Puppies and Too Much Freedom

The day started like any other. The buzz rang and on the added end was a new applicant who was accepting problems with her family's new puppy. "He keeps peeing abaft the couch," my applicant said. "We were just alfresco arena and if we came aback in, he snuck aback abaft the couch and peed again. I anticipate he ability accept a urinary amplitude infection." I asked if there were any added problems. The applicant continued, "He's consistently cheating off and accepting into things he shouldn't. Last night, he got into the admiral bath and started disturbing up a cycle of toilet paper. If I put him aback in the kitchen, I noticed he chewed up the bend of my kitchen chair. If will this puppy being end?" I get this alarm regularly. The affairs ability be a little different, but basically, the addition is at their wit's end because their wonderful, aloft boilerplate puppy did something alarming abaft their back. Sometimes I ask questions that I already apperceive the acknowledgment to, like: "Do you use a crate?" If I asked my applicant this catechism she said, "Oh, no. I don't accept in crates?" I already knew her answer, because if she were application a crate, she wouldn't be accepting any of these problems.Doorbells New puppy owners charge to apperceive that it takes time for a puppy to apprentice all the things he needs to learn. While you are teaching him, you wish to accomplish abiding you are active so your puppy doesn't accept the befalling to go abaft the couch and pee. Don't be in such a big bustle to accord your new puppy chargeless run of the house. Giving their puppy too abundant abandon causes the majority of problems I see with new puppy owners. If your puppy is chewing up your kid's gloves, it's because you're giving him the befalling to bite them. If your puppy is chewing up your priceless Persian rug, it's because you're giving him the opportunity. If your puppy is application the aback of the couch for his own claimed latrine, it's because you are giving him the opportunity. When training your new dog or puppy, it's important to apperceive how to administer bad behaviors while you are training. There are abounding accoutrement out there to advice you administer your puppy during this phase. The crate, bridle and collar are all your best accompany if you charge to alternation your dog. Let's say you accept a new puppy, Cujo. Every time the doorbell rings, Cujo gets excited. If the aperture opens and your bedfellow comes in, Cujo all-overs all over him. While this behavior ability be beautiful with a puppy, it's not so beautiful if Cujo weighs 110 lbs. So, how should you administer Cujo's botheration until you can advise him not to jump? The acknowledgment is to use a bridle in the house. If the doorbell rings, the aboriginal affair you do is put the bridle on Cujo. You never accord Cujo the befalling to jump on your guests. I consistently acquaint clients, "You get what you tolerate." Watch your dog for clues. If your puppy goes to the bath in your abode or chews up your shoes, remember, it is because you gave him the opportunity. Your dog is cogent you, "Hey, you're giving me too abundant freedom. I can't handle it." Eventually, he will be able to handle it and handle it well.