Just to put you at ease, kennel training a puppy (or crate training) is simply training your puppy to enjoy his time in a kennel or crate.  All puppies naturally like a den, or their kennel but you have to introduce your puppy slowly and train him right for him to enjoy the experience inside his kennel. REMEMBER, each puppy is different even within the same breed, where as one puppy might love his kennel another one might take a lot more kennel training to enjoy the experience.

Slowly introduce your puppy to his kennel for a few minutes at a time by throwing favorite dog toys or small dog treats in the kennel with the door propped open and reward with praise.  Possibly put his favorite blanket in the kennel or an article of your clothing that smells like you.  After your puppy has spend some time in the kennel build up to 15-30 minutes at a time between potty breaks.

One of the best ways for successful kennel training is to keep a schedule of the feeding and watering times for your puppy between breaks outside the kennel.  After waking up from a nap, 5-15 minutes after eating, and after drinking puppies need to be removed from his kennel and walked outside.

A great way to kennel train your puppy is to walk him outside in the same area each and every time. He will become more comfortable with the routine and know what is to happen when he is removed from his kennel and walked outside.

Remember to be persistent and consistent is the fastest way to train your puppy to use the kennel and to be house broken.  Training your puppy to use the kennel will not happen in 1 day, however it will happen if you keep to walk your puppy on schedule and feed and water him on schedule too.

So as a reminder:

1)   Make your puppy at home in his kennel when you are training him

2)   Start slow 1-5 minutes to start

3)   Throw treats in your puppy’s kennel and praise him when he goes in the kennel

4)   Keeping a schedule of eating, drinking, and walking times adjusting to kennel train your puppy best

5)   Be patient and Be consistent when kennel training

Puppy Teaching Trick #1 – The paw shake trick is one of the most common tricks people like teaching puppies.   The typical puppy teaching command for getting a dog to shake his paw with your hand is done with the command “SHAKE!”  Teaching a puppy to shake is done by first getting him to sit and then gently lift one of his front paws and tell him “SHAKE!”   Using the verbal puppy teaching command should also be done simultaneously with a hand gesture.  The typical hand gesture in getting the dog to shake is by tapping the floor with your hand in front of the dog’s front paw.  Encourage your puppy to lift up one of his front paws to get to shake.   As you repeat the verbal command “SHAKE” and do the hand gesture, and every time your puppy complies, give him a treat.  It’s that simple with puppy teaching.

Puppy Teaching Tricks #2 -Teaching your puppy to sit is another important command that many people like teaching puppies.  You need to remember that puppies are highly energetic and can be rambunctious, therefore you need to get him to calm down in certain situations.   What better way than teaching your puppy to sit.   Like teaching your puppy to shake, teaching your puppy to sit on command can be done with a simple puppy teaching verbal command, “SIT,” and the simultaneous hand gesture.   Typically, the hand gesture for the puppy teaching “SIT” command should be either your hand or finger first pointing to your puppy and moving downward.   The first few times, get the dog to recognize the verbal command with the hand sign by gently making him sit by pushing his hind end down to sit.  A great way of puppy teaching is as soon as the dog sits on command by himself, give him a treat to reward him every time he obeys your command.

Puppy Teaching Trick #3- Begging can be cute or can be annoying, depending on the person.   Eventually dogs will be near the table and will begin to beg for food.  Some people who come and visit might not like it if your dog begging by putting his chin or paw on your guest’s leg.   Other dogs can beg vocally by lying under the table and moan or bark or both.  This kind of begging is obviously undesirable and should be curbed, however, small dogs might beg in a cute manner by standing on its hind legs.   However you put it, you can either encourage your dog to beg or not to beg.

1.  Teaching your puppy not to beg can also be done very easily.  First, why does your puppy beg?   Simple.   It wants what’s on the table and will do something to get what it wants.   If you give your dog a scrap from the table every time it does some kind of begging, it will continue.  If your puppy knows that every time it moans or barks it gets some table scraps, it will continue this behavior because it has the desired affect.   It it’s ignored, it knows that it will not get anything and will stop.   If your puppy gets very obnoxious when begging, tell him firm “NO” as a puppy teaching command.  You need to be firm and you need to do this repetitively.  Sometimes, take your puppy away from the dining table when he begs and tell him “NO!”    Putting puppy in training crate for some time and then let him back out.

