Mom & Princess

Princess was my mom's dog. Now you would think that after raising 3 girls who had a very wide assortment of pets: think dogs, cats, guinea pig, rats, mice, snakes, turtles, lizards and rabbits that mom would be happy for a little piece and quite. But no, as soon as we are all gone she goes and gets herself a little cockapoo. I came home on leave and that little dog almost tore my leg off.

After getting stichs and mom holding on to princess we got introduced and became friends. So if you leave home and then come back for a visit make sure a PERSON is home before you walk in.

So I asked mom how she had house trained Princess. Well at the time mom was not working. So she had a little routine. Dad would get up at 3AM to go to work and he would take the puppy out "to piddle" when she did her thing dad would bring her in put her back in her kennel and he would go to work.

Later when mom got up, she would take princess out of the kennel and they would again go outside "to piddle". Then mom would sit down and play with the pup for a few minutes.

After that mom would put Princess in her basket and mom would have breakfast. Then she would feed Princess. After feeding mom would read at the kitchen table and watch the pup. As soon as she started sniffing mom would open the back door and tell princess to "go outside" and follow her out.

Wonderful. Who among us has the time to sit and watch a puppy all day long looking for the signs that it needs to go? Their are other methods.

When my dogs were pups I fed them in the house. 5 minutes after feeding we would go out until they "piddled". They got the idea pretty fast.

Only now that they are grown do I leave water for them all the time. Only 1 dog is in the house during the day while I'm sleeping and she has only awakened me once with the need to go outside.

So check out the dog training books and video's available below if you will be getting or have a dog that needs training.