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Training
Bringing your new puppy home is a joyful experience, a happy
time for the family as well as for the little pup.
The fun begins to take on negative reactions, however, when
little "baby" begins to leave "presents" on the carpet!
Don't despair!
Follow these simple techniques consistently, and little "baby"
will reward you with good behavior.
Immediately provide a crate or cage for his temporary "living
quarters". This should not be too confining, and, yet, not
spacious. You can create an inexpensive one with lattice panels
or lightweight panels, from the hardware store. Be sure to have
the pen in the room that the family visits most often. Give him
plenty of attention while he stays in his pen, so that he knows
this is his "room", taking him out to play with, but depositing him
back into his "room", when the play is over. (They also love to
have "visitors" inside their pen, if it's large enough to
accommodate).
NEVER leave him alone outside his pen!
Line the whole floor of the pen with thick newspapers. Cover 1/2
the floor with a comfortable blanket. If you can also drape
another covering over this section, it will feel like a "cove" for the
puppy, which he likes.
Put a couple of chew toys on the blanket side. Just off from the
blanket, place a fresh bowl of water that is accessible to him at
all times.
The other half of the area is his "potty" place.
When "baby" does his elimination work, clear away the papers,
and add new ones, but leave just a trace of the "job" on the
papers. The next time "baby" has to "go", he will follow his nose
to that same spot.
Don't get upset if he makes mistakes at first. Remember, he's
just a baby, and he doesn't know what you want of him, yet.
Once he gets the idea of going to his special spot, you can let
him out more often, but keep him in ONE room, with the "used"
newspaper on the floor in plain view for his needs. If he makes a
"mistake", scold him with a stern voice, holding him over the
spot, but DO NOT SPANK HIM OR RUB HIS NOSE IN THE
SPOT! The stern voice is enough to make him sorry.
Immediately, as you are speaking sternly, put him on the
newspaper, allow your voice to become more gentle, and then,
return him to his pen.
As he develops into an older puppy, you can give him more time
out of the pen, and into more areas of the house, but always
have his "toilet paper" available.
At about 2-3 months, begin allowing him outside visits, starting
with a small area at first. Try to always use the same door in
going outside. If you are lucky, he will go to that door when he is
older, and try to tell you when he wants "out".
Leave traces of his eliminations, preferably in one area. Next
time, he will go back to that area. (Sometimes it helps to place
his used newspaper outside in the area you want him to go).
Very young puppies are like human babies. They have no idea
when the elimination urge comes up, and it's done before they
know it happened. So, don't be harsh with them for answering
nature's call.
time for the family as well as for the little pup.
The fun begins to take on negative reactions, however, when
little "baby" begins to leave "presents" on the carpet!
Don't despair!
Follow these simple techniques consistently, and little "baby"
will reward you with good behavior.
Immediately provide a crate or cage for his temporary "living
quarters". This should not be too confining, and, yet, not
spacious. You can create an inexpensive one with lattice panels
or lightweight panels, from the hardware store. Be sure to have
the pen in the room that the family visits most often. Give him
plenty of attention while he stays in his pen, so that he knows
this is his "room", taking him out to play with, but depositing him
back into his "room", when the play is over. (They also love to
have "visitors" inside their pen, if it's large enough to
accommodate).
NEVER leave him alone outside his pen!
Line the whole floor of the pen with thick newspapers. Cover 1/2
the floor with a comfortable blanket. If you can also drape
another covering over this section, it will feel like a "cove" for the
puppy, which he likes.
Put a couple of chew toys on the blanket side. Just off from the
blanket, place a fresh bowl of water that is accessible to him at
all times.
The other half of the area is his "potty" place.
When "baby" does his elimination work, clear away the papers,
and add new ones, but leave just a trace of the "job" on the
papers. The next time "baby" has to "go", he will follow his nose
to that same spot.
Don't get upset if he makes mistakes at first. Remember, he's
just a baby, and he doesn't know what you want of him, yet.
Once he gets the idea of going to his special spot, you can let
him out more often, but keep him in ONE room, with the "used"
newspaper on the floor in plain view for his needs. If he makes a
"mistake", scold him with a stern voice, holding him over the
spot, but DO NOT SPANK HIM OR RUB HIS NOSE IN THE
SPOT! The stern voice is enough to make him sorry.
Immediately, as you are speaking sternly, put him on the
newspaper, allow your voice to become more gentle, and then,
return him to his pen.
As he develops into an older puppy, you can give him more time
out of the pen, and into more areas of the house, but always
have his "toilet paper" available.
At about 2-3 months, begin allowing him outside visits, starting
with a small area at first. Try to always use the same door in
going outside. If you are lucky, he will go to that door when he is
older, and try to tell you when he wants "out".
Leave traces of his eliminations, preferably in one area. Next
time, he will go back to that area. (Sometimes it helps to place
his used newspaper outside in the area you want him to go).
Very young puppies are like human babies. They have no idea
when the elimination urge comes up, and it's done before they
know it happened. So, don't be harsh with them for answering
nature's call.
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