How can I train my dog?
Posted: April 21st, 2011 | Author: admin | Filed under: Common Questions | Tags: Train | 7 Comments »I have a Bichon who is 3 mnths old. She is not a good dog so far. She bites everything!! Rips up her tee tee pad and just gets into EVERYTHING. If I put her in the crate while I am at home she crys like someone is beating her. She does #1 and #2 when ever she feels like it. If I take her outside sometimes she will do her business but then other times she will play/smell then she will come inside to do her business. I am loosing my patience with her and I feel so bad b/c she is so cute but just doesn’t listen to anything that I say. I have been on the internet reading all about potty training and biting tips and nothing is working. I start the Petsmart training course next week and she will probably do good in the class but when we get home it is a totally different ball game – she gets WILD!!!
I need some help – PLEASE.
Puppy training is always a good test of commitment. Get plenty of books to help you through, start with house training, good luck!
Your bichon is a small dog to begin with so she can not hold her potty very long start taking her out every fifteen minutes or so when she goes outside give her a treat and praise a lot, pet her and love on her she will love to get this form you. She will start to see the correlation with business outside to your attention. Only give treats every other time then every few times. So she is not just treat trained. When she goes in the house put her in her crate for a few minutes and scold her so she know you are not happy with her. remember she wants your love and attention so she wont want you mad at her. Next put some pennies in a can tape over it, then when she is doing something bad like tearing things up shake the can at her as a deterrent. Give her one of her toys instead of your things or things she shouldn’t have. She is also teething and wants to chew so get her chew toys. have patience with her small dogs are harder to train than big ones for some reason. keep at it. this will not happen overnight. my Miniature Dachshund took a year to house break and he stills has accidents because he can not hold it as long as he needs to. You could also paper train her if that would be easier for you but you will be changing papers a lot. Good luck
I to just got a dog. I learn a lot by watching dog shows on TV. Here are some helpful web sites.
http://cesarmillaninc.com/dogwhisperer/
http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/its-me-or-the-dog/its-me-or-the-dog.html
GOOD LUCK ^o^
I’ve found some good information at the site below. I hope it helps you out.
All puppies are wild and full of energy, you must also realise that she cannot understand English. When she is older, she will understand some words, however she will never understand sentences. Always use the same word when you want her to do anything. For example if you want her to go to bed say “bed”, its pointless saying “come on now go to bed” or “please go to bed” be consistent with your commands and keep them simple.
One of the things that you must do NOW is to re-clean your floors, potty train her and at the same time do train her not to have separation anxiety. I have my ideas on the saved in my files and I will paste them. I hope that this helps.
After a dog has urinated or defecated in the house, obviously you will clean this up. Perhaps you think that you have got rid of the smell and your friends will possibly confirm this, however your dog will still be aware of a smell. Your dog thinks that your house is a bathroom; dogs have a much greater sense of smell than we have.
In the UK there is a washing powder to use in washing machines called Ariel get the BIOLOGICAL version Or get some special cleaning solution from the pet shop and clean your floor with this. Never use pine disinfectant.
When your dog urinates outside and when it is in full flow use a catch phrase I say “get one”, always use the same catch phrase when your dog obliges. Praise profusely afterwards, let your dog sniff around the yard/garden and play with it. Use your catchphrase for the rest of your dog’s life and when it’s an adult it will pee on command.
The following is my method of preventing separation anxiety and starting potty training. Put your dog in a separate room if possible, then go out of this room and close the door. Open the door immediately and go into the room again, ignore your dog whilst pretending to clean the counter tops or pretend to do something else for a very short time. Go out of the room and immediately go back in again, keep doing this and gradually increase the amount of time which you stay on the other side of the door.
Timing is vital and you must do this try to get back into the room BEFORE YOUR PUPPY CRIES. Eventually your puppy will go to sleep and will be convinced that you are just on the other side of the door. When you know that he is asleep stop going into the room, however you MUST LISTEN FOR HIM WAKING UP.
When you know that he is awake, go into the room lift him up and take him into the garden for a pee and whilst he is doing this say “get one” and praise him profusely. Puppies need feeding about four times a day, although he may have a pee before his feed you should also take him out again afterwards. You must always take him out when it wakes up and after he has had food or drink. It’s also a good idea to let him explore your yard/garden afterwards.
It is vital that you continue with the door thing for the first few days. To ensure that you have a happy puppy try to devote all of your time to him for the first two week. This will also help with potty training, however he will not have any control for the first few weeks and he will pee during the night.. To help him, use newspaper that you have rubbed in one of the pees that he has done outside and leave several layers of newspaper on the floor. Hopefully he will toilet on the newspaper during the night.
Good Luck
what you are describing (and EXPERIENCING) is pretty normal for a 3 month old pup.
pups, like kids, are all different. Yours is cute and driving you NUTS.
establish a set routine and stick to it.
when she wakes up in the morning. take her out to ‘toilet’. Bring her in AFTER she has gone. Congratulate her.
After you feed her, do the same.
Take her out about every HOUR or so and AFTER she has gone, congratulate her and let her come in.
If she does something inside IMMEDIATELY put her out. Don’t hit or yell. just putting her AWAY from you is enough deterrant. It may take her a while, but she WILL get it.
remember she only gets praise and to come back in AFTER she has gone!
Before bed time, take her out – msame routine.
And clean up her Poo straight away so she doesn’t have to poo on poo.
With chewing this is a normal stage and can drive you batty. Give her HER things to chew – that bear NO RESEMBLANCE to your things (no slippers or socks) and that are good an CHEWY.
when she chews them – PRAISE her.
If she bites or chews something else, you “YELP” once loudly high pitched like a mother dog would if her pup chewed her ear, andmove away.
Make sure she has plenty of chewy raw hides and remove them from her when shows no more interest in them. Replace ones she’s bored with.
It is a phase.
Good luck.
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Hope this helps.