Cockapoo Training: How to And How Not to Housebreak Your Cockapoo
Of course there is no way to put a price on the happiness of being able to go home after work and find that the dog never eliminated on any of the rugs, table legs, shoes, etc at home. But if you want to have the same happiness in cockapoo training, then prepare to learn a lot of things, since housebreaking, or housetraining, is really within reach.
1. Do not believe that housetraining a puppy is equivalent to a few stacks of old newspapers, and some corporal punishment whenever the dog tries to sneak pooing indoors. - - If you really love your dog, you will want to exert the effort to be vigilant, patient, and committed to some really well-planned and carefully arranged housebreaking for the dog’s sake.
2. Do not think that the completion of the housebreaking training ensures that the dog is one hundred percent free from accidents after the training. - - The best that can actually be achieved is minimizing the dog’s accidents. Moreover, housetraining takes even longer in the case of smaller toy breeds. But isn’t it that this is all part and parcel of really raising the dog in the best possible way?
3. Don’t take it out on your puppy for pooing or peeing indoors. If you chance upon a soiled area, a correction given at this point is already far too late to make any sense on the dog - - The only thing to be done now is to clean up the mess. Taking the dog to the spot and scolding it or any other punishment simply leads to a dog that is scared of you or scared to “go” in your presence.
On the other hand:
1. Do bring your puppy outside frequently – at least every two hours – in order for it to eliminate. Other opportune moments would also be after it wakes up from a nap, after playing, and after eating or drinking.
2. If you do catch it MIDWAY (which is different than “walking away from the mess”), make some loud distraction to interrupt and distract the dog. Pick it up and bring it to its bathroom spot, where you can praise it immediately after going.
3. Do clean the area of accidents, even going to the extent of removing odors. The reason for this is that puppies become encouraged to keep soiling an area that has the scent of its urine or feces.
One last word on houstraining as part of cockapoo training. Be vigilant in not allowing the dog to eliminate in the house. Giving up in your consistency will confuse the dog about where exactly can it eliminate, which ends up prolonging the house training.
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