2.  Teaching your puppy to beg is not difficult.   If you want your dog to do a particular trick while begging, such as standing on its hind legs or you see it does something else that’s cute, such as the sad “puppy dog look,” give it something from the table every time it does that particular trick.   Again, puppy teaching is about rewarding desired behavior.

There are many different ways in puppy teaching.  Obedience schools specialize in puppy teaching, but with some of the simple tips in this article, you can do the same thing as obedience schools do and you will have a well behaved and obedient puppy without spending the money for obedience training.

Puppy Lead Training Tip #1 - The first tools you needs to start lead training your puppy is a collar and a leash.  Not all puppies do well with lead training at first so here is a secret!  This may be a little silly, walk backward in front of your puppy with the puppy lead in your hand. You want to talk in a high pitched sounds as you walk backward. Your puppy that is on the lead will follow you without any additional effort. Yes, it does sound strange to do this but trust me teaching your puppy lead training this way WORKS!

Puppy Lead Training Tip #2 -Teaching your puppy lead training and to heal is very important on the walk.  All puppies need to learn to heal during lead training.  There may be some situations in the walk where it would be desirable for your puppy to heal, safety being the primary reason.   When lead training your puppy and you want him to heal, this means that you want your dog to walk close to you and on a short leash.   It is important when puppy lead training to teach your puppy to heal when you are crossing a busy street, intersection, or where there are passing vehicles.

To teach your puppy to heal, you need to pull back on the lead and firmly tell your dog “HEAL!”   As your puppy heals, give him a treat.  When you want your puppy to heal, you should roll the extra leash around your hand to hold it short and prevent your dog from going out of the heal regime until you decide whether the situation is safe to continue the walk in a normal fashion.

Puppy Lead Training Tip #2 -Teaching your puppy to sit is also crucial to have an orderly walk.   When puppy lead training this should especially apply to those of you who live in urban areas where there are many busy streets and intersections that you might have to cross with your dog.  As you wait for traffic signals or for traffic to die down enough to safely cross the street.

When training your puppy to sit while lead training, you should get your puppy used to sitting after hearing you tell him to “SIT” in a firm tone of voice.   The first few times, you may need to gently push down on the rump of your puppy to get him to understand that you want him to sit.  As he sits after you say the command, give him a treat.  When you stop, tell your puppy “SIT” and pull back on the base of the lead with your right hand and push your puppy’s rump down with your left hand. This may take dozens of tries, but your puppy will understand what walking on a lead means and sitting as well.

Teaching your puppy to lie down is great for those situations on your walk when you stop to talk to a neighbor or a close friend.   To train your puppy to lie down, tell him either “LIE DOWN” or “DOWN!”   You should first teach your dog to sit before you lie down.  As your puppy sits, gently pull on his collar and lead with your hand or foot.  He will be forced to follow with his head and bring it to the ground and eventually lie down.  As your dog lies down on command, again give him a treat.

When you train your puppy to walk on a lead early, you will have a well behaved dog who will obey all your commands and some dogs will get accustomed to your walking routine quickly and learn to do everything without you having to say any command.  I had a dog who would automatically lie down every time I stopped to talk to someone on the walk.   She would lie there and wait until I was finished with the conversation and as she sensed that the conversation was about to end, she would get up and we would continue to walk.  This would be the ideal behavior for your dog and you can get your dog to behave like that by following these simple steps mentioned above

Teaching your puppy all kinds of things from tricks to beg a certain way can be good fun, but there is a method to do it.   Different dogs can learn different things.   Though begging may not necessarily be a desired behavior to some people, whereas other people think begging can be cute; there are ways you can teach your puppy to either beg in a cute way or not to beg at all.   Many people find it cute to see a small dog, such as a shitzu or a toy poodle stands on his hind legs with its front paws hanging down.  Other people like it when big dogs give a handshake with their paws or do other tricks.   Whatever trick you want your dog to do, you can teach him easily through rewarding him with a treat upon performing the desired trick.

