House Training - Paper Training

Part one talked about crate training your dog. This post is about using another house training method, paper training.

Paper training a dog is usually practiced by owners who stay out of their houses for long periods or those deprived of a backyard facility.

This method is mainly followed when you train your puppy to eliminate on paper on your floor. It takes time and patience, but is well worth the effort.

I would suggest that all dog owners use newspapers because they are:

* Cheap and can therefore be thrown away after every use.
* Of such a quality that they make a very good absorbent.

Select a good room to use that has linoleum or wooden floor. Any place where it will be easy to clean up the mess that your dog makes.

But first, begin with papering the entire room except your dog's sleeping area. Instinctively, your dog wouldn't like to eliminate where it sleeps. It will rather go to the papered area on its own.

Getting used to eliminate on paper and doing it at one particular place needs several weeks of training. So, do not rush your pet.

When you start with paper training, you will have to spend some time with the dog in the room. Look for signs when you will know your dog needs to eliminate.

When you see these signs, bring the dog to the newspaper. When you have the dog on the newspaper, tell him to eliminate.

After your dog eliminates, make sure to praise him. This will enforce what you are trying to get him to do.

At the beginning, he will make mistakes. Don't scold him. Be stern and order him to do it only on the paper.

After quite some time, when you are absolutely sure that your dog will only eliminate on paper, slowly move the paper (by half an inch a day) towards the place where you would like him to eliminate in the long run.

In case of mistakes, use an odor neutralizer to do away with the scent of waste. By doing this, you disassociate other parts of the room with elimination.

After the dog has succeeded using the newspaper alone, you can try and leave him alone for short periods of time. If you have to go to work, try and come home at lunch to give your dog some much needed attention.

After several successful sessions, you can even move the dog to another room, if you want.

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