Puppy in need of serious housebreaking

The number one ingredient to have a house trained dog is…VIGILANCE. You must make housetraining your ‘mission in life’ for anywhere from 10 days to two weeks.

Keep the pup in the same room with you…ALWAYS…because for this two weeks…housetraining will be your mission.

Your goal is…to beat the puppy to the punch…You’ll learn his signals just by doing all that vigilance…like they’ll start sniffing, and circling…you pick him up and take him to the pad BEFORE he goes…Rules of thumb are also…For puppies, put on pad immediately when he wakes up (do not let him follow you …pick him up and carry to the pad)…take him there immediately after eating. During play a little puppy should be taken every 20 minutes or so (aren’t you glad they sleep so much?? )

Crate the pup when EVER you cannot watch it (when you leave, or are ultra busy)…instinct is for them to not dirty their nest…so make sure the crate is only big enough to stand up, turn around, etc… You don’t want the puppy having to go so bad he dirties his nest…you do NOT want to break that instinctive barrier…once that’s happened it’s hard to undo.

When you get the pup is on the pad…say ‘pee pee’ or whatever…then love them up BIG when they go…this will get them to go on command, and save you from having hang out and wait in the future. A pup can learn to do pee on command in a just a few weeks.

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If the puppy does pee or poop in the house…roll up a newspaper, and hit YOURSELF in the head, repeating the words…”I didn’t watch my puppy”…