House training your puppy
When you are training your puppy to be clean in the house do not expect too much from him at first. After every meal always put him out of doors or take him to a particular spot where you want him to be clean. Get him into the habit of going to the same place. If given the opportunity the puppy will much prefer to be clean out of doors rather than soil the floor.
As soon as he wakes from a sleep he should again be put outside for a few minutes. If this routine is carried out you will have very little trouble at all, but you must not expect your puppy to go through the night without making a puddle whilst he is still having his milk drink last thing at night. If he sleeps in the house a piece of newspaper put down near the door will encourage him to visit it and avoid accidents elsewhere. The old fashioned method of 'rubbing a puppy's nose in it' when he has made a mess is totally wrong and quite unnecessary. A little time and patience is all that is needed.
Consult your veterinary surgeon with regard to inoculation. Twelve weeks of age is the usual time to have the first injection but it does depend on the maker of vaccine used.
Distemper, hard pad, contagious hepatitis, and leptospirosis are the four diseases chiefly concerned, and are the scourge of the canine world. In order to obtain lifelong protection, an annual booster injection is advisable but this does depend on whether one's dog is likely to come in contact with possible sources of infection, such as going to shows. A small percentage of dogs do not respond adequately to vaccination but on the whole it is very successful and the only safeguard.
From the time the puppy is six weeks old get him used to standing on a table whilst you groom him and stand him as if at a show. He will soon learn to be handled and by doing this almost daily he will stand quite still and you will get a perfect picture of your future show prospect. When he is about three months old he will be too big to lift on to a table so you must continue to practice on the ground. As he gets a little older buy a light weight cord lead and, after grooming, put it on him and encourage him to run up and down. Treat it as a game and he will soon get the idea of following you. In the same way as one teaches a child good deportment, so a dog can be taught to stand and move correctly.
mycaninecare.com recommendation:
Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog and Your Life by Cesar Millan.
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