Golden Retriever Training Do's & Don'ts
Golden
Retriever Training is easier than you think. Unfortunately, the #1 reason people give their Golden Retrievers
away is because of their inability to get their Golden Retriever to stop pooping and peeing on the carpet.
Before you give your Golden Retriever away, read these 5 Do's & Don'ts of Golden Retriever
Training!
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Golden Retriever
Training Do #1
When you bring your Golden Retriever
home, always keep one eye on the Golden Retriever at all times and the other eye on whatever other task you may
be involved with. If you cannot keep your eye on your pup at all times, then you must confine him to a crate.
Why?
Golden Retriever Training Do
#2
How does keeping your Golden Retriever
in a crate stop him from peeing and pooping on your carpet, floor or bed? First of all, the reason the Golden Retriever pees and poops
in your house is because he is comfortable doing so.
You have to make the experience of peeing and pooping in the house a very unpleasant experience. How?
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Every single time your Golden Retriever
pees and/or poops in your house - be it accidentally or purposefully - you must give him immediate strong
correction. He should be able to associate a negative consequence with “doing his business” in your home and a
positive consequence for peeing and pooping outside.
Golden Retriever Training - The
Crate Training Factor
Second, the
crate acts as a deterrent from pooping in your house in that your Golden Retriever sees his crate as a
sanctuary, so he will wait to eliminate until you take him outside. Dogs don’t like to lie in their own poop. However, the crate
must only be big enough for the Golden Retriever to stand, sit and lie comfortably.
You have to be
able to correct your Golden Retriever as
soon as he urinates or defecates in your house. If you’re not constantly watching him, or if you do
not have him confined to one area, you will not catch him in the act, nor will you be able to correct his
behavior. Never give your Golden Retriever free reign of your home until your Golden Retriever is 100% house
proofed.
Golden Retriever
Training Do #3
The third rule of Golden Retriever
Training is that you should take your Golden Retriever to eliminate in the same spot all the
time. As soon as you see your Golden Retriever
getting ready to eliminate, quickly grab him up and take him outside to the predetermined spot. Then what? Then you give the command. What’s the command? Whatever you want it to be. “Get busy” is a good one.
Golden Retriever Training Do -
Lavish Praise is a Must
As soon as your Golden Retriever
eliminates in the predetermined spot, give him lavish praise. It is essential that you praise your Golden Retriever when he
behaves in a way that pleases you. Dogs are
creatures of habit.
By taking your Golden Retriever to the
same place to eliminate all the time, he will then associate that spot with the correct place to
eliminate. He will also expect praise for
it.
Associating a command with his
elimination also means that you can take him anywhere and give him the command to “get busy” and he will go wherever you want
him to go.
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Golden Retriever
Training Do #4
Golden Retriever Training rule #4 is to
buy an odor eliminator. Your dog’s urine will stay
in your carpet if you use regular soap and water or some other form of detergent. Once your Golden Retriever has marked his spot, he will
continually go to eliminate in that spot. So that
means you need to use an agent that completely removes and neutralizes the odor.
Whatever you do, don’t use
ammonia. A dog’s urine contains ammonia, so if you
use ammonia, it is likely to encourage your Golden Retriever to continue going on your carpet in that same spot
- which is not what you want.
Golden Retriever Training
Do #5
Last, but not least, get your Golden
Retriever on a very strict and consistent feeding and drinking schedule. You must feed and water your Golden Retriever the same time
every single day. Doing so will make your Golden
Retriever have to go to the bathroom the same time every day.
For some dogs, this means right after
his meal. Other dogs may take
longer. The trick is to watch your Golden
Retriever and time him after each meal. Then
you’ll be able to anticipate when he wants to go do his business.
If you don’t feed your Golden Retriever
on a consistent schedule, you’ll never know when he has to go to the bathroom, which is frustrating for you,
because your house will smell of poop, and frustrating for your Golden Retriever, because he will get corrective
measures, which will be unpleasant for him.
Golden Retriever Training Don'ts
A small caution about unlimited and free
access to water - unless your Golden Retriever is 100% housebroken, I highly discourage you from giving your
Golden Retriever free and unlimited access to water. By following these 5 Golden Retriever Training rules,
Golden Retriever training can be done in as little as 10 to 14 days.
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