My dog Boshin is only 4-month old, getting 5 month in a couple weeks. Like anyone with puppies, I'm also having a little headache with him peeing and pooping everywhere in the house. My pets in my life had been only cats, so I never had to worry about potty training until now. And after wrestling with Boshin and million different way of potty training, I've made rather cruel choice: crate training. It is believed to be the most efficient and effective.
Basically, he stays in the crate the whole time. I only release him every other hour and bring him outside. If he goes to bathroom, I pet him and let him run around the house for about 20 minutes. If not, he goes right back to his crate. Basically, I make him live his life only to poop outside... "Outside" is the key word here. He will have no problem learning that the world is a lot larger than his crate and there are more things to do in life. At this moment, what I'm teaching him is that he eats, stays in the crate, and poops outside, and that's all his life about. But, when he successfully poops outside, I try to show him my affection... that I'm doing this because I love him.
I hope the time comes quickly that I no longer have to crate him, ever.
No comments:
Post a Comment