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Shih Tzu - Housebreaking Techniques
By Connie Limon, Fri Dec 9th
Paper training a puppy is an excellent method of housebreakingespecially for owners who cannot be home enough to get a puppyoutside as frequently as needed. need to urinate moreoften than older dogs. How to paper train: Leave her in her space with baby gates andcover the entire floor with newspaper. After she is use to goingon the paper, gradually reduce the area covered by the paper.She will probably find a specific area on the newspaper she willuse consistently. Encourage her to go in one place. Leave apiece of newspaper with a urine stain on it, and if you canstand it, with a little smear of poop to mark the spot you wanther to keep going at. Cover the dirty pieces of newspaper withclean pieces of newspaper. The odor will encourage her to goback to that particular spot of newspaper. Eventually you shouldonly need a small section covered with newspaper. If she goessome place without newspaper, then increase the area again thatyou cover with newspaper, and gradually reduce it back down. When a puppy comes to you paper-trained and you want to startoutside training, plan to make the transition over the course ofseveral days. Take her out often. First, however, take a pieceof her soiled newspaper (with urine and feces) and put itoutside where you want her to go. Keep her on a leash insidewith you so she doesn't have a chance to wonder off and do itsome place in the house. Once she is used to going outside, youcan release her from the leash, and a lot of shih tzu will go tothe door to let you know it is time to let them out to potty. Ifyou need to go out and leave her alone for more than a fewhours, you may want to put newspaper down in her space andremove it when you will be home to take her outside.
To use a crate to housebreak: As a general rule dogs don't liketo urinate or defecate where they sleep. The theory behind thisis if you keep your puppy
in a crate when you are not around tosupervise, and it is just big enough for her to sleep in, shewon't go in the crate, nor will she will have the chance to goin your house because she will be crated. When using a crate tohousebreak, need to be taken out frequently just as ifyou were not using the crate. At first, this should be to gooutside about every 2 hours. It is not fair to expect a puppy tohold it for more than a few hours. If you must keep the puppy ina crate for more than 2 or 3 hours at a time, buy a cage orcrate large enough to provide a sleeping space at one end and anewspaper-covered "bathroom" area at the other end. Or, havesomeone come in to take your puppy out to potty. Leaving a puppyor dog crated for more than 2 or 3 hours can cause "separationanxiety" and frustration, which will lead to behavior problems.Be sure to attach a water bottle to the crate. and dogsshould have access to water at all times. Teach your puppy to recognize a word or phrase that means "to gooutside to potty." Something like: "go potty," or "potty now" or"outside to potty," just whatever command you choose, use thisover and over and do not change the wording or the command.Provide a biscuit or some other treat and lots of verbal praisewhen your puppy does it correctly. Watch for signs that yourpuppy or dog wants to go out, like pawing at the door he isacustomed to going out of. One delightful way of teaching your dog or puppy to let you knowwhen he wants to go out is by hanging a set of bells on the doorthat he can jingle or ring when he wants to go out. By takingyour puppy out often and by never giving him the chance to go inthe house, he will learn to do his business outside. About the author:Connie Limon publishes a FREE weekly newsletter. A professionalnewsletter with a focus upon health and wellness for you andyour pets. Weekly discounts on shih tzu and otherproducts to subscribers. Current available annoucnement.Sign up at http://www.stainglassshihtzus.com
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