How To Break Your Dog Of Bad Housebreaking Habits

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Three words you have to remember when you train your dog are perseverance, consistency, and patience. And those three words are a lot easier to say than they are to live up to. And bad habits can be quickly learned if your dog starts having accidents in the house. And you must quickly stop your dogs bad habits or they may always be a problem for you and the dog.

If your going to be out of the house for a long time on a regular basis you may need to consider purchasing a indoor crate or kennel to keep your dog in while your gone. Make sure your dog has a bed in the crate, a bowl of clean water, and chew toys. If you provide those things the dog will be locked away from the area or areas where they were making mistakes in the house and a dog is unlikely to defecate in the same place they are living in especially confined in a crate or indoor kennel. As soon as you come home the first thing you have to do is take the dog outside and you may need to keep the dog confined to the room or area of the house where you are at.

Remember that dogs love routine so be sure that you take the dog outside on a regular basis and these must include when the dog eats, when it drinks, and when it wakes up. Take the dog outside to the same spot and the dog will learn in time that this is the place to go.

If your dog continues to have accidents in the house clean up the accidents with a good odor neutralizer and feed the dog in the same exact spot where the dog has been having accidents. This will stop the dog from wanting to go in that spot again. Mother dogs teach young dogs not to go where they eat and sleep.

Never just give up with dog training. You may find that your life is a lot easier if you confine your dog to a crate or kennel while you are gone from home. Don't buy the crate or kennel to large though. You want the dog to be comfortable but you don't want to provide it enough room to have a place to go. And what ever you do as soon as you are home take the dog outside to the spot where you want it to go.