House Training Puppies – Immediate and Consistent Response is Key
For many new puppy owners, they are carefully following along a set of trusted puppy training instructions, but for some reason, their puppy just isn’t “getting it”. I know I was certainly in that group at one time! The thing I kept missing for the early part of my training process was how important (vital, actually) immediate and consistent response is. Learning how to train a puppy like a pro requires that you respond to your puppy’s behaviors with an immediate response. With good behaviors such as using the toilet in the right spot, the response is praise and attention, and maybe a treat. But the key to helping your puppy associate all these good rewards with his behavior is that the response must happen at the same moment that the good behavior happened. The second she comes up from the pee squat, or walks away from a number two, you must praise and give a treat immediately. Even running to the kitchen to get a treat creates a delay and by the time you get back with treat, your puppy is excited for a treat, but unable to associate that treat with the act of peeing on the pee pad, or whatever. The moment has passed.House training puppies requires you to be prepared at all times for an opportunity to reward good behaviors or correct bad behaviors. For example, having treats stored nearby to the proper toilet area, or even in your pocket if possible will allow you to reward good behaviors immediately. Puppies do not learn in the same way humans do, they do not “know” peeing on the floor is wrong, but if they have been corrected immediately after peeing on the floor, they might begin to associate peeing on the floor with displeasing you. At the same time, if offered strong praise and affection after peeing on the pee pad, they will begin to associate peeing on the pee pad with receiving lots of treats and praise from you.
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Sep 02, 2009 | 2 | House Training Puppies, How To Train A Puppy 
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Thanks so much, this is just what I needed!
June 7th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Hey love the blog – keep the great tips coming!