A.  The paw shake trick is one of the most common tricks people like to teach their puppies.   The typical command for getting a dog to shake his paw with your hand is done with the command “SHAKE!”  Teaching a puppy to shake is done by first getting him to sit and then gently lift one of his front paws and tell him “SHAKE!”   Using the verbal command should also be done simultaneously with a hand gesture.  The typical hand gesture in getting the dog to shake is by tapping the floor with your hand in front of the dog’s front paw.  Encourage your puppy to lift up one of his front paws to get to shake.   As you repeat the verbal command “SHAKE” and do the hand gesture, and every time your puppy complies, give him a treat.  It’s that simple.

B.  Teaching your puppy to sit is another important command that many people teach their puppies.  You need to remember that puppies are highly energetic and can be rambunctious, therefore you need to get him to simmer down in certain situations.   What better way than teaching your puppy to sit.   Like teaching your puppy to shake, teaching your puppy to sit on command can be done with a simple verbal command, “SIT,” and the simultaneous hand gesture.   Typically, the hand gesture for the “SIT” command should be either your hand or finger first pointing to your puppy and moving downward.   The first few times, get the dog to recognize the verbal command with the hand sign by gently making him sit by pushing his hind end down to sit.   As soon as the dog sits on command by himself, give him a treat to reward him every time he obeys your command.

C.  Begging can be cute or can be annoying, depending on the person.   Eventually dogs will be near the table and will begin to beg for food.  Some people who come and visit might not like it if your dog begging by putting his chin or paw on your guest’s leg.   Other dogs can beg vocally by lying under the table and moan or bark or both.  This kind of begging is obviously undesirable and should be curbed, however, small dogs might beg in a cute manner by standing on its hind legs.   However you put it, you can either encourage your dog to beg or not to beg.

1.  Teaching your puppy not to beg can also be done very easily.  First, why does your puppy beg?   Simple.   It wants what’s on the table and will do something to get what it wants.   If you give your dog a scrap from the table every time it does some kind of begging, it will continue.  If your puppy knows that every time it moans or barks it gets some table scraps, it will continue this behavior because it has the desired affect.   It it’s ignored, it knows that it will not get anything and will stop.   If your puppy gets very obnoxious when begging, tell him firmly “NO!” Or you can say “BAD!”   You need to be firm and you need to do this repetitively.  Sometimes, take your puppy away from the dining table when he begs and tell him “NO!”    Lock your puppy in its room for some time and then let him back out.

2.  Teaching your puppy to beg is not difficult.   If you want your dog to do a particular trick while begging, such as standing on its hind legs or you see it does something else that’s cute, such as the sad “puppy dog look,” give it something from the table every time it does that particular trick.   Again, that’s rewarding desired behavior.

There are many different ways in teaching your puppy to do what you want it to do.  Obedience schools specialize in puppy teaching, but with some of the simple tips in this article, you can do the same thing as obedience schools do and you will have a well behaved and obedient puppy without spending the money for obedience training.

1) Building your dog’s litter box is the first step. The litter box should be built according to the size of your dog. In building your dog’s litter box, you should find a large plastic tray that is deep enough to hold enough granules to absorb your dog’s urine and poop, but yet low enough to allow your puppy to comfortably climb into the litter box and big enough for your dog to maneuver around to be able to do his business.

2) The litter for your dog’s litter box can be a wide variety of different things ranging from shredded newspaper to kitty litter granules. Some people even use green turf mats which simulate the grass on the lawn, but these turf mats can be difficult to clean. The best and easiest to clean, in my view, are the kitty litter granules which are specially designed to clump up when they come into contact with urine. This makes cleanup easy. Simply take a slatted scooper and scoop out the solid clumps with the poop and the loose granules that never got wet will go back into the litter box. Then simply bag the poop and urine clumps and throw away.

3) Maintaining a litter box with granules is the easiest and does not take much effort. All you need to do is to occasionally rake the granules and scoop out the poop and urine clumps and from time to time replace lost granules.

