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48 Your Dog May 2019

ABOUT STEVE

One of the most

high-proi le dog

trainers in the UK,

Steve Mann runs the

Institute of Modern

Dog Trainers (www.

imdt.uk.com) and

presents courses on

canine training and

behaviour all over the

world. Steve’s new

book ‘Easy Peasy

Puppy Squeezy’ is out

now and available

from all good book

shops.

Be consistent, be disciplined,

and be positive — that’s the key to successful

toilet training, says trainer Steve Mann.

So, now you know

the reasons, let’s

look at the tools

needed to tackle the

problem:

● A wee/poo diary.

● A puppy pen.

● A keen eye

for puppy body

language.

● Commitment.

● Correct enzymatic

cleaning products.

● Patience and a few

good, deep breaths

(other than when

you’re cleaning up

number twos)!

It takes time for

a pup to develop

full bladder control.

Toilet

training

MY

PUPPY!

problem

N

othing illustrates how much

we love our puppies like

the commitment we show

when toilet training. Imagine

giving any other visitor to your

house the benei t of the doubt

when you spot a little ‘mistake’ on

the carpet!

There are many reasons why

a puppy may toilet indoors;

maybe they haven’t learned the

best place to wee and poo

yet; maybe it’s just physically

impossible for them to hold

on as full bladder control

may take up to 20 weeks to

develop; or maybe the indoor

toileting isn’t purely a case

of needing ‘to go’, but simply

a symptom of pure excitement

when visitors come to the house.

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Take your pup out after any excitement,

such as visitors calling or play sessions.

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