CRATE TRAINING / HOUSEBREAKING
August 25, 2009
I’ll be posting more information on housebreaking/crate training soon. let me know in the comment form below that you are waiting. If you haven’t already, I have a YouTube video on this subject. Visit my YouTube channel. Look for the “crate training / housebreaking” video
When I moved to Malibu California in 1994, I changed my company’s name from ABC Dog Training to Malibu Dog Training to reflect the locale of my new clientele.
After arriving in Malibu, I found the number one issue pet owners needed help with was “housebreaking” (or house-soiling). Within the next few years, I became an expert at housebreaking dogs. My clients had the big-big houses, with big-big expectations from their trainer (me).
They led very busy lives and many of them weren’t fully on board with the concept that they might have to participate in the training of their dogs. Often times the task was delegated to live-in house keepers, personal assistants or the kids. For the house-keepers and assistants, their hands were already full maintaining the homes and lives of their employers. As for the kids, (with a few exceptions) they were living the lives of Malibu kids and training the dog was not first on their list of priorities.
So, the challenge for me was to create a winning formula for the owner, housekeeper, assistant or child so the dog learned good behavior quickly and with the least amount of wear and tear on the dog (and the dog’s care-taker).
When housebreaking is done correctly, the puppies shouldn’t eliminate inside the home (or very few times), and should be eliminating outside in the place of your choosing. Puppies should be 100% housebroken by 10 to 12 weeks of age. If you’ve had a few weeks of practice, and your puppy isn’t consistently eliminating outside, then you need my help.
Auggie's a good puppy
The speed at which housebreaking can take, depends on several things; the owners knowledge, the owners attention, the breed, age of dog, where the puppy came from (pet shop, shelter, breeder) and how big your home is. There are many short cuts that can help speed things along.
If I can toilet train a CAT and teach him to FLUSH when he’s finished. I can housebreak any dog.
Access to my complete housebreaking formula (for all age dogs) will be available to members only. Coming soon
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Comments are very welcome… Do you have a housebreaking nightmare?
your website is great. it is well written and very informative. i am sure you will be helpful to many many dog owners. love, mom
I love that your Mom posted a comment – so cute!! Thanks for all the recent great info!!
Great housebreaking tips! I do have a rather challenging case, & would appreciate any suggestions that you may have…my dog was already about a yr. old when I adopted him, & he had not been neutered. I tried crate training him, but he “marks” everywhere, & everything! After having to steam clean the carpet 3 times the first 2 months, I finally put one of those “male diapers” on him. It has solved th problem of urine in my high rise apartment. I have placed potty pads for him on the balcony, & he gets treats when he goes there. He is good about that, but even though I finally got him neutered on the advice of a second opinion vet, he still makes boo boos indoors! He does seem to be marking less, though.
Please, any suggestions are welcome! I love my baby…just not the mess!
Thanks Bryan- your welcome. Yes, we all need a little , OK a lot of support from friends and family, especially when it comes to the internet. So many dog trainers out there, I occasionally ask, why bother?, but I do feel I have something to contribute. Thanks again Bryan, for listening.
Thanks MOM
Hello Donna,
Appreciate you visiting my site, I hope you’ve subscribed so you will be notified when I post something new, second I’m hoping you have already read my blogs through-out the site? Although I may not directly blog about “housebreaking” you will learn how other things are directly or indirectly connected. Having your dog understand the difference between right and wrong or in your case safe and not safe, is part of your solution.
I’m not very much of a suggestions kinda trainer. suggestions or training tips are only effective when you explain the other 95% reason your suggesting them. That takes time and knowledge about each individual situation.It’s my fault for leading people to think I can help everyone if they contact me and I’ve just changed the housebreaking blog to reflect that. I try to give as much free info on my site as possible but I have to charge for any personalized advice. I offer Skype lessons for a discount to what I charge for private in-home lessons. Let me know if your interested. hope to talk to you soon. Robert
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