4) Litter training your puppy can be a bit more tricky than setting up the litter box. Your puppy is like a small child and he will need to learn that the appropriate place to do his business in the house is in his litter box. To do this, the best thing to do is to crate train your puppy. Crate training should be done in the first initial months of your puppy’s life to get him accustomed to the rules of the house. Dogs are social animals and do not like to be confined. For this reason, you use the reward-punishment method to train your puppy how to use the litter box. Certain steps to follow to litter train your puppy are as follows:

A. Direct your puppy to the litter box when you see him about to do his business elsewhere in the house. This is very tricky. You will have to spend time and watch him and you need to catch him in the act early. As you see your puppy start to squat, tell him “NO” and direct him to the litter box and keep him in the litter box until he does his business. After doing his business, praise your puppy and offer him a treat.

B. If you see a mess elsewhere in the house besides the litter box, put your puppy’s nose into it and tell him “NO!” Do not yell at your puppy. Simply be firm and show him who’s boss. Place your puppy in the training crate for a period of time. Then let him out again. Continue to have your puppy near you so you can watch him. As he tries to do his business and you catch him in the act, repeat step A.

C. Keep your puppy’s litter box clean at all times. Check for poop and urine clumps and scoop out on a regular basis. Rake all the granules evenly when cleaning. Replace granules every week.

Litter training can be especially convenient for those of you who have long jobs and don’t want to keep your dog confined in a training crate for a long time. This way, your puppy will realize that his litter box is his toilet and you will not have to worry about coming home to a mess.

No matter which option you choose to toilet train your puppy, you will need to incorporate a puppy training crate to reinforce his/her training. For the first five weeks, use the puppy training crate to reinforce your puppy’s toilet training is important. The method of keeping your puppy in the training crate and then taking him to the proper location to use the toilet is the best way to toilet train your puppy.

If you do this every time you take your puppy out of the training crate, he will be housebroken in a very short time. You want to get your puppy accustomed to doing using the toilet outside of his training crate. It is the most effective method I have tried and the puppy learns very fast because he does not like being confined. Crate training, however, should be done the proper way to have its desired affect.

Determine the size your puppy will grow to before you buy your training crate. Most of you who have pure bred puppies know what size your puppy will grow to. You know, for example, that if your puppy is either a black, yellow, or chocolate lab; German shepherd, retrievers, border collies, or rots; you know that these will grow to rather large dogs. Likewise, if you have a poodle, Pekinese, shitzu, schnauzer, or pug, you know that these are rather small dogs and will not get large. Buy your training crate accordingly. For those of you who have a rescue from your local shelter, it might be more difficult to determine how big your puppy will grow. There are some signs you can look at when you choose a puppy from a shelter. The key is that puppies with very large paws will generally grow into large dogs, whereas puppies with smaller paws will grow into smaller dogs. Looking at the paws, however, can be a bit misleading. Your vet can get a better estimate on how large your dog will grow. The vet will look at several factors in how big your dog will grow, not just his paws. Your vet has knowledge of the different breeds and their genetic characteristics and with those characteristics he can determine what breeds are mixed in your dog and can also estimate your dog’s size. Buy the training crate accordingly. You need to know that your puppy will grow the fastest in the first 12 to 18 months of his life. Puppies usually reach their full grown size within their first year.

Do not keep your puppy in the training crate all the time. Your puppy should only be in the training crate when you are either away or asleep during the night. When you are home, you should have your puppy next to you and have him keep you company. If you see your puppy begin to do his business in the house, either let him out in the yard or get him on a walk. If you see him in the act of doing his business inside your house and the mess is already there, put him in the training crate for a certain period of time. As you catch your dog in the act of pooping or peeing in the house, put his nose in the mess and tell him “NO!” You should do this before you put your puppy in the training crate.

Line the training crate with blankets and soft bedding because your puppy will be in the training crate every time you go to bed or are away from home, be it work or out shopping. You should also have your puppy’s food and water in the training crate.

Praise your puppy every time he poops or pees outside on the walk or in the backyard. The puppy will learn that peeing and pooping is to be done outside. This together with scolding him when he poops inside will train him to hold it while being in the house. The training crate teaches him to hold it also, since dogs do not like to do their business in confined areas where they sleep.

