| Training Your Puppy the first week |
| Socialization Pointers for Training Your New Puppy Socialization and puppy training are of utmost importance in puppyhood as it is the most important and critical time in your puppy's development. What you do and do not do right now will affect your puppy's behavior forever. A properly socialized puppy is well adjusted and makes a good companion for life. Training Your Puppy to Love, Trust and Respect You Just as a child needs a caring parent, an athletic team needs a coach, your puppy needs a leader and a clear social hierarchy. You are the Alpha dog in your house. If you do not take up the role of leader, your dog certainly will and you will end up with an unruly, disobedient dog. Many people try to win their new puppy's love by letting the puppy always have its way. Buckets of affection is a wonderful thing for most puppies, but it must be tempered with respect for you and your family. More Puppy House Training Tips Establishing good habits early on in housetraining your puppy is critical. If you allow your puppy to eliminate any where he wants to in your home, you will end up with an adult dog who will always have a tendency to want to eliminate anywhere it pleases. A truly housetrained dog will NEVER eliminate in your house unless forced to do so or because of illness or excessively long confinement. Don't expect your puppy to be reliably housetrained until she is at least 6 months old. We do not let any of our puppies run free in the house until they have proven themselves. Training Your Puppy to Stop Whining, Howling and Barking Your puppy is howling, whining or barking for a reason. If the problem is not resolved immediately, whining can become an ingrained habit that is intensely irritating and annoying. Many a puppies will use whining, howling, and barking as a means of vocal blackmail in order to control their owners. Accustom your puppy to being left by herself, even if you are home. This will prevent separation anxiety and all the problems that accompany it. Training Puppy About Chewing Any area that the pup has access to must be kept clear and clean. Put out of puppy's reach anything you don't want him to chew or destroy. Do not allow your puppy to have unsupervised access to 'unchewables.' Do not chase the puppy in an attempt to take something away. Instead provide puppy with her own toys and teach her how to play with them exclusively. Training Puppy About Jumping Jumping up can be dangerous as well as annoying. Young children and elderly people can easily be toppled over and seriously injured by exuberant, friendly dogs. Start now to teach your puppy not to jump up. Even little dogs can cause problems and injury to themselves and others when they leap and jump around. Training Puppy About Leash Pulling Do not drag your puppy. Do not yank or pull on your puppy's delicate throat and neck. Never use a choke collar on a puppy. Instead, teach your puppy to walk nicely on leash before he develops a habit of lunging and pulling on leash. Training Puppy about Biting, Mouthing and Teething Biting and mouthing is common in a young puppy especially in play and while teething. It's up to you to teach your puppy what is acceptable and what is not. There are many other reasons your puppy will bite and you will have to take an active role in teaching him. However, before you can teach your puppy anything, there are two prerequisites that are essential. They are trust and respect. |