Puppy First

If puppies were allowed to have their way, they would pee or poop, bark or chew, and do everything else the way they want. So if you have a new, unhousebroken Bullmastiff puppy, do not assume that it will automatically learn in a few days to live in the manner you like for it. Rather take charge to proactively housetrain it in a predetermined manner.

The goal of housetraining your puppy is to teach it to eliminate (urinate and defecate) outdoors, or in a designated indoor area, rather than inside the house. You want to break your puppy’s habit of eliminating at its own convenience. For effective housetraining your puppy you will need to plan and decide beforehand exactly how you want your Bullmastiff puppy to relieve.

For this purpose the three crucial questions that need to be answered first are:

1. Where exactly you would like your bullmastiff puppy to eliminate? Will it be OK if it chooses to relieve anywhere except inside your house? Or do you want it to recognize a specific area outside(or even indoors) for this purpose.

A puppy’s relieving anywhere outdoors is not as big a concern for countryside dwellers as it is for those living in urban areas. If you live in a city, designating an area inside your house will be more appropriate. Consider using a litter box or sand box if you live in an apartment and have no other suitable place to designate for your puppy’s relieving.

2. Do you want your bullmastiff puppy to follow a specified schedule for eliminating? Or would you be able to tolerate its ‘going’ at its own convenience?
In order to set and control it elimination schedule you will need to put your pup on a feeding schedule. In this way you will know what time of day it usually needs to eliminate. You can then take it out only at those times instead of every hour.

Crate training is also a very useful and proven method for setting up an elimination schedule for your puppy. Housetraining your puppy using a crate you can easily make it have good bladder and bowel control.

3. Would you like to supervise your puppy’s relieving? Will it be possible for you or someone else in the house to keep track of and attend to when your puppy needs to eliminate?Arrange for this for first few weeks until you are absolutely sure your puppy will not go wrong if there’s no one to oversee. Young puppies need to eliminate several times a day. So, in order to avoid any mistakes or accidents it will be best to keep track of your puppy’s relieving using a diary.

Housetraining your puppy successfully is one of the corner stones to overall dog grooming process. And considering the above questions and options should help you take a good start to successfully achieve this goal.

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