PET TRAINING
Dog Training
Housetraining a Puppy
or Adult Dog and Submissive Wetting, "Marking",
and other
Urination Problems
 It
is very important to read either this article
or other material
on housebreaking BEFORE you put your
new dog or puppy to bed the first night in
your home.
Even if you've just
adopted a puppy that is too young to begin
proper housetraining, this
article will assist
you in beginning to condition your puppy from
the very beginning and, through proper
hygiene
and your
knowledge
of when to praise and not to praise, help
the pup be ready when proper housetraining
begins.
Delay in this conditioning or housetraining
will
get you and your new dog off to a bad
start, will confuse
your new dog concerning where it should and
should
not
go to the bathroom, and will make
housetraining,
when begun, a more difficult task for both
you and your new dog.
The steps outlined in
these articles take some time, work and patience.
You have just
adopted
a dog that
should be a wonderful, loving companion
for you and your family for the rest of
its life. A very few weeks, perhaps less, of patient, loving,
consistent training is a small price to
pay for such a
treasure.
Housebreaking
the adult dog: Until you and the
new adult dog have learned each
other's
signals, and until you know he's housebroken
and can be
trusted, it's best to assume he's not housetrained
and start from the beginning. Read more in
the full handout below...
If your dog has other
type of urination problems
such as submissive urination, anxiety wetting,
"marking", and illness, it is important to
treat these with the right training.
 Click
here for the full handout (PDF format)
Cat
Training
 Train that cat
Cats can be
trained! Contrary to popular opinion, our
feline companions can be taught
to perform on cue. All successful training
is accomplished through praise and food
rewards. While direct correction is employed
in canine training, it only confuses, frightens,
and alienates felines. The key is to discover
the food treat that is most appealing to
your cat
and to present it to him immediately each
time he responds to a verbal cue with the
desired behavior.
Does your cat
come when called? He should. This is
basic feline training. Even though
your cat may never go outside, he should
master this simple point of feline etiquette.
It may come in handy some day. more...
Cats International
Excellent all around resource for cat owners
http://www.catsinternational.org/
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