Dog Training | House Training Dogs – Ways To House Train Your Dog

January 20, 2010 by jamesk  
Filed under Dog Training

When it comes to house training dogs half the battle is in anticipation. Your role is to anticipate them needing to ‘go’ and ensure they are not in the house when they do need it. This is a little different to the usual plan of waiting for an accident to happen and then telling them off – your dog will react much better to positive reinforcement than negative.

Create A Schedule

The first thing you should do is create a schedule for taking your dog out. This allows them to get used to when they can rely on being able to go, when they will be in a place that they can relieve themselves. This lets your dog get into the habit and train it’s own bladder.

Try to take them out first thing in the morning and last thing at night to ensure they don’t urinate during the night. Also give them a command that they get used to – this is the command that you will teach it to recognise that they can go. So when you are outside say ‘go no’ or ‘go on’ and they will understand it is ok to relieve themselves.

Accidents Will Happen

Understand that when house training dogs accidents will happen. With puppies they can even surprise themselves by going without realising it – so don’t expect a lot of advance warning.

Keep an eye on them, a dog will naturally circle around sniffing the ground before he or she relieves themselves. This should be a warning sign for you to take them outside to go, allowing them to understand that inside is not the place for it.

If you miss the accident happening never tell the dog off. Dogs will only understand something they are doing wrong when they are doing it – they won’t otherwise understand what it is that you are telling them off for.

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Good luck with your dog training!

- Tony

Dog Training | Training Your Puppy To Be A Well Behaved Dog

January 18, 2010 by jamesk  
Filed under Dog Training

From the moment you acquire a small senseless puppy, know that you can either raise it to be a well behaved dog that is fun and enjoyable to be with or it can turn to be an annoying barking and biting monster. If you have basic training tips, it is possible to train your dog to be the former without having to take it to a dog training school or hire a dog training expert.


Dogs are like small children; they need to know your rules from the onset. For them to know these rules, you must train them. There must be chain of command and the dog must understand and appreciate that you are the master or

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