Toilet training your puppy is not as difficult as it seems. Once your puppy reaches six to eight months, you might want to gradually ween him outside of the training crate. Get your puppy to either sleep in your room or in any other part of the house. Have your dog’s food or water in a place, such as the kitchen once the training crate is no longer needed. Remember, your puppy will be with you for at least ten to fifteen years and sometimes even more. Your puppy will turn into the type of dog you make him into. Your puppy can be a great asset to your family, a great playmate for your children, and a good companion for you or he can be incorrigible and drive you to take him to the shelter. It all depends on how you train him and toilet training is one of the most critical aspects of training your puppy, so remember do it right.

The first few nights can be the most challenging because your puppy is probably whining, crying, barking, or all of the above. Relax! There is nothing wrong with your puppy. This is perfectly normal behavior for your puppy as it has just been taken away from familiar surroundings and has been placed in new and strange surroundings. Your puppy was probably taken away from its mother and is frightened and uncomfortable. This will usually go away, though in some extreme cases, your puppy might need to be trained to stop.

Why does your puppy whine at night?

Puppies can rarely sleep through the night until they are al least 16 weeks old and in many cases they are afraid of their new surroundings. Many people do love to get a puppy because they are cute and cuddly, but they will soon realize that the crying can get on their nerves really quick. In many cases, the first nights you have your puppy at home with you can be trying times and you might think that you just want to silence him. Now, this is the wrong line of thinking. You need to realize ahead of time that you will have some sleepless nights with your new puppy, as he gets accustomed with his new surroundings. There are ways you can get your puppy to sleep through the night before they reach 16 weeks with some simple training, but you need to be patient.

Where you make your puppy sleep can be critical in getting your puppy to quiet down during the night. You need to remember that puppies and dogs are social animals. For this reason, the best thing to do is to get your puppy to sleep in the bedroom with you. Some advise to have your puppy sleep in bed with you other advise to put your puppy in a training crate. Which ever you chose, realize that your puppy might need to go to the bathroom several times during the night for the first few weeks. For this reason, having your puppy in the same room can be a great benefit for you, because your puppy will become restless before actually having go potty. He’ll let you know. This way you can get up and take him outside to go do his business when he needs to.

For those of you who prefer your puppy sleep in another room, you should have some kind of ambient noise in the room, such as a radio, fan, or other constant noise-making machine. As your puppy hears the noise, he will feel safe and will be less likely to stay up and whine all night. The only drawback to this is that you will not hear your puppy fidget before he does his business and you might find an accident in the morning. You need to remember that the longer the mess lingers, the greater the chances your puppy will do his business in the same place again. Your puppy can still smell his excrement, even when you have cleaned it up. Dogs use urine as a territory marker and the scent of the urine will tell your puppy that this is his toilet. You need to make sure that you clean the messes when they are still fresh and you should get special cleansers that can remove all the scent from the mess, including those scents that we can’t smell, but your dog can.

Crate training your puppy can be a great way to get your puppy to be quiet at night. Though training crates are usually used to potty train your puppy, but they are also great for night training because they are small and confined, providing your puppy the sense of security he needs to be comfortable and sleep at night.

Training Your Puppy to Sleep at Night

Establish bed time for your puppy. Like small children, puppies will tend to nap in the afternoon or early in the evening. This can pose a problem because if your puppy has gotten the required amount of sleep early during the day, he will be active during the night. Keep him busy in the course of the day. Horseplay with him throughout the evening hours and keep him active until you are ready to go to bed and walk him at night to get him to do his business outside at night before you go to bed in the evening. This way your puppy will be tired and will sleep at night. He will also get used to your routine and this will carry on throughout the whole life of your dog.

Having a puppy can be great joy if you simply put up with a bit of the annoying behaviors your puppy has in the beginning. With a little training, you will have a loyal companion who will keep you company for years to come.

