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Potty training your puppy will be the most important thing that you teach him. Showing your puppy that his potty is outdoors is something that should be indicated the minute you get him home. You will need to prepare yourself for a lot of waiting and watching; but with time and patience, you and your puppy will succeed at puppy training.

When you bring your puppy home, you should immediately show him the area where he is to choose his potty. You can hide the potty area from others’ view by putting a fence or plants in pots around the potty area. This also serves to distinguish the area as your puppy’s potty.

“Outside” will be quite an important puppy training command; therefore, this word should be one of the first that you make important to your new buddy. You should use the command “outside” firmly and loudly anytime that he has an accident inside. Then you must quickly get him outside to finish elimination in his potty area. Never forget to praise him for going; this is necessary even in the case of an accident. It reinforces that going “outside” is where he will be using the potty.

Elimination on command can also be taught when puppy training. You can choose whatever word you would like for this command. Constantly keep this word the same for anyone who is taking puppy to the potty. Quick praise should always be lavished on your puppy when he achieves milestones in his puppy training. With time and perseverance, ultimately he will eliminate on command.

It helps some people to keep a diary that records puppy training habits while still in the training process. This will give you a better idea of when your puppy performs all of his functions – sleeping, eating, and going potty. The diary helps to determine when the best times are to take puppy to his potty.

A good thing to do in order to determine exactly when your puppy needs to have potty training is to keep a diary. Here you will record eating, sleeping, and elimination. This will give you a better idea of when to cue puppy that he needs to go outside to use his potty.

Never use punishment when potty training your puppy; for that matter, does not use punishment in any puppy training endeavor. Punishment only confuses and scares your dog. Then he will be likely to have more indoor accidents than before.

Consistent, patient, and loving puppy training will make the process as smooth as possible. It is also likely to reduce the time needed to achieve success in the process. Praise can do wonders in helping the process as well. Your puppy will feel proud when he potties outside because he knows that it makes you proud too. He is doing something good for his mom or dad – getting a treat and extra love is a great reason to go outside to use the potty. Follow these tips and your puppy training and potty training will be successful and quick!

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Granny gets invited to your house. When she comes in, your dog happily jumps up on her, causing her head to good crack against the wall. Hey, Grandma, be more careful!

An extreme example? Maybe. How about this:

Everyone’s dressed nicely, and is ready to go out for dinner at your favourite restaurant. There’s just enough time to take your dog for a quick walk so that she can do her “business”. She prances through a mud puddle accidentally on the way back to the house. Just as you’re thinking about wiping her paws off, she thinks it’s playtime and starts to jump all over you. Now your pants are FILTHY. Time to change!! Yahoo!!

A bit chancy for delicate grandma? Yup. Awkward and untimely for you? Probably. Maybe your dog jumps on people.

There are simple remedies available, in this article!

Looking for solutions?

ATTENTION!

Dogs jump up on people because they’re excited to see them. When you arrive home, he’s excited to see you, and BOOM! he jumps up on you or your guest. This is not the best way for your dog to express his doggy excitement, and you can show him this. When your dog tries to get your attention by showing this wrong behaviour, don’t give it to him.

When he jumps on you, and you give him positive or negative attention, you reinforce the incorrect behaviour. Avoid giving any reaction at all, in order to quickly change his behaviour. I’ll give you a few simple steps that will work wonders.

TURN AWAY:

Turn your back to your dog when she gets ready to jump on you. Your pooch thinks that this is the best way to get your attention. Completely ignore her, and don’t make eye contact until she settles down and stops jumping. Give her lots of praise and pettings when she stops jumping. This will help her to link the idea that she can get excellent quality attention by NOT jumping on people.

SUBSTITUTION TIME?

While turning away can be effective, you may want another trick up your sleeve. You can encourage them to display a different behaviour by giving them the Sit command, for example. Your pet will quickly begin to understand that NOT jumping on people will get them better quality attention.This method only works if you give your dog lots of positive attention when they display the correct behaviour.

When your dog jumps up on you, is it just annoying? It can become dangerous if your pet jumps on the elderly or children. It’s best to train your dog to keep everyone safe.

2 SECRETS:

* Dogs jump up on you to express their love for you

* Giving them any attention,positive or negative, reinforces their behaviour

2 SOLUTIONS:

* Turn away when he jumps

* Redirect his attention, by giving a command: Sit, Go to your place

Remember, a happy dog is a courteous dog.

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Bark! Bark!! BARK!!!

The dog barked the neighbor boy right off of his bicycle last week, and they complained. Other people have complained about his barking, and it’s getting hard to sleep through the night without getting woken at least once by his barking fits. GRRR! WOOF!!

Can something be done?

You can learn how to deal with your dog’s excessive barking. It’s possible to correct and deal with this behavior. There are many reasons that dogs bark, and all dogs will bark from time to time. You wouldn’t want to stop your dog from barking when it’s appropriate. It’s important to be aware of the possible causes of excessive barking so that you can correct it properly. There are 3 or 4 reasons that dogs will bark too much.

BOREDOM

Dogs that don’t get enough mental or physical stimulation will sometimes bark. She gets bored, and starts to bark. Try to give her the attention and exercise that she needs. But when she does bark from boredom, don’t give her attention. Positive or negative attention could well reinforce her idea that barking is the way to get her boredom ended.

BREED

Your dog may be bred to bark a lot. Many herding dogs and hounds have this trait because of the job that they were bred to do. If you have one of these breeds, he may be barking because it’s in his genes. However, you can still train him to bark only when it’s appropriate.

SEPARATED FROM THE PACK

Dogs are pack animals. Your dog may bark too much when you leave him home alone because he’s separated from his pack (you) and doesn’t know how to find you again. This can be one of the most difficult barking problems to solve, but it can be done when you know what’s causing the problem.

There is one major pitfall to avoid. When you arrive home and he’s barking, don’t give him positive or negative attention. If you do, he may think that it was his barking that caused you to come back. If he’s barking when you get home, ignore him, no eye contact, and turn your back. As soon as he stops barking, pet him and praise him to show him that he can get attention by NOT barking.

STRANGERS

Anytime a stranger comes near the house, dogs usually perceive them as being an intruder to the pack. It’s tricky to eliminate this because strangers generally unwittingly reward barking behavior. The mailman comes, makes intruder type noises with the mail slot, the dog barks, the mailman retreats. Good Boy!

Certain breeds, boredom, separation from the pack, and strangers will sometimes make dogs bark too much. Although it can be annoying, there are times when it’s appropriate for your dog to bark. Barking is one of the ways that dogs express themselves. They just need to know when YOU think it’s appropriate, or not.

4 Causes of Barking:

* Strangers (intruders into the pack)

* Certain breeds

* Separation

* Strangers (intruders to the pack)

Bark, Bark! Grrr!! GOOD BOY!!