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Training a Puppy: Housebreaking to Breaking Habits Just adopted a new puppy? Congratulations … you've got yourself a full-time job! Training a puppy is hard work, requiring lots of discipline, from both you and your puppy. Between housebreaking and breaking bad habits, you have a lot to learn if you want to successfully train your dog. Training Tips A puppy needs to know who's boss. You must be his leader and provide an unmistakable social hierarchy. Don't let him always have his way but don't bully or dominate him into obedience either. Respect is won, not forced, and a dog must trust and respect you in order for you to teach him. Your puppy's trust will be destroyed if you hit, kick or slap him, or if you reprimand or punish him for housebreaking mistakes. During your first several days, it's very important to provide your puppy with a sense of security and routine. Your puppy is at his most vulnerable at this time, having just separated from his mother and littermates. You must stick to the rules and responsibilities that you've formulated, for his benefit as well as for your own. The only way to teach a puppy is to be there with him. If you can't be present, restrict his access to places where he can get into trouble. Consistency is crucial in training a puppy out of an undesirable behavior. If you allow him to repeat the activity, it will ruin the training and the behavior will never be totally eliminated. Housebreaking Hints Being housebroken is a momentous milestone in a dog's life. Don't expect to finish the housetraining process until your puppy is a minimum of six months of age. It's normal for your puppy to eliminate incessantly, as he has no bladder or bowel control. The more time you can spend with your pooch, the faster the training will go. In the paper training or passive house training method, confine the puppy to one room that contains his toys, food/water and bed. Put paper over the entire floor. The puppy will eliminate everywhere at first but will soon start showing a preference for a particular place. When the location is established to the extent that the rest of the papers stay clean all day, start removing the farthest papers and continue until only a few sheets are necessary. Once he goes reliably on only a few papers, you can start moving them slowly (one inch per day) to a desired spot. There will always be setbacks. If your puppy misses the paper, you're moving too fast and should revert to an earlier stage and start over. When you're home, try active house training, or bringing the puppy from his room to his toilet area whenever he needs to go (about once every 45 minutes). Lavish him with praise and rewards when he eliminates in the correct place. He will learn much faster if he is rewarded more often. As your puppy becomes more reliable, you can allow him out of his room, but only when supervised. Don't rush the training and never punish. The keys to housebreaking are patience and consistency. Breaking Bad Behavior Biting is an instinctive behavior that dogs must learn to inhibit. In order to curb biting, puppies should be socialized before they turn four months old. Socializing with other puppies allows puppies to learn to control themselves. As the puppies bite each other all over, the puppy learns naturally and vents energy safely. As a result, you won't receive as much play biting. Is your puppy chewing up your good furniture? You must first teach him how to play with and chew on his toys and give him lots of encouragement. When you catch him chomping on the chair, firmly tell him "off!" and immediately show him a toy to chew on, showering him with praise when he does so. If you haven't caught him red-pawed, any action you take to punish him will just confuse him, so don't bother. Just leave lots of enticing toys around in your absence. Most destructive chewing occurs right before the owner returns home, as the dog seeks to release anticipatory energy. Teach him to always greet you with a toy in his mouth. To obtain your approval, he will seek to have a toy in his mouth when he expects your arrival and will gnaw on that to discharge tension. If other methods fail, apply repellent products to furniture to make them unattractive to chew on. If your neighbors complain about your pup's barking, train him to stop by using treats. Tell him to stop barking after a couple of woofs while concurrently holding a treat before his nose. He will stop barking in order to smell and lick it. Give continuous praise during the quiet period and then grant him the delicacy after three seconds. Require five seconds of silence before giving him a treat the next time he barks and slowly increase the mandatory silence time throughout the training. Reward your puppy's obedience each time with a treat and reprimand him instantly if he barks after your command to stop. After many reiterations, he will correctly associate your "stop barking" command with its meaning and you can phase out the treats. Dog Training School Savvy What do you do if your puppy won't heel or come when called, drags you on his leash or jumps up on visitors? Does he endanger himself when near moving vehicles? Consider taking him to dog training school. Obedience schools can teach a dog the basics of good manners and help him fix behavior problems and learn to follow instructions. Dog training schools will also build confidence and better communication between you and your dog. A good dog training school trains you how to train your dog. You actually gain more from attending training school than your puppy does. You receive feedback on your performance and success in training, and reporting back to the class compels you to greater training consistency. Most training, though, must come from you: First in a non-distracting environment and then, when pup is skilled at several commands, in an environment in which you introduce distractions. This way, your puppy will learn to follow orders in real-life situations. Praising and rewarding him for good behavior will speed up learning.

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