Pugs with their cute wrinkly faces are a favorite breed for family pets. As far as potty training a pug is concerned, it can be a concern as this breed, like most other small breeds, can be a little harder to train. But with practice and time, that can be done. But surely you need to be proactive while potty training your new puppy.

The classic crate training always works with pets. Buy a good size crate and make it seem like your pug’s home so they can sleep in it. Since your dog will not soil his bedding, this can be an effective way to get your pug to “hold it”. It’s important to not, however, that you should not force your pug to stay in the crate for longer than his bladder will last as this would be cruel.

Maintain the cleanliness around the crate and put in a toy into it. Sometimes wire cages are also used instead of crates. When your pug has held it all day, make sure you show your appreciation by taking him out right away and then rewarding him when he does his business on the designated area.

Based on your free time and convenience, decide on indoor or outdoor potty training. You could always train your pug in both indoors and outdoors. They are good for a cold day, rainy day or when you go on holidays.

You could either walk them in a garden on a leash or just train them to go out whenever they feel like. If you are staying indoors, use the paper for potty training a pug. Select an area of the house, put some papers on the floor and take them there after feeding or when you notice they want to do their business.

Pugs have really weak bladder and it is quite normal for puppies to pee every two hours. You need to make sure you are around to take your pug out at these intervals or that you provide him with a designated place where it is OK to go.

Do not shout at your pug or get too excited while training. Remain smooth and calm. Many dog owners will tell you that they have better control on their system at 6 months.

They may try to trick you with their little innocent actions, but you must be firm with them. Snacks and food should be given to at only at the right time. Because unnecessary feeding only mean they need to use the potty more often.

Dogs always respond to your words and actions as they learn in their training. Expressions like ‘potty time’ or’ go to your corner’ should do the job and they will eventually learn what is expected of them when they hear these words.

Potty training a pug really isn’t that difficult. A bit more time and involvement is required than some other breeds, however. Dog owners with pugs already trained can also give you advice which can provide you inspiration and encouragement.

It’s certainly the case that for some dogs and particular breeds learn to fetch allot faster than other breeds. If you wan to teach any dog to fetch then follow these steps and it shouldn’t be a problem.

Tip 1 - Stage 1

 

Make sure you use something that your dog has familiarity with and enjoys. I taught my first dog to fetch by using his favorite furry teddy (with a squeak). I used this because my dog already enjoyed playing with this toy so it made the training process easier right from the start. The reason that I used a squeaky toy was it instantly focused his attention when I threw it. Although ropes and tug toys maybe one of your dog’s favorite toys -don’t use it when training to fetch as your dog is more accustomed to tug-of-war, and will want to play this with you instead of learning to fetch.

 

Tip 2 - Stage 2

 

In this stage you need to place your dog on a leash. You need to use a relatively long leash, something about 10 foot or slightly longer is perfect. The reason behind using a leash is that you don’t want to be chasing after your dog and trying to retrieve him. The longer the leash the better as it will enable your dog to run to fetch his toy but with you still having an element of control.

 

Tip 3 - Stage 3

 

I always use treats when I am training any dog to fetch - this keep and holds their attention. This stage is possibly the most difficult as you want to keep your dog your dog’s attention on the toy, the treats and on you. If you are starting the fetch training with a puppy - do the fetch training over a period of about a week - keep practicing this stage by trying to hold your puppies attention. When fetch training a puppy - make sure you end the training before he loses his attention - this will keep your puppy interested every time you restart the fetch training process.

