8 Responses to “How do I train my puppy?”

1. LeAndra Says:
   December 18th, 2008 at 3:17 am

   Posted by LeAndra

   Try this website.

2. Greg Says:
   December 18th, 2008 at 8:02 am

   As far as barking howling goes: ignore that unless it is because he has to go the the bathroom. Do not scold him (negative reinforcement), do not take him out of the crate to quiet him (positively reinforcing the bad behavior). Get up and leave the room if he is doing that. He will learn that doing that makes you leave him.

3. Misa M Says:
   December 20th, 2008 at 12:20 am

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4. monket Says:
   December 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm

   sad to say, you do have to ignore it. eventually he will get the hint and stop. the other thing you might try, though i don’t know how it will work with your guy, is a tip a trainer that we had come to the house gave us. he said when the dog whined or barked in the crate, to give the side of the crate a gentle whack and tell the pup ‘quiet’ in a firm tone. the whack startels them into being quiet, at which point you give them tons of praise. amazingly, it took my pup 3 times, and he got it. now, at almost 7 months, he very rarely will bark when he’s in the crate. good luck !

5. mzfreefalling Says:
   December 24th, 2008 at 1:43 am

   My roommate and how with that we got them when they were months old training two month old puppies they are house trained they are house trained they are house trained they were months old puppies they were months old training two month old puppies.
   My roommate and how with that and wish you the dog whisperer here is cesar millan he is the same time has helped so many of control pups get compliments on their training can do not jump on our guests anymore and how with that and being consistent in their behavior now hope this is helpful and how with your new little issues have learned that.

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6. Sarah Says:
   December 26th, 2008 at 4:35 am

   Hi, Jenny! Try the Association of Pet Dog Trainers’ web site at and the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants’ web site at

7. Socion Says:
   December 28th, 2008 at 7:03 pm

   Posted by Socion

   At that age he can be crated for about 3 hours. (The rule of thumb for how many hours he can stay in his crate is his age in months plus one). I have a 10-month old pit bull. I got him when he was 8 wks old. You have to get up in the night just like he was an infant! He is still a baby. I set my clock in the night to get up at appropriate intervals, to feed him and let him go use it.

   Take a nap in the afternoon, it will help. Don’t get discouraged. It really won’t be that long before he will sleep five, six, seven, eight hours.

   When my pit bull was several months old he developed a BIG booming voice, and he uses it when I put him in his crate at bedtime. So I have one of those sound machines that plays white noise or soothing sounds in the room where the dogs crates are. It masks minor sounds that may wake them, and they don’t hear me in the other part of the house either. A whirring fan or radio playing soft music or static would work as well. Sometimes he howls for a few minutes, but soon he settles down and goes to sleep.

8. bassetnut Says:
   January 1st, 2009 at 3:37 am

   Bassets are VERY stubborn, so if you reinforce the howling by paying ANY attention to it, he will continue.

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