TOILET TRAINING YOUR PUPPY
Toilet training your puppy to eliminate where
you want it to go and not all over the house requires a few
basic house rules from the beginning. ACCIDENTS can be expected
and may sill occur as the puppy is learning where to go.
BE PREPARED for a few mishaps!
Puppies have a strong urge to eliminate after
sleeping, playing, feeding and drinking. This elimination
usually occurs within 30 minutes of each activity. BE PREPARED!
Most puppies need to eliminate every 3-4 hours, but with every
month the puppy grows older its bladder control gets stronger.
A few tasty treats offered when the puppy eliminates in the
right place can encourage good behaviour. This then can be
given intermittently and then stopped after the right place
has been achieved.
GO OUTSIDE WITH YOUR PUPPY, praise and a
tasty treat can then be given on completion of elimination.
Once back inside IT'S TOO LATE!
The signs a puppy may show when needing the
bathroom include ; circling, squatting, whimpering, sniffing
the floor, sneaking off and heading for the door. The puppy
must be taken outside immediately to perform elimination.
If you're not quick enough, the puppy should still be taken
outside to finish the act.
If a puppy s punished for eliminating in the
house the dog may then not 'go' in the presence of the owner.
Puppies do not associate indoor elimination with punishment.
THEY ASSOCIATE PUNISHMENT WITH THE PRECENCE
OF THE OWNER.
This in itself can cause behaviour problems
such as a fear of the owner. If your puppy has managed to
eliminate without you noticing there is no point in dragging
the puppy to the spot or punishing the puppy in any way. IT'S
TOO LATE!
The puppy will not associate the behaviour
with the punishment. By regularly taking the dog out through
the SAME door to the SAME place the puppy will learn, THIS
IS THE PLACE TO GO AND I GET A NICE TREAT FOR DOING IT HERE!
Praise the puppy as it heads towards the door
and again for eliminating in the right place.
Any information above is given in good faith
by our Nutritional advisors and may not necessarily reflect
the opinion of Burns Pet Nutrition. The advice of Burns Pet
Nutrition or a qualified veterinary surgeon should always
be sought before changes are made to the diet in the nutritional
management of health problems. Burns is a food and not a medicine.
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