Housetraining the Dachshund and Other Dachshund Training Tasks
When your puppy arrives for the first time at home, it will be your job to teach it how to relieve itself without having resort to the rugs. But a lot of effort will go into this, since the dachshund can will itself to just clam up and face the other way. Interestingly, one way to pull off housebreaking the dog (and to give dachshund training) is to teach it that it is the owner of this breakthrough win-win.
The dachshund happen to also like treats, so treats need to be part of your Dachshund training regime. For example, dogs born in the spring can often be trained with the fresh fruits of summer if these are ripe enough.
To continue with the idea of housebreaking, the first thing that needs to be kept in mind is that the dog must never develop the habit of peeing in the house. Every single spot a puppy is sniffing and circling is a potential place to pee.
Many dachshund owners crate-train their dog in order to prevent accidents like this. If not, the next alternative is to bring the puppy out every few minutes, and to give it a treat when it does relieve itself on the spot agreed on.
Now we turn an important matter: the puppy committing an act of misdeed in the house. But there is simply no sense nor point anymore in admonishing a dog for a mess that happened even only a minute ago. Dogs simply cannot make a connection between a reprimand and something that happened “way back”! The solution? Tell them firmly “No!” only when the dog is caught in the act.
Some people argue that paper training is among the most effective Dachshund training methods. Here, an entire floor area in a room is covered by newspapers and the puppy is permitted to pee or poo on the papers. Each day, the papers are removed section by section. Eventually, the dog is only permitted and rewarded when it relieves itself in an isolated portion of the papers in the middle of the floor. Lastly, the papers are moved outside, the assumption being that the dog will relieve itself wherever the papers are placed.
The challenge of paper training is that you will have to prepare a room in your house that you hav no qualms getting doused in dog urine from ten up to three weeks. This plan also assumes that the dog is aware of the link between the urge and the act (read: it will ultimately learn to pee and poo wherever the final section of papers are placed.)
Crate training houses the dog in a crate, which ought to be spacious enough to allow the dog to turn around and stand up in. Looking for the correct crate size can be a challenge, what with the dog’s unique shape!
By keeping the crate door open while the puppy is out, dogs are given the chance to appreciate sleeping or hiding in the crate, even if they would aim for the plush and soft sofa if made to choose. Crating a dachshund pup while you are out will also keep the dog away from committing any mischief.
In any event, you need a strategy that entails plenty of praise, and also plenty of patience that helps the dog reduces its mistakes.
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