subject: Housebreaking A Couple of Puppy Dogs At Once Certainly Has its Issues [print this page] Housebreaking A Couple of Puppy Dogs At Once Certainly Has its Issues
Some individuals are gluttons for punishment. They might have their hands completely full trying to potty train a single puppy but they actual takeon the task of housebreaking a pair of pups at one time. I refer to this as double trouble.
Having two puppies at one time generally is a lot of excitement but unless of course you have had a dog prior to now I would certainly not recommend obtaining two puppy dogs at the same time for a brand new dog owner.
While you now currently have two puppies you are undoubtedly going to require two of everything - leashes, collars,dog dishes etc. Accepting this particular challenge my own preferred method of housebreaking would be to utilize a crate so you're going to need to have two crates also.
The following undertaking will probably be more and more difficult should you be by yourself. Having a husband or wife or children to help you would certainly be a major advantage. Make absolutely certain everyone is carrying out the same thing or perhaps are on the same page as they say and this can become less of a challenge.
Normally the one challenge you're going to need to conquer immediately will be focus. Your two young puppies are going to focus on one another and in all probability ignore you if you permit them to. You have to get them to focus on you and did I mention this isn't always an easy endeavor from the outset.
You might think that if you separate them you'll be able to divide not to mention conquer and yet I really don't think you want to be doing that either. I might however remove them from their crate and take them outdoors separately to go potty. Since praise is essential when housebreaking you want the puppy to know he/she has completed something excellent.
Establishing the alpha position with each of your puppies will certainly aid when housebreaking as well as carrying out any training for that matter. By simply establishing the alpha position you should have them both focusing on you as opposed to each other.
It's also possible to run into the problem that one of your young puppies catches on quickly whereas the other one is actually much slower grasping the idea you are attempting to train him/her. To handle this issue you may need to spend more time with the actual slower puppy dog and be much more observant when the puppy is out of its crate. It may well take you more time to pick up on this specific puppy's alerts that can reveal that it needs to go.
Despite the fact that housebreaking two young puppies simultaneously can be quite a challenge if you continue with the basics of dog training which is patience, consistency and reward you will be able to prevail over any obstacles you could possibly experience.
