Housebreaking Your Pomeranian Puppy

Housebreaking Your Pomeranian Puppy

Housebreaking your Pomeranian puppy is not the most glamorous job in the world. However, doing it will create bonds with your new Pomeranian puppy. It will teach you patience and leave you with a better understanding of what your puppy wants once he has learned. It will also teach him what is acceptable and what is not.

You have to remember all puppies, including Pomeranians, have a short attention span. This requires repetition. Repetition and reward training will get you the best results the quickest. Never scream or hit your Pomeranian puppy!

The old wives tale about rubbing their noses in their mess is just that, an old wives tale, don’t do it! Just like children, your Pomeranian puppy does not wake up in the morning trying to determine what kind of trouble they want to get into.

Start housebreaking your Pomeranian puppy with routine feedings. The easiest way is to start feeding him when you have meals. About 30 minutes after feeding, take your Pomeranian puppy outside and watch them. You’ll soon learn their body behavior when they need to go. Any left over food should be removed. Never let your Pomeranian puppy eat at will.

If you Pomeranian puppy has an accident, just go ahead and take them outside immediately. Give them lots of praise and attention even if they have an accident. Housebreaking takes time. Some experts say that a puppy does not have full control of their bladder and digestive systems until they are 15-18 weeks old.

It’s important that you buy a floor/carpet cleaner designed for pets. Most other cleaners have ammonia in them. Ammonia is a by-product of urine. When you Pomeranian puppy smells ammonia, it’s telling him it’s okay to urinate all over the floor! Dogs have an instinct to “mark their territories” when they smell other urine, so unless you want your Pomeranian puppy marking your whole house, use a cleaner designed for pets!
Housebreaking your Pomeranian isn’t near has hard as some would have you think. It just takes time and love!

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