 

Tip 4 - Stage 4 - Fetch

 

Right here we go…

 

Now you have your dog on a leash, a toy, your dog’s undivided attention, and a treat - You are now ready to to start the fetch training process. Hold your dog/puppy quite tightly on the leash and keeping his attention - wave the toy in front of him and the throw it away - only a few feet - you want it to be in your dog’s eye line. As you throw it say in a firm voice ‘fetch’ and let your dog run after the toy. When your dog has got the toy in his mouth gently draw the dog back in with your leash. When he is within reach, offer the treat and say ‘give’ and take the toy from your dog’s mouth. Make sure you aren’t pulling and tugging for the toy-this isn’t a game and your dog needs to understand that. Now it’s time to praise your dog - make a really big deal of it make your dog realize that you are thrilled. Repeat ‘good dog’ and pat and pet him. Continue to repeat stages 4 and 5 until you feel he is getting bored or losing his attention

 

If you repeat this over the course of a week - any dog even the most stubborn breed will learn to fetch

Puppies are very cute and adorable and it is a good companion in the family. Unfortunately, they may bring nightmare to the family if they create messes all over your home. This is the time to start potty training for your puppy. Dogs will not understand our language in the beginning so it is common to yell at the poor innocent soul. So, I shall show you the 10 most effective and easier tips to potty train your dog.

1. Items to have for your dog potty. They must be easy to clean. Have a splash back or even a post to aim at for a male puppy. Last but not lease a ample room for the dog to grow.

2. Newspaper is the most cost effective and easy to use for dog potty in indoor.

3. In order to prevent the dog making messes again in your house, try to restrict its access to the house until it is house trained. A small room with an easy to clean floor will be great for this.

4. Please be reminded not to change the place for the dog until it is well trained because puppy tends to get use to the surface they potty.

5. For indoor training, paper potty training method is the most suitable one, especially for puppies which need to stay indoor.

6. Need to use nature miracle stain and odor remover to clean up and cancel the it’s scent. It can be gotten from local groceries store or online store like Amazon or EBay.

7. Places with accidents happened need to be thoroughly clean up and freshen. This is to prevent the dog from going back to the place to do its business again.

8. Beside that, play and feed them at the place where they had accidents. This is to prevent them from eliminate in the same spot again.

9. Every member in the family need to use the same method else will confuse the puppies, else it will have longer time to potty train them.

10. You must pay more attention to the puppy during the training period.

It will be easier to train younger puppies, you will face more difficult situation for dogs which are not home bred, so they need to be taking extra attention, time, patience and effort. The most important point to take note is dog potty training is to know the correct time IN and time OUT of the dogs. You have to understand their act and behavior probably as they might act different when they need to go. For instance, the dog will smell around the house.

Last but not lease, you need to praise and reward your dog when they do something what you expect them to do or in short do the right thing. This will strengthen the bond between you and your dog. Subsequently, it will help on the dog potty training and you will see the result in shortest period of time.

WHAT IS HOUSE TRAINING

House training is a term to describe the process of potty training a domesticated animal that lives in your house to eliminate outdoors, or in a designated indoor area, rather than inside your house.

This is also sometimes referred to as “housebreaking”. Which the term comes from the desire to break the habit of eliminating in the house.

WHY SHOULD I HOUSE TRAIN

House training is a *very* important process that every new puppy, or adult dog coming into your house must go through. This is the very first step, and will be the start of forming your bond and a happy relationship with your puppy!

Do you want your puppy to continue to use the house as his toilet?

Of course not! And that’s why you need to be informed of the best information available so you can fully house train your puppy.

Remember, there is no such thing as “almost house trained”. Either he is, or he isn’t. It’s the same as saying that your neighbor’s wife is almost pregnant. when a dog is house trained, he NEVER uses the house as his potty area.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

When it comes to house training your puppy, the rate of how fast it will be is determined by the amount of consistent training that you give, as well as the method that you use.

Just taking your dog out in the back yard a few times a day is not the way to house train a dog. They have no way of knowing what they are being taken out for!

If you use information you find on a random web site or in a book from the store, you absolutely must make sure it’s a proven and tested method. Otherwise your efforts may be completely wasted — and you may even make the situation *much* worse.

With How To Potty Train Your Puppy In 7 Days, you get proven step-by-step instructions that’s the work of YEARS worth of training and critiquing down to the fastest, easiest, and most reliable method for training any breed, any age, and any size dog.

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WHEN SHOULD I START

It is very important to start the process as soon as possible. And preferably within the hour you pick up your new friend.

Starting around 7 to 8 weeks of age is preferred, but of course you can start at any age. It’s much better late than never!

