The Best Kept Secrets For House Training A Puppy Fast
Looking to the future is one of the first things you need to consider when preparing for training your puppy, because it will have a big impact to moving your puppy from his established and comfortable home to the insecure and brand new home you’ll be giving him. A young pup can suffer separation anxiety during the first few days of leaving his mother and playmates, and he is thrust into an entirely new environment where there is nothing but unfamiliar people and strange smells.
These emotions don’t just apply to young puppies. Adult dogs can also experience separation anxiety by the upheaval when moved to new homes. An adopted adult dog has no idea of all the wonderful plans you may have in store for him; he just sees a new and quite worrying place with none of his friends.
If it is at all do-able, an ideal plan would be to visit your puppy or dog at his current home. He’ll get to recognize your face and smell and make his move a lot less stressful. This will mean that when you start to learn about, train a puppy he’ll learn a lot quicker as he’ll already be friends with you. I appreciate this is not always possible so, try taking home something from the current owner that the puppy is familiar with – like maybe a piece of clothing that he’s slept on, or any other item he recognizes that will help him settle down and survive the feeling of having nothing familiar in his life.
Pretty much everybody agrees that the best time to introduce your puppy to his new home is at a time when you’re going to be at home for a few days to help him settle in and get to know you. A holiday period is perfect. But you do need to be at home with your dog during the holidays. The more time you can spend with in these first few days the better. Spending lots of time with him when he moves in will pay dividends in building your relationship and help the newcomer get over his homesickness blues.
Just as parents prepare for the arrival of a new baby by creating an environment to satisfy the baby’s needs and requirements, training a puppy is a very similar process. Doesn’t your new four legged member of the family deserve the same.