When you own a puppy, your life turns upside down. Whatever you are doing whether at home or out, you have to plan for the puppy. You create a routine for your puppy, and it becomes your routine too. When did he last pee? poo? When does he usually need to go out. Is it time for his next meal?BE THERE. . The puppy learns when things are going to happen and is less anxious. When we first brought Bailey home, he cried and yiped whenever I left the room. I left him alone until he was quiet. After a few days he figured it out. If he is quiet, Mom appears and fun things happen. If he is barking and yipping, nothing good happens. He learns to entertain himself in his crate. He has his favorite toy in there and he can roll around and have fun with it as much as he wants. Even though he has a lot of needs, he is on my body clock schedule. He goes to sleep when I go to sleep, and wakes up when I wake up. If I get up in the night, he knows it isn't time to get up, and I will be back in just a few minutes. When he is quiet in the crate and Im sitting near by, he has his head on his toy with an eye on me.
When you own a puppy, you keep your little bag of puppy treats attached to your waist at all times, ready to treat him for good behavior. Sometimes he gets treats with praise. And sometimes he just gets praise.
When you own a puppy you get a lot more exercise. No more couch potato. You get up a million times to pry things out of his mouth to remove things that you didn't notice that are not puppy safe.You bend over and squat down a lot, because the puppy is near the floor!!
Every minute you are asking yourself, what is he learning? Is that what I want him to learn. You have to educate the other members of the family to be as consistent as you are.
When your puppy tires of play and comes over and lies down at your feet, your heart fills up, and you are so glad you own puppy!
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