Puppy House Training

Housetraining Your Puppy: eBook Review

Potty training a puppy can be frustrating and stressful, and constantly cleaning up "mistakes" will soon drive you nuts. The good news is if you house train your puppy properly from the beginning, you can eliminate those "elimination problems."

But where to you get good info on puppy housebreaking? Most general dog training books cover potty training, but usually in just a few paragraphs or a short chapter. We found several e-books specifically on potty training puppies, which can be a valuable resource for you and maybe even save your sanity. Below are our favorites because they are well written and comprehensively cover this important subject.

Puppy Housetraining: The Ultimate Guide - by Nathalie Lafleur, a 20-year veteran dog obedience and agility trainer and the author of two other books on dog training.

This really is the ultimate guide to puppy (and adult dog) housetraining. No other book we found covers the subject better. This e-book is well organized and extremely comprehensive, covering crate training, paper training, how a leash can help housetrain faster, food issues in relation to potty training, how to avoid common potty training mistakes, and tips on how solve everything from common to unusual housetraining issues.

Here is an abbreviated table of contents:

About this book and a little bit about me
Introduction
Chapter 1: Essential Facts You Need to Know Before We Start
Chapter 2: Time for Executive Decisions
Chapter 3: Leash and Collar Training
Chapter 4: Crate Training
Chapter 5: What's Food Got to Do With It?
Chapter 6: Housetraining Step-by-Step
Chapter 7: A Schedule for Everyone
Chapter 8: A Word About Paper Training
Chapter 9: Wow! It's Spotless Clean in Here!
Chapter 10: The Solutions Corner
Frequently Asked Questions
Conclusion

Happy Housetraining - by Gene R. Sower, editor of the DOG BYTES Newsletter.

Practical and humerous, this guide comprehensively covers puppy potty training, based on the proven crate training method. It also includes paper training, food and water issues, establishing a schedule, positive reinforcement and more. He does not cover leash and collar.

Sample topics:

Why this happy housetraining plan will work
Life in the dog den
Crate training - how to set it up
Should you paper train or not
Establishing a regular eating routine
How to begin a regular feeding schedule
Controlling the flow of water
Selecting the right schedule according to your lifestyle
How to use the power of praise
How & why you need to get rid of odors thoroughly & promptly
Identifying submissive urination

Bonuses:

Happy Housetraining is linked to a forum of dog lovers, vet techs and experts who can answer your questions and help guide you through the potty training process should you have other questions not specifically covered in the eBook.

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Housetraining Your Puppy: eBook Review