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Sorry, I got the name of that CD wrong. It's, 'While You Are Gone, Music Pets Love', by Bradley Joseph. He has several CD's for pets available. I found it invaluable.
oh how excited you must be!!! The best advice I received was to envision how I wanted life to be with the pup, and then train the pup to YOUR expectations. It is great that you are taking a week home with the pup initially, as it does take time to 'learn' the pups habits. for example the books state that the dogs should eliminate 20 minutes after meals, well, our didn't have to go up to an hour after the meals. I too kept a paper and pen and wrote down the times and such to learn the habits of our pup. I used the potty bell, and left the collar on all the time so he would be used to it. It took about 2 days for him to not scratch at it.
at first with the crate training I made sure the pup was tired before putting him in it. then he always got a piece of a treat so he always thought of the crate as a positive thing. the first month of nights, I got up with him about 2-4 am for a potty but put him right back in the crate. it is key that you don't respond to the barking as they will know that barking gets you back to them.
this forum is a great place to learn and I would read as much as possible now: once puppy is in your life, there will be NO time!!!
oh the joys you are about to have!!
Preston is almost 5 mons old and we followed a book called "How to housebreak your dog in 7 days" by Shirlee Kalstone. And it worked pretty good. She has a schedule for feeding and crating for the 7 days. Have fun with your new puppy. They're a lot of work but worth it with the love they return.
I know what you mean...lol... I had read somewhere that you can't consider your puppy fully potty trained until it has gone 28 days without an accident. I kept track of the days with Oscar, and there were so many times we'd get close to 28 days, and BAM!, he'd have an accident! We had a running joke around here that we had to, 'Reset to ZERO' after every accident. So frustrating!
I made Mojo's create a positive place with toys and he always got a little treat going inside. When coming out of the create I took him right outside to potty. I kept my timer set at first for 20 minutes and than 30 as he got older than an hour.. After a while when he heard the timer ring he would go straight to the potty door. At one point when he was almost trained I stopped using the timer. His bells are hanging there by the door but he never had any interest in them and would turn away when I rang then or nudged them with his paw. He is now 18 months and just goes to the door when he needs to potty. In between create times and when I wasn't playing with him or training I had him tethered to me.
When I first brought home my puppy at 8 weeks I had him in an exercise pen at times when I was busy cooking or cleaning.( I'm retired so mostly home) I wasn't getting anywhere with potty training and he would pee in the pen at times. My trainer said not to use the pen until he was totally potty trained that I should have him in the create, loose right after going potty being watched, outside on a little walk or potty break or tethered to me. This worked wonderfully because I could see signs that he needed to go potty. The pen came in handy when he was trained however I only had him in it if I was home and could get to him as several times he wanted out when I was in another room and knocked the pen down by jumping on it.
I have 2 creates and one was besides my bed, it worked out great. The first week I had one create it was a pain moving it twice a day.
Good luck and have fun with your puppy and please give photos and updates.
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