Golden Retriever - Start Training Them Young

By Carol Matthews

Golden Retriever training is especially relevant because the breed is one that likes to be around people and to ensure that they enjoy their time with others, they need to be given proper Golden Retriever potty training. With the proper Golden Retriever training, you can ensure that the Golden is socialized as well as knows where to go in order to relieve himself. It also means having to devote a lot of time and exercising greater amount of patience in teaching your pet the proper place where he needs to go in order to go potty.

Golden Retriever potty training requires that you teach your pet in a firm manner and consistency is the key to ensure that your pet does not lose his focus on learning where to potty and instead remains interested in learning the appropriate behavior. Obviously, you will have to contend with accidents, which should be taken in your stride because it is an essential part of the Golden Retriever training process. On the other hand, being lax or being indulgent in his faults is the wrong course of action because it will lead to undesirable behavior in the Golden Retriever.

Although some dog owners shirk from the thought of crate training their Golden Retrievers, it is nevertheless, a recommend means of teaching your dog where to eliminate. By repeatedly showing him the right place where he can do his potty, you will find that this means of Golden Retriever potty training will show excellent results. In fact, you must also let him know clearly as well as unambiguously that you recognize the fact that he has done his potty in the correct place.

Thus, giving him some form of treat when he eliminates in the correct place can help reinforce the habit, or you can praise him and also allow him enough time to assimilate his new instructions. By forming a regular pattern that he should follow at all times, you will stand a better chance of your Golden Retriever potty training efforts bearing fruit and also prevent accidents from occurring. In fact, the fewer accidents your Golden Retriever makes during his training, the easier it will be for you to successfully potty train him.

It is certainly a good idea to use the confinement method when doing Golden Retriever potty training and in this technique, you have to restrict the movement of your Golden so that he learns the proper housebreaking rules. It will mean having to keep a watchful eye on where the Golden Retriever is and what he is doing, and to also show him a way out of the home where he can go and do his potty.

Sometimes, you can even succeed in the Golden Retriever training by placing a newspaper or litter box inside the home where he can then be taught to relieve himself, especially when he is unable or unwilling to go out and do his business.

No doubt, Golden Retriever potty training is a time consuming activity and it will only have a better chance of succeeding if you allow your dog plenty of time in which to adjust his habits and to also be extra patient with him, especially when accidents take place. In the end, you should see the results begin to show up and your pet will then know where to go to relieve him without needing further guidance.

Carol Matthews has devoted years to raising, caring and also breeding dog breeds and thus knows what it takes to handle dogs of all sizes, temperaments and shapes. The purpose of this article is to provide useful insights into what proper Golden Retriever training is and how to go about it. There is a lot of information available as to how best to do Golden Retriever training, and for more details you can even read up on dog training books.