Basic Obedience for Shih Tzu Puppies

As your puppy matures, asking to be let out when necessary will become second nature, and it is rare to encounter a Shih Tzu who is unclean in the house. A stud dog, however, can be different, for he may well want to mark his territory—and your table and chair legs may be just the places he chooses! Males…

Crate Training Your Pomeranian

We use the term crate training to mean housetraining, even though the crate has more uses than just teaching the puppy clean indoor habits. Poms are clean dogs, and most Poms pick up housetraining quite naturally. If you have been fortunate enough to purchase a puppy from a breeder who introduced the puppy to the crate, then…

Housetraining a Puppy From Day One

Housetraining a puppy doesn’t have to be a headache.

The more vigilant the family is about reducing the puppy’s opportunity to have accidents and rewarding successes, the quicker and easier the puppy is trained, says Julie Jackson, canine behavior coordinator for the Dane County Humane Society in Wisconsin.

Begin training the first day you take your…

Positive Housetraining for Your Puppy

Step 1: Get the Right Stuff Positive housetraining goes much faster when you have the right equipment. That stuff includes, first and foremost, a crate. This enclosure will be your puppy’s private space. Whenever you can’t give him your undivided attention, your puppy should be in his crate.

You also need a flat buckle collar and a 6-foot…

Housetraining Your Puppy

Human history offers many instances of great ideas that could not be fully realized until a complimentary idea evolved. One example of an invention that looked good on paper was, literally, on paper. Paper was first made in China in A.D. 105 during the reign of Emperor Ho Ti. Rumor had it, by A.D. 106, courtiers used…