House Training A Dog – The Simple Way

The puppy is new and oh so cute.  You cuddle with it every day and love to chase it around the yard or play tug of war with the stuffed animal that, in a year will probably be missing most of its limbs.  However, all is not fun and games in the house with the new puppy.  Now comes the hard part, house training the dog.Be sure that you don't give up before the puppy does. Because house training a new puppy can be one of the most challenging things that you will ever do. But as hard as it may be to believe you can house train your dog if you don't give up.

Here is a very cute pair of puppies.

As the new puppy does one of two things to relieve him/herself in the middle of your new white carpet you find yourself wondering why it is so difficult for the dog to understand that you do not go in the house.  You think to yourself why would anyone, animals included, go to the bathroom where they live? Would they not want it as far away as possible?  You think your puppy must just be thickheaded, anyone with a dog has looked at their animal at this stage and said “you stupid dog”.   However, then you remember that for a couple years after you were born you not only went to the bathroom where you live but actually in your pants and you feel slightly bad for being so frustrated with your dog’s seeming lack of intelligence. And believe it or not but if you don't give up your dog will be house broken one day. It will happen and you'll be rewarded with a well trained dog that will let you know when it needs to go outside.

House training a dog is without a doubt a frustrating process.  You wish you could just throw them outside and they would figure it out themselves.  Unfortunately it is not this easy; it requires a bit more patience and perseverance.  So you do a couple things as you look at the seemingly hopeless situation that has the potential to turn very expensive if you are again forced to replace your carpet.  First of all you remember that you knew house training a dog was not easy or fun, second you remember that you are the idiot that bought new carpet two months before you decided to get a dog.  Now you suck it up and you go to the book store to get the newest book on house training a dog and hope that it has some enlightening information that will save you both time and money-discounting the $30 you just spent on the book of course.


Patience is easy to write there but believe me you'll find yourself running out of patience. I do suggest you do your own research and learn everything you can about house training a dog. You really don't need to buy that $30 book not if you have internet access because there is plenty you can learn about house training a dog on the internet. But some key things to remember is to take the dog outside any time the dog eats or drinks water. The dog also needs to go outside when ever it wakes up from a nap and before you go to bed at night. As you can see you and the dog are going to be spending a lot of time with the dog.