Housetraining: Your Happy Healthy Pet (Happy Healthy Pet, 34)

The authoritative information and advice you need, illustrated throughout with full-color photographs—now revised and redesigned to be even more reader-friendly! Your puppy is so irresistibly cute, so totally captivating-and soooooo aggravating and frustrating when she eliminates inside. This guide will help you housetrain your puppy or dog quickly and save your sanity and your carpet! It includes: * How a pup's mother teaches the first house-training lesson * A shopping list of things you'll need * Advice for the all-important first two days * How-to information for crate, paper, and outdoor training * Guidance for solving special housetraining problems * Tips on marking an outdoor spot, warning signals, and more With this book, it won't be long before you're happily saying, Good puppy instead of, Oh no! Uh-oh. Your Happy Healthy Pet Housetraining, 2nd Edition 3 About the Author 5 About Howell Book House 5 Contents 6 Shopping List 8 Pet Sitter’s Guide 9 Part I About Housetraining 11 Chapter 1 Canine Cleanliness 13 Early Puppy Development 14 The Breeder’s Job 14 Your Job 17 Teach— Don’t Punish! 19 Chapter 2 A Housetraining Shopping List 21 Equipment and Supplies 21 Confining Your Pup 23 Indoor Setup 26 Outdoor Setup 29 Chapter 3 The First Two Days 31 Homecoming 31 First Impressions 33 The First Night 35 The Second Day 36 Food and Water 37 Watch Your Pup 38 Chapter 4 Crate Training 39 Crate-Dens 39 Introducing the Crate 41 Nighttime Crating 43 Daytime Crating 43 Alternative Confinement Options 44 Part II Making Housetraining Easy 47 Chapter 5 Age-Appropriate Housetraining 48 Baby Puppy ( 4 to 7 Weeks) 48 Young Puppy ( 8 to 15 Weeks) 51 Older Puppy ( 4 to 6 Months) 55 Adolescent Dog ( 7 to 12 Months) 56 Adult Dog ( 1 to 7 Years) 56 Senior Dog ( 7 Years and Older) 57 Chapter 6 Paper Training 59 Where to Put the Papers 60 Setting Up Your Pup’s Corral 61 The Transition to Outdoors 63 Chapter 7 Outdoor Training 67 Selecting an Appropriate Elimination Place 67 Safe Confinement 68 Country Dogs 69 Suburban Dogs 69 City Dogs 70 Training for Outdoor Elimination 71 Chapter 8 Two-Way Communication 73 Previously Kenneled Dogs 73 Why Accidents Happen 74 Teaching Your Dog to Ask to Go Out 75 Teaching to Go on Command 76 Caught in the Act 77 Finding Accidents After the Fact 78 What About Punishment? 79 Chapter 9 A Schedule Will Help 81 Scheduling Basics 82 Schedule for Pups Under 10 Weeks 84 Schedule for Pups 10 Weeks to 6 Months 86 Schedule for Adolescent and Adult Dogs 88 Part III Special Housetraining Problems 91 Chapter 10 Recurring Elimination Problems 92 Marking 92 Submissive Urination 95 Hiding Elimination 96 Toy Breeds 99 Mounting 100 Chapter 11 Health-Related Problems 101 How the Elimination System Works 101 Urinary Incontinence 103 Cystitis and Urinary Tract Infections 106 Urolithiasis 109 Chronic Renal ( Kidney) Failure 110 Endocrine ( Hormonal) Disorders 111 Prostate Gland Disorders 115 Bowel Problems 116 Chronic Liver Disease 117 Parasites 118 Viral Diseases 121 Age-Related Problems 121 Appendix Learning More About Your Dog 123 Some Good Books 123 Magazines 124 Videos 124 Index 125 The solution to the problem that gets dogs in the doghouseA puppy that piddles. A pooch that puddles. A dog that knows better but has ''accidents.'' These are real pet peeves for millions of frustrated dog owners. Updated with all new color photos, new information, and a full index for quick reference, Housetraining: Your Happy Healthy Pet, Second Edition has fundamentals for training dogs of any age, step-by-step techniques, and inventive solutions to common housetraining problems Six little puppies squirm and wiggle, crawling closer to their mother's warmth and sweet milk.