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Among the most irritating things about pet dogs is their habit of answering to calls of nature just about anywhere they feel like it. Your bedroom rug, the sofa, your Persian carpet; everything seems as good a place as any for your little pup to relieve himself.

As son as you bring your pup home, get ready to save your upholstery and carpets by means of a straight-forward process called housebreaking.

Now, here is what housebreaking is all about. We humans tend to visit the loo when we feel the need to relieve ourselves, in one way or the other, but  our pups don’t have mother potty training them at the age of 1, telling them to take a crap at some fixed time on a shiny blue potty. They therefore tend to treat everything like a lavatory and we have to potty train our pooches ourselves. And this training, to cut a long story short, is what we call ‘housebreaking’.

Points to remember,

• No pup is able to keep himself from peeing or …well…relieving himself in some other form, till about 12 weeks old. Your attempts at training your dog therefore must begin before this.
• Most puppies will need to relieve themselves around 6-7 times a day
• Each time your dog seems to be following its tail rather slowly, and doing circles, put your shoes on to take it out because it’s getting ready to relieve itself
• Take your dog out after every meal it has because food immediately puts pressure on its colon and bladder.

The first lesson in housebreaking is to ‘communicate with your dog’. Make certain you let your dog know that you don’t like him peeing all over the house loud and clear. Don’t be violent; a loud “NO’ should do the trick. For best results catch him in the act so that he associates the rebuke with the exact action.

Watch your pooch. As soon as he looks like he needs to go, take him out. Once he relieves himself at the right place, pat him to show how much you appreciate the fact that he didn’t pee in your house. Give him a treat and a pat and he’ll know.

Dogs are eager to please. They will do almost anything to get cuddled and patted by their masters, therefore it can easy to make them do things you want. You want him to pee outside? Show him how happy you are when he does and he’ll do it always. Do you want him to crap every morning? Give him a friendly pat when you take him outside and he’ll run off to be at it everyday. For your part make sure you know your dog’s habits. Build your routine round his and try to discover what his usual urinating or defecating times are. Is it after dinner? Before going to bed? Or right in the morning? Take him out accordingly.

Communicating with your dog will ensure your pooch’s health and your peace, and a clean and dry house.

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