| Feeding
The amount of food to feed your puppy depends on the Size and Age of the individual puppy. Typically, 8-wk. old pups will eat about 1/3 to 1/2 a cup of puppy food, twice a day (e.g., at your breakfast & dinner meals). Increase the amount of food per meal as your puppy grows. Allow the puppy 15 to 20 min. to eat his meal, then REMOVE the food from his crate (until the next meal time). If the puppy finishes his meal and looks for more, increase the amount of food at his next meal time. TAKE THE
PUPPY OUT WHEN . . .
STAY ALERT
STICK TO
A STRICT SCHEDULE.
ALWAYS GO
OUTSIDE WITH YOUR PUPPY
When the puppy does relieve himself after breakfast, he can have another supervised free period before being confined in his crate again until his next outing, when you will repeat these same steps. The length of supervised free periods depends upon a puppies age. Once yours can handle a 30- minute free period with no accidents, give him more freedom by increasing his free time to 45 minutes, and so on. Your goal is to increase his free periods gradually until he needs to be confined only while you are away from home. If the puppy's
training regresses, it's back to "square-1":
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| Housetraining Tips |
| I believe
housetraining, or any kind of dog training, to be largely a matter of attitude.
If you keep the following five basic principles in mind it will help you to obtain a successful attitude, and a housetrained dog. 1.The dog is
NEVER wrong or at fault when it comes to housetraining.
1. Housetraining
mistakes are NEVER the fault of the dog.
2. Anger
or punishment for unwanted behavior is counterproductive.
3. Praise
for correct behavior gets results.
The dog will not be able to connect the accident that happened at 10:00 a.m. with the scolding he gets at 4:00 p.m. anyway. When you see the dog beginning to look for a place to go, take him out and praise him. 4. Consistency
in goals and training methods is crucial.
Work towards simple consistency. Let your goal be to train the dog to go outside and reward the dog with mountains of praise when he goes outside. Praise the dog for pooping outside and peeing outside every single time. This makes the time fun for the dog. Your dog wants to please you. 5. Patience
is the key.
Your dog wants
to please you. Give your dog numerous chances throughout the day to please
you by going outside.
I hope some
of this helps. Take a deep breath, Relax. Focus on the good things going
on with your pup.
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