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Comment on How to Housebreak Your Dog in 7 Days (Revised) by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:23:05 +0000

96 of 97 people found the following review helpful:

Taking the Heartbreak out of Housebreaking!, January 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Housebreak Your Dog in Seven Days (Paperback)

This book offers concise, yet thorough instruction and information on the best method to housebreak your pooch. Kalstone even includes information on paper-training, though she makes it clear that this is not the best method, and should not be considered as an intermediate step if one expects a dog to use the bathroom exclusively outside at any point in its life.

The thing I like most about the little book, aside from the completely reasonable price (truly one of the best deals for your dollar in the world of dog-training books), is that she includes several sample feeding/exercise/elimination schedules that a person can tailor to one's own schedule. She also strongly advises and gives solid training information about crate-training, which when done properly, is one of the most humane and best gifts a human could possibly bestow upon a canine companion.

If you're having a problem with "accidents" in the house, *this* is the book you've been looking for! And what a bargain! :)

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Comment on How to Housebreak Your Dog in 7 Days (Revised) by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:20:50 +0000

192 of 197 people found the following review helpful:

This is ALL you need to housetrain your pup or dog!!, August 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Housebreak Your Dog in Seven Days (Paperback)

If you can make it through the first 24 hours, freedom from an unhousetrained dog will be yours! It REALLY DOES WORK! I had a dog that was a 1.5 year old, I mistakingly paper trained her first and she never stopped doing what she was taught- going inside on the paper! NOT A GOOD IDEA! A family friend recommended this book and within about twenty four hours she was house trained!!! Most people would have said that I would always have a problem with her, NO way! Two years later, she's remains PERFECTLY HOUSETRAINED! In addition to this amaziing success story, I recently loaned the book to someone who was having trouble house training her new puppy; within a few days- no problem at all! Buy it, it really is well worth the money!

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Comment on How to Housebreak Your Dog in 7 Days (Revised) by Bruce Boatner

Bruce Boatner — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:43:42 +0000

289 of 289 people found the following review helpful:

Simple and Successful, June 4, 2000

Bruce Boatner (Eagle, Idaho USA) -

This review is from: How to Housebreak Your Dog in Seven Days (Paperback)

This approach worked for our puppy (a Lab) as well. It's based on a few simple ideas, one of which is the puppy's idea of its "den", which it will scrupulously avoid soiling. It's you, the owner, who needs to understand what constitutes the puppy's notion of its den and use that to your advantage.

Dogs, like most people, are creatures of habit, so that can be used too. Set up a watering schedule that will contribute to success. Also don't try to housebreak a puppy before it's old enough to have adequate bladder control. Still, you can make it to that point without too many accidents. The book details all this.

Finally, remember Pavlov's dog. Dogs respond directly - they don't understand abstract thoughts. Start by repeating a word like "potty" over and over quietly while your puppy is relieving herself, then praise her. This will associate the word with the feeling of relief. DON'T USE THE WORD ABSTRACTLY like asking "do you want to go out and potty?" when you're in the house! (You can say "do you want to go outside?"). After "programming" your puppy about 100 times, she will pee on command when she hears the word. This will really pay off later when you're travelling, etc. The important thing is to understand that dogs take everything literally and directly and really only understand a few key words, your tone of voice, and your body language.

Try to think like a dog - it will change your whole view of the world!

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Comment on How to train any puppy!!! by MultiAnimalcrackers

MultiAnimalcrackers — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:14:17 +0000

I like the point you made about if your puppy is doing something wrong…think what you do want it to do and re-direct into appropriate behaviour. I find there are a few ESSENTIALS to teach puppies early on to prevent prob behaviours. The ‘Values of sharing’ hold a nylabone for your dogs and its food bowl while it chews and eats, ‘Regular vet type handling’ so the pup enjoys to be touched, Teach it to ‘pick items up’ and give them to you so they dont run off with them. ‘Leave it’ and ‘Recall’

Comment on How to train any puppy!!! by purpleforestwolf

purpleforestwolf — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:31:06 +0000

Excellent video, very instructional, two thumbs up !
You’re very clear, you made very good points, you seem to know what you’re talking about.
5 stars.

Comment on How to train any puppy!!! by snafued82

snafued82 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:24:58 +0000

First of all, your videos are AMAZING! Not only are your videos exceptionally clear, but you can also see the strong bond between you and Solea.

I would love to see a video on housebreaking. I recently rescued a puppy from the shelter 2 days ago and he’s taken to his crate well, but he won’t potty after taking him out. I take him to his spot but he gets too distracted by grass and weeds. After several minutes of this, I bring him inside then he potties. How can I get him to potty outside?

Comment on How to train any puppy!!! by tab289

tab289 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:35:06 +0000

@snafued82 Thanks for your comment & suggestion! I have sent you a private message regarding the house-training.

Comment on How to train any puppy!!! by doginahat5600

doginahat5600 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:12:00 +0000

whenever i play fetch with my dog outside and i throw the ball, he never brings the ball back to me, and wants me to chase him, but whenever we play fetch inside the house he always brings the ball back to me. please help me

Comment on How to train any puppy!!! by tab289

tab289 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:42:09 +0000

@doginahat5600 I have a video on fetch. I would try some of the things in there & see if it helps. Let me know.

Comment on How to train any puppy!!! by amberella1357

amberella1357 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:04:04 +0000

How long should the sessions be for? I’m getting my new GSD in just a couple of weeks and I’m very excited, but I dont want to over do it with him. He’ll be just over 7 wks when I get him.