House-Training E-Book

Kim Campbell Thornton

• Herausgeber: CompanionHouse Books
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Serie: Simple Solutions Series
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 22

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

This Simple Solutions guide offers serious advice in a fun and entertaining manner. House-training can be a very challenging issue for some dog owners, and it's easy for puppy owners to lose their sense of humor as they're cleaning up accidents for the umpteenth time! Kim Campbell Thornton, a popular, award-winning dog author, along with illustrator Buck Jones make House-Training fun, funny, and doable. From the basics of crate and paper training to establishing a daily routine and properly cleaning of up accidents, this enlightening little book leaks information on every page!

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier edition as follows:

Thornton, Kim Campbell.

House-Training / by Kim Campbell Thornton ; illustrations by Buck Jones.

p. cm. — (Simple solutions)

ISBN-10: 1-889540-84-6 (paperback : alk. paper)

ISBN-13: 978-1-889540-84-9 (paperback : alk. paper)

eISBN-13: 978-1-620080-61-0

1. Puppies—Training I. Title. II. SimpleSolutions.

SF431 .T53 2002

636.7’0887—dc21

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Contents

Secrets to Success

Time to Get Started

The Great Crate Debate

Stay on Schedule

Accidents Happen

Cleaning Up

Secrets to Success

Puppies pee. And poop. A lot. And often. If you’ve never lived with a puppy, you’ll be amazed by the number of times your little fur ball will need to go potty. Every hour or two, he will start sniffing and circling, looking for a place to do his business. If you aren’t watchful, accidents can happen frequently.

Not surprisingly, house-training is the first lesson new owners must teach their pups, and rightfully so: House-training is the foundation for good behavior. Without it, dogs can’t become members of the family, and they run the risk of being exiled to the backyard, never getting the attention and social interaction that they need, deserve and crave.

Happily, the secrets to successful house-training are simple: Time, patience, consistency and supervision are all that are needed.

Puppies are quick learners. A regular potty schedule, combined with praise for going in the right spot, will help them get the right idea. Dogs are naturally clean animals, and they don’t want to soil their living area. House-training teaches dogs that the house is the living area and the yard (or whichever spot you choose) is the potty area.