How to Teach your Puppy What NOT to Chew

By: Dy Witt
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[ Posted On: 2007-12-16 ]

Show your puppy your happy face with a big smile and squealy praises, and that is all it takes to get his attention. He will learn his lessons willingly wthout ever once having to be struck or punished in any way.

A little reward, whether a tiny treat or just loving him up with squeally praises, presses home the lesson and makes him happy to return to work sessions again later.

Naturally, the younger the puppy is when he starts this session the better. Hopefully he is 6 weeks old or so, before he has had access to something he should not have, and blissfully ruined it. But so many things entice a puppy to chew, since it is a natural behavior for him anyway, how do you teach him what NOT to chew before something valuable has been ruined and his feelings have been hurt with scolding? The method I use is so easy and fast you won't believe you didnt think of it!

Instead of teaching him one thing at a time, which works best with behavior training in general so as not to confuse him with too much information at a time, do it all at once! Place everything you can think of on the floor within his reach. Slippers, clean and dirty cocks, (two different things to a pup) a bunch of different items like keys, pencils, anything you can think of that someday could end up falling on the floor. Leave lots of space around each item so that he will have them separate in his mind.

Take him outside to do his business before beginning any lesson because we do not want him distracted. Get very close to your puppy beside each item as he explores all this great stuff. Share this fun time with him. As he approaches each item, give him one second to sniff it so that you know he has smelled it and placed it in his brain. If it is a good item like a puppy chewie, make a happy face and say "Good chew! GOOD puppy!" [use his name] If it is a sock or other "illegal" item, make a scowl and slam your palm on the floor beside the item and say "NO chew! NO chew!", and exchange the wrong item with a legal chewie as you say, "Good chew" just as he goes for it. Try to time your praise at the exact moment he does the proper behavior, to reinforce it in his little mind. More than once, say, "GOOD chew! GOOD [puppy]!"

After ten minutes, he will be only going for legal chewies and having the time of his life. If you do this one more day with some different items, this will reinforce that only certain items are legal and some new items may turn up that are not legal because they are not the legal items. See? It works like a charm and they never forget it. Your smiling face is a huge reward to a dog or puppy, it is what they live for.

Learning the difference between what is legal and what is illegal to chew is the fastest and easiest thing your puppy will ever learn when you use this method, and it will save you and him much heartache and disappointment in the life of his training.

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About The Author: Dy Witt has shown, bred and trained standard poodles for 25 years. Vets and groomers of her pups send word back of how wonderfully happy and easy to handle they are. For more on her training techniques, more free articles and info on her ebook on dog training, visit www.DogTraining15MinsADay.com

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