If your puppy is younger than 7 weeks, you can not expect it to be 100% puppy trained as fast as an older pup. This is simply because your puppy does not have complete control of his bladder and elimination organs yet.

Which is the good news if you’re training an older pup - because they have more control and can “hold more”, they’ll need to be taken out fewer times.

WHAT IF I HAVE AN ADULT DOG

If your house training a older dog, it has learned habits that need to be retrained. Of course it would be unreasonable to expect months or years of consistent habits to be gone overnight.

But training IS possible, and still quite simple.

Next week you’ll learn some basics of house training!

All the best,

Jonathan Bass

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One of the most frustrating elements of acquiring a new puppy is preparing for potty training. To assist with this nagging issue, we’ve outlined a few of our favorite potty training techniques. The three key components to successful potty training with a new puppy are: Be Prepared, Be Consistent and Be Patient.

Be Prepared

Establish a “Potty command”

This is the phrase you’ll use whenever you’d like your puppy to do his business. When taking your puppy to the designated spot where you want him to eliminate, you should stand with him and tell him “Go potty” or whatever phrase you’ve established as your “potty command”. Having one phrase you use repeatedly will help your puppy understand what it is you are asking him to do. Important tip: make sure everyone in the family is using the same phrase (this is very important so the puppy does not become confused).

Establish an “Elimination spot”

Choose a location not too far from your door to be the designated “elimination spot”. You can create a spot by outlining an 8×10 area with a clothesline. This will help to give your puppy a visual clue where you’d like him to go. Always take your puppy to the same area and give him his “potty command”.

Choose a “Praise” phrase

The easiest way to teach your puppy good manners is to wait until he does something you like and reward him with kind words and a treat. Choose a “praise” phrase to use whenever your puppy is behaving in a way you like; such as, playing with a toy, greeting visitors nicely, lying quietly or eliminating outside. The phrase can be something as simple as “Good Boy” or “Nice job, Duke.” Your puppy will very quickly associate the “praise” phrase with a positive experience and want to please you. Again, make sure everyone caring for the puppy is using the same phrase.

Select a “Confinement” Area

If your puppy is not reliable in the house, don’t leave him unattended. Whenever you cannot supervise your puppy, he should be confined to an area small enough he won’t want to eliminate there. It should be just big enough for him to comfortably stand, lie down and turn around in. This area could be a portion of a laundry room or bathroom blocked off by baby gates or a dog crate or kennel. Remember to immediately take your puppy outside to potty after spending extended time in his “confinement” area.

Be consistent

Be aware that young puppies physically need to eliminate every 2-4 hours. Establishing a consistent routine for your puppy is critical. Initially, you should take the puppy outside at least every 2 hours, immediately after he wakes from his nap or is released from his confinement area and about ½ hour after eating. As you get to know your puppy better you’ll recognize the signs your pup needs to relieve himself and can reduce the number of trips necessary. When your pup is playing in the house, keep a close eye on him. If he starts to sniff around or turn in circles – pick him up and carry him to the spot where you’d like him to eliminate, give him the “potty command” and stay with him until he relieves himself. Once he does, immediately congratulate him with his “praise” phrase and a tasty teat. Don’t wait until you’ve returned to the house. Immediate gratification reassures the puppy this is the behavior you want from him. If you aren’t able to attend to your puppy every 2-4 hours, enlist in the help of a local pet sitter. He/she can help visit your pup whenever you are not available and decrease the time it may take to get your new pup potty trained.

Be Patient

If your puppy does have an accident, don’t punish him or rub his nose in the waste, doing so will only make the pup afraid to eliminate in your presence. Your puppy didn’t make a mistake –you did! Remember, when your puppy is not confined, you should be supervising him. If you catch him in the act, carry him outside immediately and give the “potty command”. If he finishes outside, praise and treat him as you normally would. If you discover an accident after the fact, do nothing except clean the spot with a good enzymatic cleaner so it isn’t labeled as a “potty place” and supervise your puppy more closely.

