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Boxer Training Tips: Housebreaking Your Boxer Puppy
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The first proper boxer training that should be done when you get your puppy is housebreaking it. Your boxer puppy is still young and is unaware that he can’t pee in the house. That’s why you will have to train your boxer puppy to do his business outside.
If your boxer puppy made an accident inside of your house, it is important to clean it all up. If the smell remains, it will attract more future accidents to happen in that same spot. Before your boxer puppy is properly trained not to pee inside, it will look for familiar place to go. In order to train your boxer puppy to not go there again, you will have to give it a new familiar place to go, which will be outside.
When you start housebreaking your boxer puppy, you will have to take it outside at least every three to four hours. This is because boxer puppies can’t hold it in much longer. You will also need to take out your boxer outside every 10-20 min. after it is finished eating. Training your boxer to pee outside will require a little effort on both the trainer and the boxer puppy itself.
Once the boxers housebreaking training is over, you won’t have to worry about brining your dog outside as often. Your new boxer puppy will now have a new place to do his business and you won’t have to worry about cleaning up the mess anymore.
Boxer Training Tips:When Do You Start To Train Your Boxer?
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Each dog is different and so is the appropriate age to start training your dog. It is advised to start training your boxer when it hits around five months of age. Dogs that will grow larger than normal dogs should be trained sooner. Boxer training can be at times quite difficult, since boxers can get pretty stubborn, so five months old is a good place to start.
This does not mean that you can let your boxer chew on whatever he or she likes and run around the house without your permission. You need to establish what is right and wrong from the start. Letting your boxer chew on things he is not supposed to on day one and then not letting your boxer chew on the same thing later will only confuse your boxer. Teaching good habits from the start is the best way to start your boxer training.
Boxer Training: Bad Dog
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Many times during training their boxers, owners forget about the importance of punishing your boxer. By punishing I do not mean hitting your dog but simply saying “Bad Dog.” If you keep consistent with your boxer training, your dog will learn that the term “Bad Dog” isn’t a good thing and he should stop what he is doing immediately.
When you first begin training your boxer, you might want to sound sterner when you say it since dogs respond to the tone of the voice quicker in the beginning than to the actual words you are saying because they still don’t understand what they mean. So every time your boxer is doing something inappropriate let him or her know that you don’t appreciate that kind of behavior.
The term “Bad Dog” is just an example. You can replace that word with any other the suit your needs. They key to training your boxer is consistency and not the word. So if you begin training your boxer with the term “Bad Dog,” you better stick with it.
The reason it is important in proper boxer training to establish a word for when you are not happy is because it helps you communicate with your boxer easier. And if you want a well trained boxer, then communication is what you should strive for.
Boxers are curious creatures and sometimes get into things they shouldn’t. If you were consistent with your “Bad Dog” term, or any other which you have chosen, then you will have no problem letting know your well trained boxer that what he is doing might lead him in a bit trouble and you want him to stop immediately.