Puppy Obedience Training
Puppy obedience training didn’t cross my mind when I first got my new puppy Megan. Megan is a Welsh Terrier and she was such an adorable little pup with curly brown and black fur. She looked just like a little teddy bear. All I wanted to do was to pet her and play with her all day. I did teach her some things though, like how to sit and give me her paw. She had a lovely temperament and loved people. She was an all round lovely puppy dog but I just couldn’t get her toilet trained. She was good during the day when I was at home with her but during the night and when had to go out and leave her, I would always come back to a mess. I would leave paper down in the kitchen and let her have the run of the kitchen and hall but she would always manage to mess on the hall carpet.
At first I thought she would gradually grow out of it and get clean but the weeks went by and she was still messing on the carpet. I was starting to get desperate and my house was beginning to smell. Worst of all and I am ashamed to admit this, I was really starting to lose my patience. Every time I came home and found mess on the carpet, I would get very angry and shout at Megan and tell her off. I feel really bad now because I now know that to shout and tell your puppy off after the event is very wrong. Puppies only live in the present moment and don’t remember what happened previously. So my poor puppy would be waiting for me to come home and I would come home and reprimand her for messing on the carpet.
So I started to read everything I could about puppy obedience training and puppy toilet training and although there was some very good information and advice around, nothing really seemed to work with Megan. I was beginning to think I would have to put her in nappies lol. Then I stumbled upon a book that changed everything for the better for Megan and me. Its called Painless and Positive Puppy Training and it teaches that positive reinforcement is the best and most humane way to train a puppy. It teaches that instead of punishing your puppy for bad behaviour, you reward your puppy for the good behaviour. So you take the focus off the bad and put all the focus onto the good.
Well I started using this method for training Megan and it was really great. I didn’t have to scold or reprimand her anymore but was taught to ignore her bad behaviour and give her lots of praise and rewards for her good behaviour. In a matter of two weeks she was completely toilet trained. It was just amazing! No more smelly hall carpet, no more mess to clear up. I could come home to a lovely clean home and a welcoming loving puppy dog. Life was great!
If you too are tired of trying to train your unruly puppy and are beginning to lose your patience take a look at Painless and Positive Puppy Training. It worked for me and it will work for you too!
Oct 03, 2009 | 0 | puppy obedience training
