Housebreaking has always been seen by people as
this dreadful time period after you bring home your new puppy or
adult dog. Well, it doesn’t have to be that way! Be prepared with
a few supplies before you bring home your puppy or new dog.
Many dogs that are adopted from humane societies and other
organizations do not always have a known background, and you need
to be prepared to do some housebreaking on these older dogs as
well. In addition, these types of dogs may have other bad
traits or behaviors that were picked up from prior families or
while staying at the kennel that you will need to reconcile with.
Housebreaking is often made simpler by having your
pet spayed or neutered. These dogs tend to do better with crate
training and have fewer accidents. Males also tend to benefit from
being neutered, as they do not have the hormonal drive to mark
their territory in your home. This may not be true for all dogs,
but many dogs do benefit from it.
Puppies that are under nine weeks may have
difficulty at first. This is because the puppy is just now getting
bladder control. Smaller puppies in the six to eight week range
will have no bladder or bowel control and will eliminate eight or
more times per day. The puppy may still have some difficulty
controlling his bladder at four months.
Many older dogs may have never been correctly
housebroken. This may lead to a few accidents here or there when
you bring home an older dog. It is never too late to retrain an
older dog and fix any mistakes that may have been made when they
lived somewhere else. Older dogs are capable of learning and may
be even easier to train than the puppy.
House Breaking an adult dog or a new puppy can be
quite tedious and sometimes quite overwhelming; however, it does
not have to be. The main question you need to ask yourself
is how much time are you willing to dedicate trying to figure out
a solution? Weeks or Days?
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