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House Training
Copyright 2004 R L Pless, all rights reserved.
Redyre Rottweilers
Free for use by anyone as long as author credit remains intact.
House training your dog is simple if you follow a few basic rules.
1) Papillon puppies must have NO time unsupervised in your home. NONE.
If you are not directly watching the papillon puppy, it should be in the crate, or
outside in a safe area. You MUST watch papillon puppies at ALL times when loose in the
house. Use baby gates, crates, or tie the leash to your belt.
2) Papillon puppies should sleep inside the crate by your bedside. This way you can
hear if the papillons should happen to need to go out during the night.
3) You must go WITH papillon puppies outside for ALL trips for elimination. You must
have treats with you. When the papillons are urinating, say "GO PEE PEE" in
a nice praise tone of voice the entire time. When the papillon puppy is finished, pop the treat
into her mouth at once, and praise praise praise. This should be something the
papillon puppy gets at no other time, like tiny pieces of string cheese or boiled chicken. Same
for defecation. Say "GO POOP" while she is going, and food reward and
praise afterwards. You must observe and reward ALL outdoor potty time.
4) Keep a schedule. Feed at the same time, and walk outside at the same times.
Your papillons needs at least 4 trips outdoors each day, and 5 is probably better.
Papillons needs to go out at wake up time, lunch time, 4-5 PM, after dinner or any other
meals, and before bed.
5) Use a key word each time you go out. I say "Let's go out!!" in a
happy tone of voice each time I'm opening the door to go out with the papillons.
6) If you catch papillon puppies IN THE ACT of eliminating in your house, CLAP YOUR
HANDS, say AH AH, OUTSIDE!! And immediately rush her outside. If she finishes
there, do your usual food reward and praise.
The keys to getting your papillons reliably housetrained are:
SUPERVISION: NO loose time in the house if you are not watching
REWARDS: ALL outdoor elimination MUST be observed and rewarded. If you only do
this ONE thing, your papillons will get housetrained.
PATIENCE: Anger and punishment have no place in papillon puppies training. Elimination is a
natural and pleasurable experience for your dog. You can teach her to not soil
your house, but punishment will NOT help. It will only teach papillons to hide
when she needs to eliminate.
If you have RELIGIOUSLY followed these instruction for 4 weeks and you are still
finding spots after the fact in your home, it's time to take stronger action.
Take a good sized newspaper, roll it up tightly, and band it on both ends. Keep
it handy.
The very NEXT time you find a spot that papillon puppies has left, yank out that paper, and
hit YOURSELF over the head several times as you repeat: I FORGOT TO WATCH MY
PAPILLONS.
Works every time.