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Puppy Training Basics – How to Get
Your Puppy to Stop Taking Clothes
Submitted By:
Kelly Marshall
Puppies
are like little kids in that they
always need discipline and a very
close eye to be sure that they can
learn the rules of your home. Some
puppies have huge behavior problems,
while others show the typical
scenarios, such as taking clothes
and other small items around your
home as if it were a game.
Puppies are known for taking
anything that they can get their
mouths on and then run away with it.
At the beginning this little cute
habit is very comical. However,
after a while it needs to be
seriously addressed because as the
puppy grows older into an adult
doghood, he will think that he is
allowed to eat anything within your
home, including your expensive shoes
and nice furniture.
There are many ways to handle a
puppy that is taking your cloths and
other belongings from around the
home. One way to get your puppy to
drop something from his mouth
immediately is to simply walk out of
the room and close the door behind
you. For instance, let's say you are
in your room and your dog grabs a
shoe from the corner closet and runs
around the room avoiding you at all
costs. This is just a game to him,
but maybe not to you. So, what you
need to do is immediately have him
lose interest in the game by just
leaving the room with the door shut.
In less than 15 seconds your puppy
will drop the shoe and start crying
for you to come back.
Another way to distract your
puppy from taking clothes and other
small belongings is to distract him
by running to the door and shaking
your keys so that he knows that you
are going to take him outside (dogs
immediately associate the jingle of
keys to someone leaving the home).
Simply take the dog into the yard
or the sidewalk for just a few
moments. If you do this enough,
sooner or later your puppy will be
able to stop playing his little
annoying game anytime you shake your
keys. It's all about distraction and
training your puppy's mind to
associate something else of
importance whenever he tries to
break the rules.
Lastly, as I always recommend dog
owners who have behavioral problems
with dogs, get yourself a small
water bottle that you can use to
spritz (squirt) him big time. Of
course you do not want to torture
your dog by spritzing them in the
eye or anything like that, but a
little water can actually go a long
way when trying to get your dog to
stop whatever annoying behavioral
problem he keeps getting himself
into.
Whenever you see your puppy
grabbing something that doesn’t
belong to him and running around the
home with it, give them a quick
water spritz and a firm "no"
command.
He will be so surprised and
shocked that he will immediately
drop anything from his mouth while
learning that this is one house rule
he cannot break.
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