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"Crate training" is wide regarded as to be the finest way to housebreak your new pet dog. Give her a plastic or wire kennel as a home within your home, where she won't pee or poop given that her own pup instincts reveal to her not to, then take her outdoors at the proper intervals to do her business, and voila! In 14 days or less, you will have a puppy trained to use the outdoors as an outhouse and give your carpets a break. That sounds great in principle, but in practice there are going to be accidents along the way.For some, the technique is using "paper training" as a backup until the crate training kicks in. That of course means placing newspaper on a stretch of floor that is easy to cleanse and teaching your puppy to use that when she needs to go and she can't wait to go outside. To be sure, some people think this is not a good idea. It can confuse a puppy to be motivated to go outside to take care of her business, while also being told that it is okay to do that in a designated part of the house.The selection is up to you. Do you want to fast track your puppy's crate training by having no paper training second choice? Then be willing for some potentially messy mistakes. Would you rather have an alternative to going outside that is easier to clean up than an unplanned accident? Than you can go the paper route, but be prepared for a pet dog that will probably take longer to switch exclusively to nature's bathroom.Of course, part of this selection depends on life style and living circumstances. If you and your puppy live in an apartment not immediately accessible to the outdoors, or you live by yourself and sometimes have to leave the puppy alone for long stretches, then getting out enough in her early months when she can't hold it in for more than a few hours might be hard. Then, too, if you have a small enough dog, her going on paper might not be such a big deal for you. Tiny puppies destined to grow up to be tiny dogs can even be taught to use a cat's litter box.The basics of paper training aren't enormously different from the rules for crate training. What you would do to encourage the puppy to go outside you do the same for paper. Stay alert to the schedule, do not punish failure, but reward success with a snack and plenty of love. You're already a puppy lover, so that very last part should be straightforward!Pet Place offers tips on the best way to pick which puppies and the way to opt for the proper pup breeds.
