Dog training !?

Question

We have just added a 3 month old Beagle puppy to the household.
How does one train it to use outside to relieve itself.
We have looked around to buy a book on the subject but no luck up to now!!!!!

Answer 1

The first thing to remember about house training a puppy is there ability to hold themselves is limited. A rule of thumb is they can hold "it" usually 1 hour for each month of age. 2 months old = 2 hours, 3 months old = 3 hours, etc. When your puppy wakes up (morning, nap, whatever) the pup has to go, right then! Take the pup out. When the pup eats or drinks, it has to go, take the pup out. After exercise (play), take the pup out. When the pup does it's thing outside praise it. a lot. Tell the pup how good, how smart it is. You have to pay attention to the pups "looking for it's spot" behavior. When you see that behavior indoors, whisk the pup out. If you catch the pup in the act, simply tell it "NO!" and whisk it outside. If you find a puddle or pile after the fact, clean it up with an enzyme cleaner (pet food store) get a newspaper and hit.... yourself in the head and say "I should have been paying more attention" daytime training they get pretty fast. Night time training is easier if you crate train the pup. Also remember the one hour/one month rule. You will have to get up through the night to take the pup out. Good luck.
Also if you go to your local library they should have books on training a pup, just ask.

Answer 2

Congratulations! I have a 4 month old mixed female. I just wanted to share a few things I picked up from the internet and books. When indoors, restrict its space. I put a puppy gate up to keep her in the kitchen. Paper the whole room. Over the next couple of weeks you will see that the puppy prefers one area to potty. Slowly you can begin removing paper from other parts of the room. When you are only having to paper one small area consistently, begin to move the paper closer to the door and eventually outside. Always praise the puppy and make a big to do over it going outside. A stern no and immediate removal to outside helps when the puppy goes inside and you see it happen. If you find it after the fact, just clean it up. Crate training during the night worked wonderfully for my pup. She always finds a special treat tucked inside her crate and gets special toys when she spends time in her crate. It is her space. She has recently been sleeping through the night and has not woken me up to go outside. But this took some time so be patient. It will come.

Answer 3

Do a search on the web for puppy training. There are some great sites and very up to date with "positive enforcement"

Answer 4

I put a bell on the front door and said potty

i would then ring the bell take him out and tell him to go potty outside.

if he went in the house then i would say BOLD

i would take him out and wait until he went

when i was not home i put him in a crate, because no puppy can hold it for 12 hours

Answer 5

Train him by example. Show him how to do it. That really works!!!