Teaching The New Puppy To Howl: Cute Video
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Housebreaking your dog is seemingly the first test of your patience as a dog owner.
Perhaps you re experiencing the following scenario:
You take him outside multiple times a day and every time, he refuses to make. You assume he just doesn t have to go, so you bring him back inside and moments later he soils the rug.
Or…
You take him outside and he goes, you praise him with Good boy and after bringing him back in, moments later he goes again.
It s a frustrating cycle not only for you, but for your dog as well. You just can t seem to make him understand what he s supposed to do.
Your dog simply doesn t understand the rules yet. That s why it s important to take your dog outside to make at scheduled times of the day.
It will take approximately 14 consecutive days of going outside, watching your dog make and praising him for it before he starts to get it. Housebreaking a dog takes discipline, consistency and patience.
During that period, every accident that happens in the house is counted as negative two days. Remember, you ll want 14 consecutive days of proper housebroken behavior before you can relax a bit.
After he goes outside, you ll want to supervise him closely for the next ten minutes he is inside the house. At the first sign of going the the bathroom, take him outside.
If he does have an accident, only use the No command if you catch him in the act. Otherwise, it s useless and will only confuse your dog.
The amount of time that you should take your dog outside to make will vary depending on the breed, size and type of puppy.
It s generally recommended that you take your dog out every 2 3 hours during the day for the first three weeks. Obviously you won t be taking your puppy out every 2 3 hours at night before bed. So use the following strategy.
Take away your dog s water bowl two hours before bed. During that window of time, walk your dog at least twice. If accidents occur in the middle of the night, you may need to get up once in the night to walk your puppy.
As your dog gets older, his bladder size will increase and the nightly accidents will disappear.
After the first month, begin to space out the amount of time you take your dog outside to make. You ll want to do this until your dog only needs to go out only 3 4 times a day.
In summary, the trick to all of this is using the follwing tactics.
• Set a schedule to take your dog outside
• Praise your dog with the Good boy command when he makes
• In case of an accident, only use the No command if you catch your dog in the act
• Take away your dog s water two hours before bedtime
• Walk your puppy twice before bed
• Always supervise your dog when he is inside AFTER making outside
By Ross Farrow For News-Sentinel
UPDATED: LODI, CA – A family is reunited after their guide dog puppy made a great escape. Three month old Gannon managed to escape his Lodi home last Friday, through the kitty door.
When Alexis Green, his raiser, realized he was gone, she called Guide Dogs For The Blind and started scouring the neighborhood. She made missing posters and put them up everywhere. The next day, someone mentioned they had seen a couple pick up a black puppy that was wandering the neighborhood.
Fortunately, a friend of the couple had seen the poster and told them about the missing guide dog. The couple had taken Gannon to their home in the Valley Springs area. After an agonizing week without Gannon, Alexis finally received a call Friday that her precious puppy was safe and sound. The two were reunited, and the kitty door Gannon escaped from has been downsized.
Original Story:
A 3-month-old puppy who was being trained to become a guide dog has been missing since Friday.
Lodi-area resident Cyndy Green said the puppy her daughter was training escaped from their property in the area of Armstrong and Davis roads, southwest of Lodi. However, on Saturday, a dog matching his description was seen between 1:30 and 2 p.m. on Thornton Road, north of Eight Mile Road, according to Jim Russell, a community field representative for Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Fifteen to 30 minutes later, someone reported seeing a similar-looking dog being picked up and put in a car, but it hasn’t been determined if it was the missing dog, Russell said. There was no description of the car.
Green and Guide Dog officials searched the area Saturday for the dog, Russell said.
The dog, named Gannon, is a black male Labrador Retriever. He has a black collar with a Guide Dog tag and has tattoos in both ears (small dots that consist of letters or numbers).
Gannon is owned by Guide Dogs for the Blind. He and other dogs are raised in homes until they are 15 to 18 months old. Then they begin their formal guide dog work and are matched with blind people, said Guide Dogs spokeswoman Denise St. Jean.
While in family homes, the dogs are trained to have excellent house manners, and family members socialize them by introducing them to new people, places and experiences, St. Jean said.
Anyone who may have seen Gannon may call Russell at 669-7657 or Guide Dogs for the Blind at (800) 295-4050.
Once again I have to report on a company that just doesn’t get. This time it’s Jim Beam.
With all of us out there trying to spread the word about how important it is to be an educated, knowledgeable dog owner, Jim Beam has thrown it all out the door for a quick buck and a laugh!
For this, Jim Beam, you get The Dog Files Epic Fail Award™ of the month.
Feel free to tell Jim Beam what you think of their “puppy” ad. Just be courteous, smart and to the point. Let’s see if they get the message.
Snail Mail: Jim Beam Brands Co. 510 Lake Cook Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015-4964
Email: http://www.jimbeam.com/contactus.aspx (Just put in your birthday and you’re there.)
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