If you make all the necessary preparations, remain consistent with your training techniques and stay patient with your pup –he should be potty trained in no time!

There are many lessons for a new puppy to learn and understand in the house. While these are important for every puppy, most owners will include potty training as one of the most essential lesson for all dogs. Potty trained dogs will relief owners on the problems to clear up his mess in the house which can be unbearable.

There are numerous ways to potty train your puppy, depending on your circumstances and dog type. Puppies that did not go through any vaccination yet are recommended to stay indoor to learn potty paper training, it is also suitable for apartment living dogs.

Crate training will train your puppy to control his bladder and relieve outside by making use of a dog’s instinctive nature of not dirtying its sleeping area. This training is suitable for dogs living in apartment.

The common choice would be to train your dog to go outside to the back yard or the garden to relieve.

A suitable time to start potty training as recommended by most experts is when your puppy is eight to twelve weeks old. Can you remember about the adage on old dogs that learn new tricks? It is not completely true but right in some ways because it is much easier to train a younger dogs when undesirable habits are not formed. So, don’t take any chances.

There are many ways and things you can do to achieve the right results. Of them, there are hard ways and easy ways, right ways and wrong ways. The best course of action is to use the easiest and fastest way to get the right results. Much effort, time and positive reinforcement is needed. Let’s see what are the things you can do to train your dog fast and effectively.

To begin, you should allocate an area for your puppy to eliminate outside or inside the house, you should show him the way to this spot and praise him generously after he finishes

If you praise and reward him immediately after he finishes his job, it encourages him to eliminate in that area alone. The urine odor will be detectable by your puppy and he will learn to associate it as the place to relieve himself.

To help the puppy to remember, always use the same door and spot where you want your puppy to eliminate. Use soiled newspaper to mark the area and hint your puppy on where is the right spot.

The next part is to start an elimination routine and make your puppy familiar with it. Dogs are habitual animals, they are born instinctively to keep to routines. When your puppy is six to eight weeks old, you should bring him out to relieve after every few hours. The frequency will reduce as he grows older and can control his bladder better. During puppyhood, take him to the allocated elimination area at the following times of the day - Upon waking in the morning, after naps, meals, play, training session and just before bedtime.

Taking your pup out at around the same time every day will be very beneficial for the both of you. This is vastly useful in setting up a routine for your puppy and will help him to learn and control his bladder until you take him out.

Now, you need to pick up signs your puppy displays when he needs to relieve. This is important especially when he is used to running around freely. Be attentive and observe your behavior when he needs to relieve himself, such as sniffing heavily, circling around, and staring at the door intensively to get out.

You can train your dog with two more commands to help him understand potty training faster. Use “Hurry up”, or “Potty now”, command to associate it with potty time. So, say “hurry up” or “potty” in an encouraging tone just when he gets the urge to “go”. He will soon learn that when you say the command, he will begin to sniff, circle and then get down to business. Once he’s done, praise him lavishly.

It is common for puppies to make mistakes during the process of potty training. In part 2 of this article, you will learn how to excuse his mistakes and more tips to help you train your puppy in double quick time.

Similar to human babies, puppies should not be left alone unsupervised. Just like babies, puppies are not fully aware of what is the expected protocol and might make mistakes. Do ensure that there is somebody who can be with the puppy to make sure he is monitored. This lessens the frequency of mistakes committed. Time and patience is a natural part of the learning curve. A puppy is not seen to be house-trained until he manages to avoid defecating in the house for at least 4 weeks. Bear in mind that it might take slightly longer if you are training older dogs.

Until then, you should keep a constant vigil over him, set up baby gates to control his movements in the house and confine him to his crate when unsupervised. Take note that if your puppy squats and urinates when he greets you, he may probably suffer from submissive urination. Such dogs are hypersensitive and should not be scolded for this behavior, since punishment only worsens the problem. However, as he grows older, he will no longer do this if you are calm and quiet. Or you could ask him to sit down for a tasty treat till someone greets him.

To prevent your puppy from committing the same mistake, you should remove all urine and fecal odor so that your puppy does not return to the same spot in your house where he made a mess. They have an innate tendency to go back to a spot they visited earlier.

