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Here are some of our favorite supplies to support your pup’s health and well being.
Canine Mind Merchandise
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Ziwi Peak training treats
Ball on Rope Toy
Split Deer Antlers
Jolly Ball Yard Toy
Bone for Aggressive Chewers
Spiderweb Yard Toy
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Nail Clippers
Furminator Brush (for large dogs)
Daily Brush (for small dogs)
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Slip Leash
Educator E Collar
Clicker/ Marker
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Dog Blanket
"Place" Cot
Bed for Kennel or Crate
Tips and Tricks for Potty Training
Potty training is essentially about creating consistent success, and eliminating the possibility of failures (accidents).
DO’S
Reward your dog with food, affection or play as soon as they finish eliminating in the correct place, wherever that might be. It’s important to do this immediately afterward and not when the dog comes back inside. We want our message to be very clear “Going here is way better than going anywhere else”.
Use a leash when taking your dog to its potty place. This ensures your dog gets right down to business and doesn’t turn the situation into a game. It also makes it incredibly easy to reward them for getting it right. Try letting them off the leash as soon as they go if you have a little time to play with them and want to reward them with some fun.
Pick one place for your dog to eliminate and stick to it. It makes it way easier for them to understand what we want if the location never changes.
Create an area, aside from a crate, where your dog can spend its time and you won’t be upset if they eliminate. I have a big dog so I bought a 5X10 outdoor kennel that I kept him in when I wasn’t home. Playpens set up inside your home for smaller dogs work just fine too.
Take your dog to its potty area every two hours if you can. The more frequently you take them, the less they have an opportunity to have an accident.
DONT’S
Never punish your dog for having an accident. It’s your fault anyway. Punishing our dogs for eliminating in the wrong place just makes them nervous to go in front of us and hurts the process. Instead, immediately take them to the correct place. If your lucky, you will interrupt them and they will finish in the correct place. If it’s too late, then learn from your mistake and figure out why it happened.
Don’t leave your dog or puppy unattended or loose in your home before its potty trained. This is essentially asking for a problem. They cannot make good decisions for themselves yet and leaving them to their own devices is working against your training.
Don’t put Potty Pads everywhere. I’ve seen this so much and it’s totally counter productive. Most potty pads are made with a pheromone that attracts our dogs to go on them, but if the potty pads are in every room, what are we really communicating to them? go wherever you want basically. Put them all in one place if you need to use them.
Don’t buy a bigger crate than your dog needs. The crate is supposed to be a sleeping den/safe place for our dogs. However, sometimes the idea to get them “one they’ll grow into” or “one they can stretch out in” takes us down the wrong the path. If it’s too big our dogs will just pee on one side and sleep on the other. We want them to learn to hold it through the night, and big crates don’t help.
Don’t be impatient. Good Potty training takes time. Just because its been 3 weeks without an accident doesn’t mean your dog is ready to be free in your house all day. Don’t take risks that are unnecessary just because you want your dog to be farther along than they are.
These tips work for dogs of all ages and breeds.
