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I have house trained several puppies and have found this method

to be one of the most effective and least frustrating for pup and

new owner. First I strongly suggest purchasing a kennel to be your

puppies new safe place. Your puppy will spend most of his time in

the kennel for the first few months. Feed your puppy treats and special

chew toys in the kennel. You must always leave your puppy in the

kennel while you are away from your home or can not keep a constant

watch on the pup.

First thing your new puppy needs is food and water. You should feed pup three times a day if possible. Offer water with all your pups meals. After your pup is done eating you can either play with pup or put him back in kennel. About ten to fifteen minutes after eating take pup outside to potty. Tell your pup " Lets go outside to potty" in a sweet encouraging voice. Place pup on ground and say again "go potty". Your pup will not understand this whole ritual at first but be assured that potty will soon arrive. The first week or two is time consuming with this but just walk around out in the yard and wait for your reward. Walking stimulates them to potty. After pup does his business reward him with a very pleasing voice " good girl (boy), go potty outside, good girl!" Really make over that sweet little reward. Then take pup inside to play or rest in kennel or on your lap.

Inevitably pup will have accidents in the house. I use diapers on all my pups to minimize frustration on my part. But the diaper is not a ticket to allow your pup to run freely in your home. If your pup is allowed to do this they will think it is OK to soil the floor in your home. You must watch your pup at all times that they are out of the kennel. If you see your pup squatting to soil the floor you must act swiftly and scoop pup up, take off diaper and in a stern voice say "NO..... Potty outside" and run your pup out the door to the yard. When your pup finishes his business outside you must reward pup with happy voices saying "Good girl (boy)... Potty outside." It could take a couple months  for this to all sink in if your lucky. Most pups are trained around six months. Don't give up on pup, she will learn with encouragement and lots of love. Never, ever spank your puppy for soiling in the house. Shih Tzu are very intelligent dogs and respond very  well to your voice tones.

Offer your pup water through out the day and use the same method. Working people must leave water in kennel. You also need to take pup out about every hour in the beginning. If you work during the day you should take pup out for potty as soon as you get home. At first you will need to clean the kennel a lot but after that your pup will learn to hold it. This does not happen over night so be patient. I recommend at first to layer news paper in the kennel so you can just pull it out and throw it away. Try to keep your pups kennel as clean as possible. A cleaner kennel means cleaner habits for pup.

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