To completely remove the odor, use a good deodorizer for doggy odors. If he urinated on a carpet, saturate it with a cleaning agent. Shut off all those rooms in your house where your puppy has made frequent mistakes. Let him enter here only when accompanied by a family member.

An extra tip to remove urine from carpet is to use black lights to find the exact urine spot to make cleaning more efficient. You can use commercial or create a homemade deodorizer by mixing 50% water and 50% white vinegar. Take note that you should never use ammonia on a urine spot. It will encourage your dog to return to the same spot.

As mention earlier, it is quite natural for a dog to make a mess during the potty training period. This is why you need to be ready to handle these problems.

a. Punishing him only after a mistake has been committed will slow down the speed of training.

b. Be patient. Like any training endeavor, potty training requires a lot of patience. Don’t rub his nose into his mess. This will not teach him not to repeat it and will only end up making him frightened of you.

c. If you catch him while he is in the midst of doing, stop him with a quick grab of his collar and pull him up while making a startling sound, a sharp noise or say “No” using your deep, stern tone loudly. Do this only when you catch him red-handed, but be sure not to be too loud or he will eliminate in front of you or perhaps even outdoors.

d. Then, take him outside and let him finish what he is doing. Lastly, pat him on his head while saying “Good boy!” or praising him. It is important to show your dog praises whenever he does something correct. Giving him food as a reward when he does his business in the appropriate spot can help too.

During potty training, the use of common sense will aid you big time in dealing with your puppy’s housebreaking endeavor. Use your common sense to determine the amount of water given to the dog before his bedtime especially if he is prone to urinating in the middle of the night. It will be useful to try to suit his timing initially before trying to get the dog to adjust to your timing.

Aside from patience and common sense, consistency is also one of the important factors of this dog training activity. If you suddenly forget about the routines yourself, don’t blame if your dog if he starts committing accidents more often.

Remember that the stakes are high

Dog Potty Training is not the same with potty training our kids like having them sit on a potty. Rather it’s training our dogs to where they should pee or poop. In most cases, the dog potty training area would be outside your house where we allow some odor.

Here is some useful information before we do a dog potty training.

When do we bring our dogs outside? How do we know if it’s time to take them out and do a dog potty training on him?

Right after he eats

Right after he wakes up

Right after taking him out of his crate

Right before he sleeps

When you observe them that they are looking around

Take the dog out right after you feed him or after you’ve given him a drink.

Do not punish the dog when he does pee or poop on your expensive furniture instead quietly clean up his mess and ignore him

To have an effective dog potty training clean the area thoroughly so that it won’t leave any trace or odor and its unlikely for him to unload on that spot again.

Check out what your dog is eating. Don’t give him high sugar foods which will give your dog low nutrition and low digestibility which would turn to high volume of waste.

Don’t give him treats before his naptime or when you’re going to leave him for a long period of time.

Dogs need to pee or poop 15-20 minutes after they eat

To be effective in the dog potty training do not take your dog inside right away right after he unloads. He will be having an impression that that once they’re done “the fun of being outside” would be cut abruptly. So stay with him and take him for a walk.

Now, how to do a dog potty training. Puppies are easier to do a dog puppy training rather than older dogs. The right age to do a dog potty training is when they are still 6 months old. This is the time when they are like input-output machines. This is the age where most dog trainers teach dogs about skills and tricks.

The most popular method is the newspaper dog potty training.

Confine the puppy to a small room filled with newspaper, I mean place the sheets of paper on the floor. Put his toys, bed, food and water bowls on it At first the puppy will pee and poop everywhere in that newspaper filled room. Worse is that he’s gonna play with the paper or chew with it. This is alright as long as you clean up his mess and change it with new sets of newspaper.

While he is restricted to that small area he will have a habit of urinating and unloading his dirt on those newspapers because everywhere he goes its all in paper. He will then choose a spot where he unloads. As soon as he establishes this spot take out the other paper far from it. Eventually what will be left will be a spot of newspaper not really big where he prefers to unload. When this happens, I can say that you’re on the right track in doing dog potty training.

