The Puppy Series, #1 Crate Training
Good Dogs! (08-18-2021) #6090: Why a crate is essential for house training, how to best put it to use, and how to make it a positive place for the puppy. MP3 Audio [11 MB]DownloadShow URL
Good Dogs! (08-18-2021) #6090: Why a crate is essential for house training, how to best put it to use, and how to make it a positive place for the puppy. MP3 Audio [11 MB]DownloadShow URL
5 Easy Tips For Successful Puppy House Training 1) Learn to Recognize When a Puppy Needs to Go If you take the time to notice the signals that can tell you what a puppy is thinking or wanting, it can save you time and trouble. If a puppy whines or cries at you, this is […]
House Training a Puppy Means Being a Helicoptering Pet Parent A fundamental rule of house training a puppy successfully and quickly is that you should know at all times exactly where your puppy is — which isn’t difficult, since there are really only three places the puppy should ever be during the house-training period. First, […]
Dog Talk (4/5/2014) #366: Karen Wright discusses breeding Bombay cats [www.greatblackbombays.com] as companions for special needs children on the autism spectrum because the breed is “lap velcro” and can make a big difference in the lives of these kids; film director Peter Mcevilley discusses how the CEO of Halo Purely for Pets commissioned him to […]
Six Ways to Create Positive Associations with the Crate. 1) Put a Halo Liv-a-Little treat into the middle of the crate and say “In your house” in a high cheery voice to train her to go in happily. 2) Give the puppy lots of praise for going in the crate. Never put the pup in […]
Puppy Crate Training — How Long Can She Hold It? The first thing to know about house training a puppy is that she does not physically have control over her muscles of elimination before she reaches four months of age. However, that is a general rule of thumb and puppies do vary in the development […]
First off, adjust your own thinking so that you do not view a crate as “puppy jail” and feel sorry for the puppy being in a crate. Part of learning how to train a puppy is understanding her point of view: she feels protected in the crate, it is her own special place. It’s essential […]
Once your puppy is past a few months old and doesn’t need to be picked up and placed outdoors immediately after eating, you still need to be super alert to any signs that the puppy may need to go potty at times other than right after mealtimes. House training a puppy is a whole lot […]
Because I know quite a few lucky families that got new puppies over the holidays, for the next few weeks I am going to write about all the aspects of using crate training as a foundation of puppy training. Crate training teaches a puppy where to eliminate — the first thing he has to learn […]
I prefer the phrase “house-training” to “housebreaking,” which sounds so harsh. Housebreaking implies that you have to “break” your dog of something; almost as though you and your dog are in a battle of wills. If you understand that emptying her bladder and bowels means more than just a bodily function to a dog, then […]