Author: Puppy housebreaking by definition is nothing else but teaching your puppy to do the “business” where and when you ask him to do it.
While there are many different approaches how to teach our puppy, not only puppy housebreaking but anything else, the best results are achieved if our training is reward based type of training.
The idea is simple-we want to pair the behavior with reward and in turn our puppy will offer that behavior more often (or when asked to).
Those familiar with basic dog obedience training will know that we can wait for puppy to do something (the behavior) and than reinforce that behavior or we can speed up this process by getting our puppy to do certain activity/behavior and than reinforce it by reward.
One example would be “cheating” puppy into “sit” position” and than reinforcing it. Read the rest of this entry »
Puppy housebreaking training could be very rewarding. If you have invested some time in puppy housebreaking, your puppy might already be on the level where he does his business when and where you ask him to do.
If so, congratulations!
Now you can decide to keep it up or maybe to bring it to the next level. That’s right! It is possible to bring our puppy training efforts to the next level.
Interested?
Great! Thanks to the research it is now possible for regular people to talk about “shaping behavior”. Read the rest of this entry »
“My puppy doesn’t get this puppy housebreaking thing.” “Maybe my puppy isn’t that smart after all.” “Puppy is just a puppy and there will always be accidents no matter what they say.” Do these questions sound familiar to You? Have you ever wondered how other people have managed to get their puppies or adult dogs to listen to them. Read the rest of this entry »