Now move the piece of paper one inch a day to your chosen area. When he misses then go back few steps backward you might have move the paper too soon. Dog potty training needs patience and there will be times when the puppy makes remarkable development and misses at times that you have to do the whole process again. Just follow the steps and you will have a successful dog potty training.

Puppy potty training is a full-time job…

The good news is it only lasts for a few weeks and has great benefits!

In exchange for your time, energy, and attention you can have a perfectly house trained dog for 10+ years.

…It doesn’t get any better than that.

The truth is everyone gets frustrated when training their puppy… because no one has the kind of time that allows them to focus on the needs of their puppy 24 hours a day.

…so before you throw the puppy out with the poop, check out these solutions to your dog toilet training problems.

Problem #1 Not enough time to spend with the dog.

Okay, so what’s really important here is to stop beating yourself up and ask for help.

The solution is friends, neighbors, and family members like to help each other out.

And if there is absolutely no one that you know, hire a pet sitter. Or, send your puppy to a dog trainer who specializes in house training.

Also, try to alter your schedule. If you live close to home, maybe you can come home at lunch to let your puppy outside.

If you work farther away from home, maybe you can take a longer lunch hour if you arrive at work earlier.

Try to create some flexibility in your schedule because house training does not last forever.

Because if you start your puppy right with good follow up, your puppy will never do it wrong! (And if you don’t have time to train it right the first time, you really won’t have the time to fix a bad habit.)

Problem #2 Yell or scream at the dog.

The reality is it’s hard to be positive all the time. Maybe your day didn’t go well. You tripped on the curb and sprained your ankle, or you got a last-minute assignment from the director, or the oil light went on in your car.

You come home from working all day or a trip to the store and see poop or tinkle on the floor, it’s just one more thing to add to a bad day…

So, you yell at the dog.

But your timing is way off… The dog pooped or tinkled on the floor a long time ago and does not connect your yelling to the pile of poop on the floor.

The dog just knows you were really crabby when you walked in the door!

The solution is what do you do when you want to scream?

So scream…but don’t yell at the dog.

Instead, walk into your bedroom, turn on the television or radio to loud, close the door, and yell into a pillow or at a wall. Or, sing your anthem of dissatisfaction at the top of your voice. Or, call a friend and ask them for two minutes venting time.

Then, stop.

Quietly return and clean up the mess and promise yourself that you’ll figure out why the dog pooped on the carpet and give the dog the opportunity to make a different decision (i.e. put in a doggy door, ask someone to take the dog for a potty break in the middle of the day.)

Problem #3. Rub the dog’s nose in the pile.

People rub a dog’s nose in a pile of poop because they think the puppy will be totally disgusted and revolted… And the dog and will never poop inside the house again.

But there’s no dog logic to that idea.

Why would rubbing a dog’s nose in anything create a response?

I mean, dog’s sniff poop piles all the time (it can actually trigger a pooping response.)

When you rub a dog’s nose in the poop, the dog just knows that you want him to see the poop up close and personal.

The problem is that it doesn’t stop the behavior.

And it can cause behaviors you don’t want such as the puppy starts hiding from you or running away from your hands.

It’s simple. The dog has been given too much freedom before the dog understands the house rules.

The solution isthat it’s time to go back to the basics of routine bathroom breaks, regular eating times, and crate training.

Problem #4. Hit the dog.

People hit dogs because they believe that if they hit the dog the problem will stop.

The problem is hitting doesn’t work.

Hitting does not teach the dog what to do.

If you drag a dog over to a puddle on the floor and hit her with your hand, what does the dog learn?

1. To be afraid of your hands

2. To run away when you grab her collar

3. To hide when you call her name

4. To submissively pee when you grab her collar

The solution is to add other “tools to your toolbox.”

For example, if you see your dog tinkling on the floor, don’t hit the dog!

Instead, say “Outside!” in a low voice and take the dog outside to go to the bathroom.

