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Dog Training A Few Ways To Housebreak An Older Dog
Dog Training A Few Ways To Housebreak An Older Dog | A Few Ways To Housebreak An Older Dog |
| Written by Stanley Duray | ||||||||
| Sunday, 14 March 2010 | ||||||||
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Have you just got yourself a new dog that is a little older? Have you gone and got it from the pound, or bought it off someone else? If this is the case, then it might well be that you have to housebreak the dog yourself. Commonly when a new dog comes to a new house, they will use the toilet inside the house. This can be because of stressful situations that they have gone through in their life, or simply because they have not yet been trained at all by their previous owner or owners. As such here are some ways to housebreak an older dog but you will need to take on board as the new owner.
Have you just got yourself a new dog that is a little older? Have you gone and got it from the pound, or bought it off someone else? If this is the case, then it might well be that you have to housebreak the dog yourself. Commonly when a new dog comes to a new house, they will use the toilet inside the house. This can be because of stressful situations that they have gone through in their life, or simply because they have not yet been trained at all by their previous owner or owners. As such here are some ways to housebreak an older dog but you will need to take on board as the new owner. You need to remember that there are three times in the day when the dog will commonly want to use the toilet. These will be during each morning after they woke up, in the night-time prior to them sleeping, and also between half an hour and one hour after they had eaten each meal that they have. It is therefore very important that you take the dog out at each of these occasions. When you do take them out at these particular times, it is very important for you to offer them the great praise when they start to go to the toilet. If you praise them each time they do so outside, they will begin to associate this as the right thing to do. When the dog is in the house, try to keep it in your sight at all times. Make sure that you also restrict the animal to certain places within the house, preferably near to the doorway you take them out. Any time that you do bring the dog outside and they have not used the toilet as you might expect them to have after about 15 or 20 minutes, then you should simply bring them back inside and return outside again about 20 minutes afterwards. It's also important to establish a feeding schedule for the animal. Feed them at regular times of the evening, and in the morning if you desire to do so. Ensure that you keep to the schedule and that you take the animal out side as said above 30 minutes to an hour after each feeding. If your dog ends up using the toilet inside then it is important to offer some punishment but not be too firm as to scare or frighten the animal. If you're able to follow these tips then you should be able to housebreak your dog relatively quickly. Views: 20
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