What to Do When Accidents Happen While Training Your Puppy
There is an all time number one rule to house training your puppy which addresses key issues associated with housebreaking your pet.
Every pet owner needs to be aware of the importance of this rule.
It doesn't matter what you've heard or read, if you don't catch your puppy in the act of doing something wrong then do not punish him for it.
If you discover a mess on the floor that wasn't there before then you should simply clean it up and forget about it.
If you attempt to discipline your puppy after the fact it will not help the matter at all.
The puppy will have absolutely no idea what you are upset about or what you are disciplining him for.
It is most often the case that the puppy has already established a routine based on what its mother did or based on what the breeder did.
If it is the case that nobody ever put up a fuss about urinating and defecating before, the puppy will not associate the punishment with something he has done.
He may have done so hundreds of times before he met you.
And it only takes thirty seconds to create those circumstances.
Your missed placed efforts at discipline will only confuse your puppy.
He will have no clue what he is being scolded for.
Puppies can in some ways be just like children.
Puppies do not think about what happened in the past unless it was fun and very repetitious.
Going to the bathroom does not qualify as such to your puppy.
His thoughts are not on what he did in the past.
What they are thinking about is what they can do in the future however.
You should plan your approach to training him accordingly.
But keep in mind that at this point your puppy's memory is very short.
And his attention span is even shorter.
Another thing one might take into consideration is accountability.
I mean after all who is running the show here? If that someone had been on top of watching the pup then the little guys "gotta go" behavior would have been noticed and responded to in a timely fashion.
Close observance would reveal your puppy suddenly walking around in circles or running around with his nose on the ground smelling for a sweet spot.
We have all witnessed the behavior that I'm speaking of.
Your puppy will display the exact same behavior every time.
We call this "pre-potty-pattern.
" They will always use this before the fact.
It is up to you to be observant enough to catch it in time.
Every pet owner needs to be aware of the importance of this rule.
It doesn't matter what you've heard or read, if you don't catch your puppy in the act of doing something wrong then do not punish him for it.
If you discover a mess on the floor that wasn't there before then you should simply clean it up and forget about it.
If you attempt to discipline your puppy after the fact it will not help the matter at all.
The puppy will have absolutely no idea what you are upset about or what you are disciplining him for.
It is most often the case that the puppy has already established a routine based on what its mother did or based on what the breeder did.
If it is the case that nobody ever put up a fuss about urinating and defecating before, the puppy will not associate the punishment with something he has done.
He may have done so hundreds of times before he met you.
And it only takes thirty seconds to create those circumstances.
Your missed placed efforts at discipline will only confuse your puppy.
He will have no clue what he is being scolded for.
Puppies can in some ways be just like children.
Puppies do not think about what happened in the past unless it was fun and very repetitious.
Going to the bathroom does not qualify as such to your puppy.
His thoughts are not on what he did in the past.
What they are thinking about is what they can do in the future however.
You should plan your approach to training him accordingly.
But keep in mind that at this point your puppy's memory is very short.
And his attention span is even shorter.
Another thing one might take into consideration is accountability.
I mean after all who is running the show here? If that someone had been on top of watching the pup then the little guys "gotta go" behavior would have been noticed and responded to in a timely fashion.
Close observance would reveal your puppy suddenly walking around in circles or running around with his nose on the ground smelling for a sweet spot.
We have all witnessed the behavior that I'm speaking of.
Your puppy will display the exact same behavior every time.
We call this "pre-potty-pattern.
" They will always use this before the fact.
It is up to you to be observant enough to catch it in time.
