| DOG LITTER BOX TRAINING TIPS |
| Before you begin training your dog or puppy, please understand that every dog or puppy is different. Some dogs or puppies may instinctively take to the box quicker, others may take a little longer. On average it takes approximately a week to train. Also, please be realistic and understand that there may be accidents. Occasionally, the office will receive a call and the customer will state that their dog won't use the box. I litter box?". Frequently, I will hear a customer say, "I received it yesterday". Please understand that this is not a magic box!! There will probably be a learning curve for your pet. You need to learn your puppy's elimination habits. You will be the teacher and your dog the student. You dog wants nothing more than to please are to eliminate. Didn't your mother or father potty train you? You had a learning curve as well and occasional accidents. PLEASE BE PATIENT! Did you ever know someone who paid to join a gym, yet they are not losing weight or toning up? Just because they bought a membership to the gym does not mean that they will reach their goal if they just sit there and chat with a friend and they don't work out. Know that you have to be dedicated to teaching your dog or puppy to using the litter box. Know that every dog or puppy has a different learning curve. Be patient. Be consistent. Offer plenty of treats! I have had several customers call the office and state that they don't want to offer treats to their dog or puppy during the training period and they just want to train their dog or puppy with praise. Yes, you can train your pet to use the box without treats, however implementing treats during the training period will CUT YOUR TRAINING TIME DOWN!!! Dogs and puppies will do just about anything for a treat. When I started training Violet I baked some fresh chicken (white meat) and cubed it. I had it all ready to go on a plate above the counter where the litter box was located. Believe me, she was eager to get this treat! So, please reward your dog or puppy with an extra special healthy treat along with plenty of praise!! Your little one has earned it! Thank you! Tricia Tierney |
TRAINING TIPS FOR YOU AND YOUR DOG TO STUDY!!! |
| FIRST, realize that there may be accidents during the training period. Please be patient! Devote a weekend to training your dog or puppy. This is a learning experience for both of you. The few short days that you dedicate to training your dog successfully are well worth the effort to protect our home and to enjoy many years of owning a well trained dog. INITIALLY, it is important to place the Rascal Dog Litter Box in a location where it is easily visible to you even it is not where you ultimately plan to place the box. The litter box MUST be visible to you so that you can reward your pet for using the box. GIVE A REWARD AS SOON AS YOU SEE YOUR DOG OR PUPPY USE THE BOX! THIS IS IMPERATIVE! Realize that the litter box can be moved later. Your dog or puppy has to learn the box first. USE paper towels to clean up any mishaps that you dog may have. Place the paper towel that has your dog's urine on it on top of the grass, tucked in the corners. or rub the paper towel on top of the grass. Dogs return to urinate where they smell their previous odors. The grass does come scented. You can also purchase piddle pads for the initial training period. Place a pee pee pad on top of the grass and then gradually cut the "pee pee pad" down in size until just the grass remains. IF you are adopting a new puppy, find out what the breeder had been using for the puppy's toilet needs. When you take the puppy home, ask the breeder for some pieces of soiled papers or piddles pads so that you can place these in the litter box. The puppy will be drawn to the familiar scent of the siblings from the litter. THIS WILL CUT DOWN YOUR TRAINING TIME! Refrain from using any deodorizers during the training period as these my cover the smell that your dog needs to detect. Also, during the training period do not add any scented fabric softener to the wash cycle. You want your dog to smell the litter box so that they will return to it. Praise your puppy for even going near the box. Place your dog inside the box several times a day a treat close at hand and offer it immediately! PLEASE!!! as excited as you may be to introduce your dog or puppy to the Rascal Box, it is best to wait until the morning when the dog or puppies bladder is full and the need to urinate is much greater! If, you witness your dog or puppy having an accdent, give a sharp no and pick the puppy |
