Toilet training your puppy will make life much easier and more pleasant for the both of you. It will make you stop having the accidents that make you clean up after him several times in the day. Start potty training immediately the puppy arrives in your home. The following training tips will help you get your puppy toilet trained in no time.
Before you start, understand that your puppy is a baby that has not learned much about controlling bowel movements. He could urinate or defecate without restraint. Therefore, you should be as gentle as you can. Praise him when he gets it right for reinforcement but do not punish or be harsh when accidents happen. Punishment when he goes in the wrong place will make him associate it with punishment and he will learn to start hiding the evidence.
The first thing is to know the signs to look for when he wants to “go”. He could start running in circles, sniffing the floor, scratching at the door or whimpering. Puppies go to the toilet mostly after eating or immediately they wake up. They like to ‘go’ on surfaces like grass, wood, or soil.
Start by placing a placing a wee wee pad or some newspapers in the place you want him to use as his toilet. It should be far from where you keep his food. Choose a word like pee pee or poo poo that he will associate with ‘going’. As soon as he shows signs of going, take him to the spot and stay with him until he goes. Praise him as he is doing it so that he knows he is doing the right thing. With some persistence, he will know and accept that spot his ‘going’ spot and you will not need to take him again.

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Having problem with nuisance barking of dogs? Many dog owners find it that the natural barking of dog should be restricted. It is understandable because incessant barking of dog can create problems to the dog owners. For some owners, incessant barking of dog can create misunderstanding among dog owners and neighbors. There are ways in putting a stop to mad barking of dogs, one is through obedience training and another is using bark collars.

With the use of advance technology and modern dog training, bark collars have been proven as effective tool in eliminating mad barking. There are different bark collars that can help in putting a stop to dog’s incessant barking the humane way. Another type of dog bark collar is the sonic bark collar. Sonic bark collar can be considered humane training collar next to spray bark collar.

Sonic bark collar or ultrasonic bark collar is type that uses sound frequency that creates distraction on dog whenever it barks. The collar emits a high pitched sound that is unpleasant to the dog’s hearing and causes to stop from barking. The collar activates a sound that only audible to the dog. In time, the dog will learn to associate the unpleasant sound with the barking. This type of collar is basically the same with the spray collar, but instead of affecting the sense of smell, it affects the sense of hearing.

Some may wonder if this type of collar is safe for the dogs. Other dog owners worry that the sound frequency that is emitted from the collar might affect the hearing of dogs. Sonic bark collar have been tested to ensure the safety of dogs. The sound that is emitted is only for a moment, enough to distract the dog from barking. Sonic bark collar can be use to any breed and size of dog. Dogs don’t need to wear the collar all the time.

Dog owners should not just rely on the training tools when it comes to this type of training. Proper reinforcement such as praising or giving treats whenever he stops from barking.

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As a child you probably remember instances where you did something good and were rewarded for the action – good behavior, good grades, etc. The basics for training your dog really is not that much different. Although a bit different than a child, the positives that your dog will appreciate are attention and praise as well as food. You will use these things to encourage your pet to repeat the positive actions that you approve of and can be one of the most powerful tools that you have when training your dog for good behavior.

Here is some basic information that will help you successfully use positive enforcement training. Firstly, timing is so important! You want to immediately reward your dog for the positive behavior – they have very short memories and attention spans. Secondly, consider using a clicker to mark these behaviors that you want to encourage – this is helpful for the dog to make the connection between the positive behavior and the resulting treat.

Keep your commands as short and simple as possible. If you have not ever owned a dog and have observed others and their dog training commands you may have wondered why the commands are so short and simple…well, you are talking about a dog and no matter how smart they are there are limitations to what an average dog can learn. The typical sit, stay, down, leave it – they are used so often because they work and dogs can easily be trained to know their meanings.

Lastly you need to remember that consistency is the key to successful dog training. When the dog does something good, make sure you reward, make sure everyone in the family does this too as well as having everyone use the same commands. Also, make sure you are not inadvertently rewarding for bad behavior, for example. Your dog barks and barks, louder and louder so you let him out. This is a perfect example of rewarding bad behavior; instead require him to perform a good behavior for you before opening the door. If you try to think like a dog now and then, you just might end up with the best behaved dog on the block.

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