Teaching your Puppies not to bite
Puppies love to chew and will naturally love to chew on you. Teaching your puppy that even though you are delicious, you are not a giant bully stick can be a difficult task and requires diligence and repetition.
The technique is simple and is modeled after normal puppy behaviors.
Puppy Piddle Pads
Most of us have seen those Puppy housebreaking pads in our local Walmart or Pet store for years now. They’re those special square pads that are treated with God knows what to attract a puppy to “piddle” on the pad. Much easier and less messy than using newspaper.
They are great for training but can sometimes confuse a dog into believing that “going” in the house is the place to go.
It took extra time and not a few all natural dog treats to get my Shih Tzu, Bonkers to agree to “go” outside. We would walk, and walk, and walk….. he would sniff and sniff and sniff and then as soon as we walked in the door…. off to the piddle pad he’d go. We even had to take a piddle pad with us when he went to the groomers.
Having a dog trained to only go on a piddle pad does have it’s advantages. My 75 year old Mom has hip problems and is unable to take her tiny little Baby for a walk and leaving Baby outside alone could be dangerous, so with a little encouragement we trained Baby to use the piddle pad. Makes for a much happier Mom and Baby…
Because of the “scent” of the pads, it’s very easy to train your pooch to be attracted to the pad as their new “Go to” area. I found that placing the pad in a quiet area of the laundry room or near the back door, gives dogs the privacy they need. Also, by confining a new puppy to a small area with a piddle pad until they have better bladder control they will quickly associate that area as the proper place to “do their business”.
Whether you use Piddle pads as a first step training method or as a more permanent solution, remember that your dog does need fresh air and time to play outside.
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