A. The paw shake trick is one of the most common dog tricks people like to teach their puppy. The typical command for getting a dog to shake his paw with your hand is done with the command “SHAKE!” Teaching a puppy to shake is done by first getting him to sit and then gently lift one of his front paws and tell him “SHAKE!” Using the verbal command should also be done simultaneously with a hand gesture. The typical hand gesture in getting the dog to shake is by tapping the floor with your hand in front of the dog’s front paw. Encourage your puppy to lift up one of his front paws to get to shake. As you repeat the verbal command “SHAKE” and do the hand gesture, and every time your puppy complies, give him a treat. It’s that simple.
B. Teaching your puppy to sit is another important command that many people teach their puppy. You need to remember that puppies are highly energetic and can be rambunctious; therefore you need to get him to simmer down in certain situations. What better way than teaching your puppy to sit. Like teaching your puppy to shake, teaching your puppy to sit on command can be done with a simple verbal command, “SIT,” and the simultaneous hand gesture. Typically, the hand gesture for the “SIT” command should be either your hand or finger first pointing to your puppy and moving downward. The first few times, get the dog to recognize the verbal command with the hand sign by gently making him sit by pushing his hind end down to sit. As soon as your puppy sits on command by himself, give him a treat to reward him every time he obeys your command.
C. Begging can be cute or can be annoying, depending on the person. Eventually your puppy will be near the table and will begin to beg for food. Some people who come and visit might not like it if your puppy begs by putting his chin or paw on your guest’s leg. Other dogs can beg vocally by lying under the table and moan or bark or both. This kind of begging is obviously undesirable and should be curbed, however, small dogs might beg in a cute manner by standing on its hind legs. But its up to you in teaching your puppy, you can either encourage your puppy to beg or not.
1. Teaching your puppy not to beg can also be done very easily. First, why does your puppy beg? Simple. It wants what’s on the table and will do something to get what it wants. If you give your dog a scrap from the table every time it does some kind of begging, it will continue, that is what you are teaching the puppy. If your puppy knows that every time it moans or barks it gets some table scraps, it will continue this behavior because it has the desired affect. It the dog is ignored, she knows that she will not get anything and will stop begging. If your puppy gets very obnoxious when begging, tell him firmly “NO!” Or you can say “BAD!” You need to be firm and you need to do this repetitively. Sometimes, take your puppy away from the dining table when he begs and tell him “NO!” Lock your puppy in its room for some time and then let him back out.
2. Teaching your puppy to beg is not difficult. If you want your dog to do a particular trick while begging, such as standing on its hind legs or you see it does something else that’s cute, such as the sad “puppy dog look,” give it something from the table every time it does that particular trick. Again, that’s rewarding desired behavior.

There are many different ways in teaching your puppy to do what you want it to do. Obedience schools specialize in puppy teaching, but with some of the simple tips in this article, you can do the same thing as obedience schools do and you will have a well behaved and obedient puppy without spending the money for obedience training.

Though I have never seen to litter train my own dogs because I am a walker, but I do understand that certain conditions might prevent dog owners from walking the dogs often enough to get them to do their business outside. If you are elderly and cannot walk long enough or you work long hours and are not able to walk your dog often enough, litter training your puppy can be the best thing for you. Take note, however, that this can be great for small dogs but might not be so great for large dogs. The reason is that large dogs need exercise. Many large dogs were originally bred to hunt; guard herds of sheep, cattle, or goats; or as work or sled dogs. This means that these dogs are meant to run and need regular walks. Small dogs, on the other hand, were originally bred to be pets for the aristocrats. This is especially the case with some of the smaller dogs who look like little elegant toys, such as poodles, Pekingese, Shitzus, Pappions, and other such breeds. These kinds of small dogs do not require the exercise that most large dogs do.

Setting up your puppy’s litter box is much like setting up a litter box for your cats. You need to get a large tray that is big enough for your dog to maneuver in. Get the same kind of granules that you would buy for your kitty litter box and fill the tray with it. You want to make sure that the tray is deep enough to hold enough granules to enable them to absorb the urine, yet low enough to allow your puppy to comfortably climb into it and do his business. You should get the kind of kitty litter granules that absorb the dog’s urine and form hardened clumps that are easy to scoop out and throw away with the poop.

Litter training your puppy can be just as tricky as paper training your puppy. You should use your training crate to hold your puppy until you are sure that he will always go to his litter box to do his business. This can take a while and as your puppy is outside of the training crate, you need to watch your puppy at first. If you see that your puppy is starting to squat or lift up his leg, you know he is either going to leave a sausage link or make a lice lake on your hardwood floor or carpet. Direct him to his litter box before he does it. That is the best way.

