Potty Training Puppies Online

Rule #1

While I was going though the hassle of trying to potty train my puppy Kenny I learned a lot about how dogs work. They aren’t as smart as humans obviously but they are intelligent. They just have a different way of learning, mostly through making relations between things. This is a reason clicker training is so effective. This can be very helpful information when your trying to potty train your puppy or dog. (my experience is with a puppy but I assume it would also help with a grown dog as well)

One of the best pieces of advice I found when I started looking for answers about potty training my puppy was that you should never punish your puppy or dog if you don’t catch them in the act.

I didn’t really know this and I figured a lot of you might not either. I always though that you just showed them the spot where they went to the bathroom and yelled at them “bad dog” and maybe a little cuff on the head and they would know what they had done wrong. (I say a little cuff, believe me I have never hit my dog hard and I hope you don’t either, your puppy is your new best friend, don’t start an abusive relationship).

I learned that this isn’t always true though. Puppies have a really short attention span and their memories aren’t very good when they are young either. I know it can be tempting to punish you puppy for his house training mistake but try to have patience. Only punish the dog if you catch him in the act. That why they know exactly what they have done wrong and they can learn from it.

This is a great tip and I hope it will help you when you start potty training your new puppy. I know it was something I would have kept doing wrong for a long time had not been told otherwise.

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