Then, when you are outside in a pleasant happy voice say “Go potty. Go potty.”

When the dog potties reward him.

Now you are teaching the dog the behavior you want - tinkle or poop outside - and associating it with a reward.

Problem #5. Keep the dog outside all day.

When dogs live outside all the time, they still don’t know what to do when they come inside the house.

It’s important not to give the dog total freedom in the house until the dog understands that tinkling and pooping only happens outside.

The solution is to teach the dog the “house rules.”

…which means it’s back to basics again, i.e. establish a routine, use a word signal, and reward the dog for going outside.

Because it’s not realistic to think that you can watch your puppy at all times, use a waist-leash (tie a leash around your waist and attach it to the puppy’s collar.)

Now you can still do the things you need to do, but at the same time when you see the puppy start to sniff or circle, you can quickly take the puppy outside to tinkle or poop.

Solving puppy potty training problems is not difficult. All it requires is that you understand that dogs have to learn new behaviors.

…After all in nature it doesn’t matter where dogs pee or poop!

Only you can give them the information and training the dog needs, but it has to be done in a way that makes sense to the dog.

…And that’s by associating a behavior (pee or poop) with a word signal (”Go Potty!) and a reward. Then it’s easy to solve puppy potty training problems.

Puppy training is only as hard as you want it to be. Learning how to properly train you puppy is almost a necessity when you first get one. Puppy training during the first week of getting your pet is critical. You definetly need to have certain items such as dog beds, collars, toys, and food and water bowls in place before bringing that new puppy home. Getting your family members involved with certain rules, routines, and responsibilities is just as important.

The very first week is the most important of all. Everybody’s emotions about the new pet are on high octane. Enthusiasm levels are just soaring through the roof with your new puppy. Those rules that you set are going to be easily broken with the new puppy. One rule that is always broken, usually by kids, is that you all agreed that the puppy would sleep in the dog bed. Go ahead and try convincing your kids not to sleep with the gentle pet.

After that first night you will agree that the puppy must sleep in their own bed. What you are going to deal with now is barking, whimpering, howling, etc… The puppy is alone and does not want to be. A good rule to have is to play with the puppy gently and quietly. If the puppy looks tired then leave them alone so they can sleep. This will help break them in, so you can sleep better at night. Puppies usually need lots of sleep so do not flood the dog with non-stop attention.

You have covered the sleeping part, now you will need to concentrate on the feeding of the puppy. Decide who is responsible and at what time to feed the puppy properly. Do not have anyone deviate from your plans. That puppy needs a routine and needs to stick to it. By breaking the routine, you are giving the puppy the wrong impression. Puppies are very impressionable, and deviating from the schedule will only encourage them from sticking to it.

Since puppies are so impressionable, it is important to begin explaining the rules right away. Don’t give them special license to get away with anything just because they are a puppy. If you allow them to have their way about certain things now, they will only be confused later when you decide to change the rules. Puppies learn very quickly with proper instruction. Never hit your puppy or give harsh reprimands. They don’t mean to misbehave - they are just doing whatever comes naturally. Instead, show your puppy what kind of behavior you want. Teach them to play with their toys. Make them fun and exciting. Let them know how happy you are and how good they are when they chew them.The only way you can instruct your puppy is to be there. If you can’t be there, don’t allow them to have access to places where they can get into trouble.

Your puppy’s emotional and mental health is just as important as their physical health. When you schedule your puppy’s first veterinary visit, also schedule them into a puppy socialization class. They may not be able to attend yet, but reserve your place now so you don’t miss out. Puppy socialization classes give your puppy an opportunity to meet a variety of people and dogs in a controlled situation. If your puppy is to be a well-adjusted adult dog, they need to learn how to act properly around other dogs and people. Dogs that are not socialized frequently grow up to be aggressive and excessively fearful.

Last but not leastyou need to schedule an appointment with your veterinarian immediately. Discuss your puppy’s vaccination schedule and when they will be allowed outside. Puppies are susceptible to many canine diseases until they are fully vaccinated; so don’t take your puppy outside until your veterinarian says it is OK.