Welcoming Your New Puppy Into The Home
When you bring your new puppy home, the first thing you should do is get your puppy accustomed to his new surroundings. Take things slowly and remember that at first everything will feel new and strange to your puppy. It is a good idea to confine your puppy to a small area of your home and let him get used to it before letting him explore the rest of his new home.
If you have children or other members of the family make sure you don’t overwhelm your puppy by letting everyone come and see him at once. Let him meet the other members of the family gradually and make sure your children know how to treat a puppy and to be very gentle with him. Children tend to get over excited by a cuddly new puppy in the house, so do make sure they don’t go mad and overwhelm him.
First of all take your puppy and show him his sleeping area and where his food and water bowl is located.
The next thing you should do is to take your puppy to the area where you want him to go to the toilet. If you want your puppy to go to toilet in the garden, take him outside on his leash and take him to his toilet area. Puppies have weak bladders and so when your puppy is very young you will need to take him outside every half an hour or so. Always take your puppy to the same spot in the garden where you want him to go to the toilet and be sure to praise him when he does his business. It is a good idea to use suitable keywords when you praise him.
Feed your puppy at regular times and pick up his food bowl when he has finished eating, but make sure your puppy has plenty of drinking water at all times. You will need to take your puppy outside to his toilet area approximately half an hour after he has eaten his meal, first thing in the morning and also when he has been running around and playing.
You can begin your puppy obedience training program straightaway . Just teach him the basics to begin with, like sit, stay and down and teach him not to nip or bite. Do not make the mistake of letting your puppy get away with bad behaviour just because he is a young puppy. If you do it will be difficult to train your puppy properly at a later date as he will be used to getting his own way.
Treat your puppy kindly and with lots of love and affection but make sure he know you are the leader of the pack. When training your puppy give him firm commands and praise him when he gets things right. Keep up with training your puppy every day at regular times but keep the training lessons short at first and gradually increase them as your puppy gets older. After every training session with your puppy, have some play time with him and take him out for walks and exercise. Form a strong and loving relationship with your puppy and soon you will have a firm and faithful friend for life.
You can get some more Puppy Obedience Training Tips here.
Sep 20, 2009 | 0 | dog training, puppy obedience training
