So, I am super excited, as one of my friends just got a puppy. Thank goodness he opted for a dog, as opposed to a cat! (no offense to you cat lovers out there)
Having raised a few dogs, I try to think that I am not near as clueless as I once was. After all, when I got my first dog, I thought that crate training was cruel - I can assure you with absolute certainty that those 4 months were the longest 4 months of my life. The damage done to my carpet, furniture, electrical cords, clothes, shoes - the list goes on and on - was just appalling. At one point, I honestly thought that perhaps this dog was possessed by the devil - and sent to me to make my life a living hell. Ha! Granted I was only 19 at the time, and didn't have the first clue about training a puppy, but it all worked out in the and - and that puppy grew up to the best dog anyone could ask for.
Anyhow - getting back to the point of this post - so, my friend has a new puppy, and I of course just HAD to go over and see it. Puppy, who is approximately 3 months old (and nameless at this point), went potty a TON when I was over there... and my friend seemed to be quite confused. I offered some suggestions on training techniques, things to expect, etc. We shall see how long it takes before he starts adopting some of these techniques. I know that when I got my first dog, I thought I knew it all, and un-wisely passed on information others tried to share with me.
Regardless, I did some research online on actually training a puppy, and stumbled across this website:
http://www.inch.com/~dogs/housebreaking.html
It's a pretty good resource, so I wanted to make sure to share....
Happy training!
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