How To Train A Dog

Potty training accidents can happen when you don’t pay close enough attention to your dog or puppy.

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Although a dog crate is a wonderful training tool, that’s not all there is to housetraining your puppy. You also want to teach your dog where you want it to relieve itself and a command that he will respond to in order to go potty, something that will get to do his business [...]

Crate Training A Puppy
All dogs are born with the instinct to keep their beds clean and as soon as their legs are strong enough to support them, puppies will toddle away from their littermates to relieve themselves. Before that, momma dog stimulated the puppies to relieve themselves and cleaned up after them. You can use [...]

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House Training Older Dog: The Rescue Dog
Fred and Barbra Thompson just adopted a 5-month-old black Lab Retriever puppy from the local rescue pound. The animal shelter informed Fred and Barbra that the dog was already housetrained. But the two quickly learned something else. UGH! They would need to [...]