If you see the mess already, put him in the training crate. Leave him in there for a while. Keep in mind, when your puppy does his business other than in his litter box, you need to put your puppy’s nose in the mess and tell him “NO!”

Praise and reward your puppy every time you see him do his business in his litter box. Tell your puppy “good boy” or “good girl” when he goes to his or her litter box without your guiding him or her. Give him a treat and he will eventually learn that this is the doggy toilet.

Keeping the litter box clean is very important to make your puppy comfortable doing his business in there. The right granules will solidify when they come in contact with urine. These solid clumps can easily be scooped up and thrown away with a proper scooper. The proper litter box scooper is a sifted scooper, which has slats that allow the dry litter to fall back into the litter box but hold the clumps that are too big to fall through the slats. This means that you are able to pick up the urine clumps together with the poop and conveniently throw it into the garbage, like with a cat litter box. Make sure that after cleaning your dog’s litter box, the granules are spread evenly. You should add new granules occasionally.

Remember. It’s all in the training. Puppies usually learn quickly if you are persistent. If you choose to litter train a larger dog, you will still need to take him for a walk so that he can get the exercise he needs.

Pulling can be a common problem when you are leash training a puppy. Like human children, puppies have a lot of energy and they can pull hard on the leash when you are walking them. Some puppies like chasing animals when you are leash training. There are many ways to control the pulling of your dog ranging from choke collar to a dog harness. Personally through the years have used many different collars to leash train my puppy, the trick is to find which one works for you. Take your puppy and her leash to a store and try them on. Practice leash training your puppy and see which collar fits your puppy best and how she reacts.

Teaching your puppy to heal is key to getting your puppy to walk with you in a disciplined manner. When do you want your dog to heal? Any time there are many passing cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and walking or running people. This can especially difficult if you have a puppy that enjoys barking and chasing passing vehicles or people. Having your dog heal means making your dog walk in close proximity to your side. Teaching your puppy to heal is done by doing the following:

A. Cut the leash short and pull back on your dog to get your dog to walk closely to your side. As you pull back the leash and the choke collar tightens, making your dog get closer to you, firmly say “HEAL!” Get your dog to understand that when he hears the word “HEAL,” to walk slowly by your side. It is a good idea to take a bag of treats in the beginning and as your puppy starts to heal in a disciplined manner, give him a treat. Then when he hears the command “HEAL,” and feel the gentle tug on the leash, he will heal properly.
B. Hold your dog on a short leash for the duration of time you want your dog to heal. Once you feel that your dog can pull forth again, let length to the leash. Your dog will learn when the leash gets longer, he can go farther forward.

Crossing the busy street or intersection is another thing that should be done in a disciplined manner when walking your dog. Most of you are more than likely in urban or suburban communities, where there are many busy streets or intersections to cross during the course of your walk with the dog. Having your dog cross the street in a disciplined manner is a safety issue for both you and your puppy. Training your puppy to cross the street should be done as follows:

A. Have the dog heal as you approach the busy intersection and obey all pedestrian traffic signs and signals.
B. Have your dog sit as you get to the curb and you have to wait. When you get to the edge of the curb and you have to wait to cross, tell your dog “SIT!” Give your dog a treat or pet him when he sits.
C. Have your dog heal when crossing the street to keep him under close control and to prevent him from wanting to chase cars or get into other potential dangerous situations in the street.

Crossing a busy street can be very dangerous if you do not cross with care. This is why it is important to take time for leash training your puppy properly in crossing a busy intersection.

House Breaking while Leash Training a Puppy – The purpose of walking your dog and leash training is not only to housebreak your puppy but also to exercise him. When leashing training your puppy you should be considerate of other people. Avoiding know obstacles like busy roads, play grounds, and construction sites is a great idea until you and your puppy are comfortable training your puppy on a leash.

There is nothing more pleasurable when you are walking your dog. Both you and the dog get exercise and most importantly, you and your pal can spend some quality training time. Having your dog walk in a disciplined manner and in orderly fashion will keep you at ease with your neighbors and other people you meet on the street.