was here when we brought our pup home. She bought him this stuffed animal toy with arms and legs that was bigger than he was. I couldn’t imagine a dog with that type of toy. Well, it ends up being his favorite and he loves to grab a limb and shake it! I can’t wait to see which of those adorable pups is yours!
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There are a number of ways to train a new puppy. Of the two most polpaur, only crate training offers literally the best of all worlds. The reason is that you use the basic instincts of the animal to your advantage.Housebreaking a new puppy is the only way you can reliably allow your pet to live in the house without it turning into a smelling dog bathroom. This is why the newspapers on the floor in the bathroom is NOT a good idea. Nothing that encourages your pet to relieve himself anywhere inside the home is a good idea. The piddle pads, newspapers etc. idea is based on the concept that you should have a place for the dog to go while limiting their inside access. While this is not the best option, if you don’t have access to any outdoors area, this may be the only way to limit puppies bathroom potty business to one area of the house.The absolute best thing you can do for your new pup is to give him a place of his own. We’re not talking fancy doghouse here but just somewhere that he can feel safe and secure . a dog crate is the perfect place for them.A dog crate limits puppy access to the rest of the house when you’re not watching. This is important especially when first housebreaking him. Next, it offers your puppy a place to call his own. Oftentimes all the new smells and activities are simply overwhelming to a little puppy and they need to be secure and comfortable. Having a dog crate that is a place he can call home will make everyones life much easier. The reason is that when a pack animal like a dog recognizes a den or his home they don’t relieve themselves in it. They’re interested in keeping thier place as clean as possible and soiling it is only by accident. Crate training allows for effective control of your pup until such time as they have good control of their bowels and understand that the right place to go to the bathroom is outside!So crate training is based on your dogs natural instincts while piddle pads and newspapers encourage the pup to go in the very place where you don’t want them to go, namely inside your home. Potty training for puppy dogs is best done using the crate training method to keep your pup from becoming confused