House Training - Very Important But Very Frustrating

This article focuses on preventing “accidents” instead of waiting for accidents to happen.

Training in this way is faster and more effective than punishing the dog for mistakes but you must be patient and determined for it to work. If you already own an adult dog with housetraining problems, you can use these methods to start afresh.

Basically there are two fundamental methods:

– Crate Training
– Paper Training

Crate Training:

As a dog owner, you surely know the importance of a crate in your dog's life. Not only is it essential for potty training purposes but it is also needed to make your dog feel safe and secure.

It is advisable to put a new puppy or dog in a crate so that it learns from the very beginning that the entire house is not its playground.

The Crate training process needs a lot of patience, persistence and pain. However, before you buy a crate you need to consider the following things:

* Is your home big enough?

* Where will you be keeping your dog crate? If you are teaching your dog to eliminate indoors, it should be kept well away from the designated place of elimination.

* The breed of dog you own. A toy dog will naturally need a smaller crate.

* How old your dog is. A pup's crate will have to be much more cozy than that of an adult dog's.

* Crates should be lightweight, durable, cozy and easy to clean.

And most importantly, you should get a crate in which your dog should be comfortable staying.
The crate also makes you mobile with your dog. He can easily be taken for a trip if he stays in the crate.

Most importantly, the crate marks your dog's territory for good. Your pet will not understand on his own that the crate is his home. You need to train him that way.

The basic purpose of crate training is to confine your dog to one place while you are out and the crate trains your dog where not to eliminate inside the house.

Click here to get the Complete List of Crate Training Do's and Don'ts: House Training Your Dog
The next post will explain paper training your dog.