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How To Train A Puppy: 5 Huge mistakes owners make when potty training a puppy

The success of potty training your puppy is totally dependent on you, the owner, not the puppy. You must understand why the 5 most common thoughts about puppy potty training will doom your puppy to continue to have accidents

Up until the time you get your New Puppy, their entire world pretty much consisted of their litter mates and the area where they were kept by the breeder. They simply don’t know anything else.

One of the first things a new puppy owner needs to do, of course, is to potty train their puppy. As easy as this can be, people tend to over complicate it and make it difficult on them and their new puppy.

Owners tend to think that a new puppy will think and act like a mature dog but they don’t, they are simply puppies. You must understand what is age appropriate in you expectations of what your puppy is capable of. Puppy owners must understand how to keep the puppy from having potty training accidents instead of scolding after the accident has already happened – not reactive.

There seems to be a common thought process among new puppy owners about the process of potty training that complicates an otherwise easy process. The outdated way we used to potty train puppies simply doesn’t work and will set your puppy up to fail.

Many puppy owners still think the old fashioned way about how to potty train their puppy:

1. There is no need to allow your puppy to have accidents everyday as part of the potty training process.

2. Leaving the puppy in the back yard to potty is good puppy potty training and it is easier for the puppy.

3. Puppies are very much like young children, when they have to go, they go. There is no sign or signal.

4. There is no reason or excuse for every hitting a puppy for a potty training accident.

5. Leaving the puppy’s food and water down all day for it to eat and drink is easier for the owner and better for the puppy.

These 5 thoughts could not be further from the truth.

These 5 mistakes will surely encourage your puppy to have potty training accidents. Whether you are at your wit’s end with your new puppy, or just beginning your Puppy Training efforts, you must understand immediately what you need to do to help your puppy be successful now, and in the future.

Be sure that the trainer your choose and the way they train is not harsh and only uses positive reinforcement methods. And remember: “Opportunity Barks”

About the Author

Jim Burwell, professional Dog Trainer, branded Houston’s Dog Whisper by Texas Magazine has the reputation of making the impossible–possible.
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