surchinmy
Ultra ALPHA
Aug 25, 2005, 7:33 AM
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Re: [stacey] Housebreaking Nightmare
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Hello ...
Dogs, (especially pups) find comfort and security in "dens". In the wild, a den probably be a little cave or a shaded corner or shelter under some bushes, these would be the most common places a female will drop a litter, and a den would be the natural place for a pup to spend its first 3months of life ... You will find that most breeders try to recreate a "den" for their pups.
By confining your pup in the toilet, what you may have done is this ~ you have encouraged your pup to treat your toilet as its "den". In other words, as far as your pup is concerned, the toilet is where it feels most at home, that is why he sleeps and rests there ... And once the toilet becomes a dog's den, then it is again natural instinct for your pup not to poo or pee in its "home" - so it poos & pees elsewhere (which now unfortunately means the rest of your house.
5weeks is not too early to toilet train. In fact this is the best time.
But do you know correct methods to toilet train?
Suggestions:
(a) Use the search function & find all the previous postings on toilet training. This topic has been discussed many times over.
(b) Alternatively, go to a good book shop and get a book on puppy training - almost all training books will have a chapter/section on toilet training.
OR better still ~ do both 
This is a good book for beginners ... http://www.amazon.com/...ng=UTF8&v=glance
The first step to successfully toilet training a pup, is for the owner to learn how to toilet train. Once you learn how, toilet training a pup becomes easy.
Cheers 
(This post was edited by surchinmy on Aug 25, 2005, 7:35 AM)
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