Puppy Regression / House Breaking

Whispering Oaks Professional Dog Training Specializes 
in Feeding Schedule, Eliminating Schedule, Crate Training & House Breaking
 
Additional detail on House breaking for Puppies in General: Please feel free to contact us (404)-444-9329
1) Housebreaking Success is comprised by a number of factors:
a) The dog understanding “outdoors good, indoors bad”. We do not recommend “Puppy Pads” for this reason 
b) The dog developing a strong substrate reference (grass, ground cover, etc. for elimination; 
c) The dog understanding and is awaiting a consistent schedule; 
d) The dog learning physical and psychological control of the outer bladder sphincter and outer anal sphincter muscles;
e) The dog physically developing myelination of peripheral nerve cells affecting voluntary elimination activities.

Whispering Oaks Professional Dog Training Teaches YOUR PUPPY the concepts of “outdoors good, indoors bad” in our 21 Day Basic Obedience for Puppies.

He needs to be set up for success while concurrently limiting opportunities for failure and he needs to be accompanied whenever he urinates/defecates, so that you may properly communicate praise or correction, depending on the appropriateness of his elimination. We will begin this process by Crate Training. We will cover these concepts in our 4 hour Train the Train Turnover on the day you pick your Puppy up from Basic Obedience Training. The Feeding Schedule & Eliminating Schedule will be documented for you and explained so you can easily transfer it to your home or office. The preceding means he needs to be crated, tethered, or supervised during the majority of his waking hours and his unsupervised yard time needs to be limited in comparison to a dog where housebreaking is not a primary part of the lesson plan.

Our experience of 26 years Boarding Training Puppies success & guarantees This time frame may be two weeks to two month or more depending on the age of your puppy. We will teach him, and you will need to take him to one specific place to Urinate and another to Defecate (these can be a short distance apart). Both places should possess the same substrate material, preferably pine straw mulch, grass, etc.

STAY ON PUPPY’S Schedule: You need to consistently apply your feeding & eliminating schedule, so that YOUR PUPPY understands when he will be taken to eliminate.

Physical control of the outer sphincter muscles is a result of myelin development along the peripheral nervous system and acquisition of conscious coordination and constriction of the relevant muscles due to Crate Training and Tethering.  Very large Breeds and Toy Breeds can be a challenge in this Process, for example Some dogs myelinate faster than others.  In most dogs, complete myelination does not occur until the dog is 6 – 7 months of age.  However, in some other dogs the process occurs faster and in others the process is slower.  Until substantial myelination occurs, the dog will have only limited conscious physical control of his outer sphincter muscles when there is pressure on the detrusor muscle along the bladder wall and involuntary relaxation of the inner bladder sphincter and a similar central nervous system reflex reaction due to pressure of feces along the descending colon wall and rectum. In some cases Mike Sinteff recommends an Apartment Crate which he uses in Boarding Training Puppy Programs where needed.
 In Summary, Success in YOUR PUPPY acquiring physical control of his outer sphincter muscles is partially age and developmentally related and beyond your control and partially related to coordination and strength achieved as a result of an appropriate training plan. Whispering Oaks Professional Dog Training offers such training in its 21 Day Basic Obedience Puppy Training. Which includes, Drate Training and Tethering to strengthen these processes. 
Alternatively, psychological control of outer sphincter muscles is a result of your/trainer’s training and the dog’s behavioral tendencies and proclivities.  A dog compelled to keep his crate and den area within a mobile tethered perimeter clean, will learn psychological control and learn quickly to signal a need to eliminate. On the other hand, a dog who naturally has weak denning instincts or became accustomed to an unhygienic environment due to learned helplessness from a pet store setup or due to a lazy or inept breeder may not care as much about soiling the crate or surrounding area.  
Therefore, through no fault of your own, housebreaking progress will be retarded in comparison to a dog that possesses stronger denning instincts.

If you properly considered all the preceding factors mentioned in Number 2, then you should/may not experience regression after board training once you return home with your puppy. If you do or have any questions whatsoever, please give us a call at 404-444-9329.  
Properly follow-up on the Board Train Plan: Maximize the probability of success, for the first two to six weeks the dog owner needs to tether or closely supervise their dog anytime he is outside of the crate, you need to maintain the schedule, you need to ensure that all accidents are caught IN THE ACT and properly disciplined, Immediately, with either a consequential fear-startle aversive or a grab of the scruff (not a shake) and a loud, deep guttural “No,” and you need to expand his unsupervised territory incrementally using baby gates, or inside solutions provided by Pet Stop of North Georgia, LLC 404-536-6770   www.atlantapetstopdogfence.com    This company also installs the Plexidor Dog Doors which may be needed as well in your situation.
On the other hand, if you provide too much freedom to soon or too much responsibility too soon, his housebreaking behavior will likely regress. 

Factors beyond our control, such as the innate characteristics and idiosyncracies of the dog, the age of the dog, the rate of physical development of the dog, and the responsibility of the owners to properly perform maintenance and continued-stage training all affect the short-term outcomes. Since the preceding are important factors and they are beyond our control, we do not guarantee housebreaking outcomes.  In contrast, we only guarantee that for a contracted amount of days we will perform a professional quality service which if followed almost always results in 100% success.

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