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From: nosmo@pyuxqq.UUCP (P Valdata)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: new puppy
Message-ID: <690@pyuxqq.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 12:35:54 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 26 12:35:54 1985
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We had no problem in getting our puppy housebroken AND paper trained
concurrently.  We restricted her to the kitchen, which was covered
with newspaper, and gradually reduced the amount of paper available.
Since a puppy picks a couple of favorite spots, it's easy to tell
where to leave the paper.  At the same time, we took her out often
when we were home.

Soon there was only one small area of paper in the kitchen.
She used this when we were at work. (When she was a very small
puppy I came home at lunchtime; later she was left alone all day.)
When we were home, we taught her to bark to go out.

Now she is full grown but we are still out all day.  The paper
is left in the garage and she uses this if we are late getting home
from work.  Otherwise, she waits till we get home.  While we are
home, she barks to go out.

She has the full house to play in, which was safe to do once the
puppy equivalent of the terrible twos was over with.  Once we are
home we let her go outside as much as possible.  She has grown up
into a perfectly normal dog and the method we used was easy and
painless for all.

Pat Valdata
pyuxh!nosmo