| up and place him tapping on the grass with your hand while giving the command, "pee pee". Use the words "pee pee" for both acts of elimination. There is no need to differentiate between urination and defecation. I believe that "pee pee" is the verbiage to use due to the sharp "E" sound and that it is repeated twice. Most importantly, be consistent with your words, treats and praise! If you have any older dog and your pet already has an understanding of another term, or command continue to use that phrase. After you have successfully trained your dog to use the litter box, you may want to move the box to a more remote area. To do this, move the litter box gradually each day until it has reached the location where you wish to keep the litter box. If you move the box too quickly, your dog may go back to using the location where the box was initially. IT is wise to cross train your dog to use the box and to go outdoors. Customers will frequently ask how to accomplish this. FIRST train your dog or puppy to the box as this is your ultimate goal to come home to a clean house. Once your pet is trained to the box NOW it is time to start training for outdoors. Puppies and dogs have to eliminate first thing in the morning after sleeping all night. Simply pick up your dog or puppy AND THE RASCAL DOG CANINE GRASS and take both outdoors. Set the grass pad down and allow the dog or puppy to smell their previous scent on the grass pad. State your command, "PEE PEE". Some dogs really equate eliminating with "entering into the box". If your dog or puppy does not want to eliminate just on the grass pad you may need to take the box out with you. All of the Rascal Dog Litter Box Products are light weight so this is easy to do! While you are training your dog or puppy to go outdoors train them to WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO ELIMINATE IN THE YARD. No one wants to have browned burnt circles of grass all over their yard. Pick a spot that you would like to have your dog or puppy eliminate and go to this same spot during the cross training period. I have trained Violet to go behind a bush in the back yard so that the brown spot is hidden and my backyard if not spoiled with brown grass everywhere. OFFER PLENTY OF TREATS!!! |
| Keep your dog in a confined area during the pen IF your dog or puppy seems fearful of going in the box, place the box on the floor and get behind the back of the box. Lure your puppy in with a treat. The puppy MUST enter the box and go to the back of the box to get the reward. This also teaches them the idea of going all the way into the box for when they eliminate in the litter box. You may wish to keep your dog on a leash that you hold in your hand. This is an alternative to crate training. Please use a harness rather than a collar as they are more humane and SAFER! When you see your dog start to "sniff around" put your pet into the litter box. Once your dog urines or defecates, plenty of praise and cookies! Allow your dog to be free from the leash for about an hour and then put your dog or puppy back on the leash again. Again, this method is an alternative to crate training. If your dog sleeps with you. Immediately upon awakening, place the dog in the litter box and offer immediate praise and a treat one he eliminates. RESTRICT ALL FOOD AND WATER FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS PRIOR TO THE DOG/PUPPY GOING TO SLEEP FOR THE NIGHT. If your dog has been using "pee pee pads prior to the introduction of the litter box, place a "pee pee" pad on top of the grass. When you feel confident that your dog knows that this is where he is suppose to do his business, then remove the pad. Or, you may want to cut the pad down in size over a period of a week or two, The same is true if your dog has been using dog litter. Place the dog litter on top of the grass and gradually decrease the use of the product. Dogs usually eliminate upon waking and within an hour after eating or drinking. THIS IS THE TIME TO WATCH YOUR DOG/PUPPY CLOSELY! When you see your pet start to sniff, turn in a circle, THEY ARE GETTING READY TO GO! Time permitted have your pet walk to the box. Keep a leash handy during the training stage. If the bowel movement or the act of urinating is going to happen, try to quickly carry your puppy to the box. IF YOU HAVE time to put the leash on then walk your dog to the box. TRY NOT TO CARRY your dog or puppy otherwise this becomes the learned behavior!! MAKE YOUR PET WALK FROM DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE HOUSE TO THE BOX. Your dog has to know where the box is from all areas of our home. You can do "practice runs" with your dog or puppy by placing him on a leash in any room in your home and then state, "PEE PEE". AND MAKE YOUR DOG OR PUPPY WALK WITH YOU TO THE BOX. Dogs will not eliminate near their food/water or bedding unless forced to do so. Keep your pet's food/water and sleeping material at least two feet away from the Rascal Dog Litter Box. BE PATIENT! ALWAYS CONSISTENT! PLENTY OF TREATS! |
| PLEASE!!! DO NOT HIT OR HARM YOUR DOG OR PUPPY! YOU WANT YOUR FOUR LEGGED FRIEND TO RESPECT YOU, NOT FEAR YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! TRAIN YOUR DOG OR PUPPY WITH POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT! NOT NEGATIVE!! THIS IS IMPORTANT! YOUR DOG OR PUPPY WANTS TO PLEASE YOU! PRAISE THE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR! |
| REMEMBER TO STILL EXERCISE YOUR DOG OR PUPPY TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND FOR STRONG MUSCLES, JOINTS AND A CARDIO SYSTEM! |
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| KNOW THE HISTORY OF YOUR PUPPY!!! THE MOTHER HAS NO LIFE THAT LIVES IN A PUPPY MILL!!! SHE IS BRED EVERY TIME THAT SHE COMES INTO HEAT!!! YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE A DOG WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS!!! THE PUPPY IS NOT TAUGHT PROPER SOCIALIZATION SKILLS!!! FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GOOGLE: PUPPY MILLS |
| LACEY AND LILY WERE ADOPTED BY MY CUSTOMER. TE PUPPY MILL WAS OPERATING IN PENNSYVANIA. |
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| TRAINING A RESCUE DOG the video above from a shelter. She was found Naples as I thought it was fitting!!! She trembled in my arms on the drive home, terrified of so far. She is between 2 - 3 years of age. Puppies take very quickly to the litter box, but training a rescue dog may take a little more time and effort. Also, Naples is very sick. She is heart worm positive and is currently undergoing treatments, which makes the dog feel very ill. She was heart worm positive when I adopted her. I knew that I would follow through on the treatments that will hopefully save her life. As of this posting on 5/13/12 she is still undergoing treatments. I am praying that she turns heart worm negative, but if she does not, at least she knew a home, the love of an owner, plenty of food during her stay here on earth....... 1.) THE FIRST THING I HAD TO DO WAS TO LET HER EXPLORE MY HOME AND TO KNOW SHE WAS SAFE!!! I did place a puppy pad on the floor, hoping she would be attracted to the pad, she was not. I knew she would not learn to be litter box trained if she was scared. I KNOW THAT IF I WAS FRIGHTENED I WOULD BE THINKING ABOUT SURVIVAL AND NOT CAPABLE OF LEARNING ANYTHING, the same is true for an animal. I did not attempt to train her to the box for the first couple of days. I took her outside frequently while establishing a command "PEE PEE" 2.) Once I felt she knew she was safe and there was ample food and attention I continued to take her outside (since she was from the streets a litter box would seem so foreign to her). I would just repeat over and over again WHILE I HAD HER ON A LEASH, PEE PEE. I don't know her history, if she ever had home, if so, what was the command that the previous owner used? I had to start from ground zero. PLENTY OF TREATS AND PRAISE DURING THIS PHASE!!!! 3.) Once I felt she knew the command I then introduced the litter box by the door she had been exiting. She also had watched my new puppy that I was training use her own box and receive treats and praise. I took Naples to the box FREQUENTLY while she was on a leash. I kept her on a leash so that if she hopped out, she could not run away. I had control of the situation. I stated my command that I had established, "PEE PEE". I also had some of her urine from previous accidents that I rubbed on the grass so she could smell her previous scent. The first time she used the box, I think all of Florida knew!!! So received so much praise and treats!!! 4.) Of course there were a couple of accidents, but I ignored the negative behavior (or if I just saw her have accident I did offer a negative reinforcement with a firm, "NO", but I had to be careful not to break the trust she has placed in me. Instead of concentrating on the negative behavior I PRAISED THE POSITIVE!!! So, Naples soon learned that if she went outside the box, nothing happened, or if I happened to capture her in the act, a negative reinforcement with a firm "NO" was given. 5.) It took two weeks to train her and she is now completely litter box trained. I BELIEVE A RESCUE DOG KNOWS WHEN YOU SAVE HIS/HER LIFE!!! NAPLES HAS BLOSSOMED, SHE NO LONGER TREMBLES. She is completely litter box trained and finally has her "forever" home.........Tricia |
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| Do not keep the dog pr puppy for hours in a crate. Exercise your pet!!! PROVIDE A HEALTHY DIET! PROECT YOUR PET FROM HARSH WEATHER! Yearly exams/shots and take your pet to the vet when he/she seems ill. PLEASE DO NOT HIT YOUR PET!!!!! PLENTY OF LOVE AND ATTENTION!!! WE ALL CRAVE THESE EMOTIONS! TREAT YOUR PET HOW YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED. |
| "Hi Tricia, so nice talking to you this morning and looking forward to my litter box arriving. Here are a few pictures of my special needs two legged Rex. He is quite the character and doesn't let his disability slow him down in the least. He was born in a crack house in Phoenix and the AZ Humane Society was called in to rescue the mom and two puppies. The other pup was born with no defect. He was only two weeks old at the time. He went to a foster with the AZ Humane Society but because of their huge amount of intakes they have a two week limit...They contacted rescue groups and Lucky Dog Rescue in Scottsdale agreed to take him. I saw on Facebook that Lucky Dog needed a special foster family for a special dog. They chose us to be that family. I got him when he was about 5 weeks old and 1.1 lbs. He is now 11 weeks old and 3.8 pounds. We all fell in love with this little guy including Holly and Speedy our other two rescue dogs so Rex has definitely found his forever home with us. When he reaches six months of age he will be fitted with his own custom wheels so he will be able to go on walks just like any other dog...:) Terri C and little Rex of Scottsdale, Arizona PLEASE CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESCUE DOG OR PUPPY!!!! SO MANY NEED A GOOD HOME!! What an angel Terri is to adopt a special needs puppy!!! |
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