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Training Your Bloodhound to Listen to You

Training Your Bloodhound to Listen to You

Why Won't My Bloodhound Listen To Me?

This is a common question that most first-time Bloodhound owners ask me. Before I answer your question, let me ask you a few instead:

Do you use cookies, collars, head halters or clickers to make your Bloodhound listen to your commands?

Do you have to raise your voice every time you want your Bloodhound to listen to you?

Does your Bloodhound always come or sit on command - anytime and anywhere you want him to?

If your answers are mostly in the negative, its time you seriously reconsider your role as a sincere Bloodhound trainer and an ideal pet parent.

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Get Your Bloodhound To Listen To You

Before you begin any training, you must first establish yourself as the "ALPHA dog" of your family. Your Bloodhound must know that you’re the leader of the pack and it is YOU who is in charge.

Here is a list of simple DO's and DONT's that you must follow if you want to be the Alpha:

Always go out or come in through the door first - remember you are the leader;

Always eat first - give your Bloodhound something to eat only after you've finished your meal;

Don’t circle around your Bloodhound when he is lying on the floor - make your Bloodhound move out of your way instead;

Don't let your Bloodhound set the rules - pay attention to him when you think fit and not whenever he demands;

Don’t permit your Bloodhound to sleep with you in your bed - demarcate his sleeping area clearly.

Once you successfully established yourself as the Alpha, training your Bloodhound and making him listen will be a lot easier than you can imagine. Remember, if your Bloodhound does not learn to "listen", all your training efforts will be in vain!

Does your Bloodhound know his name? Does your Bloodhound look at you whenever you call him by his name? This is the first and the most critical step involved in Bloodhound Training. If your Bloodhound doesn't respond to his name, you cannot have his attention for teaching him any other commands.

To make sure that your Bloodhound recognizes his name, take a treat in your hand and hold it away from your body. Call your Bloodhound's name. He is most likely to look at the treat in your hand. Continue calling his name untill he turns and looks at your eyes. Give him the treat immediately. Repeat this exercise by holding the treat in the other hand. Once you're sure that your Bloodhound has learnt to recognize his name, just call his name and reward him for looking at you by petting or with a hug.

You must understand that Bloodhounds respond far better to positive reinforcement than they do to coercion or force.

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Is Your Bloodhound Potty Trained Enough?

House Training a puppy or adult Bloodhound is such an essential issue for its owner that even a single exclusive tip turns out to be extremely helpful.

The first step in making your Bloodhound fit for polite company would be to potty train him. Some see this training as a hassle and some as a challenge.

For me, it is part of bringing up a pet.

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There are a few things you need to know before you actually start potty training a puppy or adult Bloodhound. I enumerate these below:

You need to understand your dog's body language. Watch for signs that will indicate to you when your pet wants to eliminate.

If you own puppies, remember that they need to go potty at fairly frequent intervals - as soon as they wake up, after short naps, after play-time, after meals, before and after being crated and finally, before retiring for the night.

Take your Bloodhound for walks at the time that he usually does his potty. Take him out to the yard and then to the same place there every time he needs to answer nature's call.

Praise your Bloodhound after he eliminates at the right place. Some Bloodhound owners even give treats to their dogs. But remember to do this every time he does it right. He will relate the rewards to his having "done it right" and zero in on the spot where you want him to defecate regularly.

With time, you can try signal training. This is so that you know when your doggie wants to go. You can hang a bell at his level near the door and teach him to push it with his nose or pat it with his paw on his way out.

Until your Bloodhound has been fully potty trained keep him under strict vigilance. Do not let him roam around the house freely.

Use a crate. A crate-trained Bloodhound is usually very happy to get his own den. The advantage of crating is that dogs do not soil the place where they sleep. So, he will naturally not eliminate inside the crate.

If you have a small dog and if you live in a high-rise building or in a place that does not have a proper backyard, you can try litter pan training. What you do is create a space for your pet to eliminate in your house itself.

Use positive reinforcements while housebreaking puppies or adult dogs. Do not scold or hit him as you will gain nothing by doing that. He will only associate punishment with your return from outside. If you catch him in the act, a stern 'NO' or 'FREEZE' will do. It will startle the Bloodhound enough for him to stop pooping.

Be prepared to return to a soiled home if you are keeping your Bloodhound home alone for more than 4 hours as separation anxiety is quite common among home - alone dogs.

Accidents will happen. It is unusual for a trained adult Bloodhound to work against its house training. But medical problems or health disorders may lead to sudden accidents.

Many dogs mark their territory. These can be a leg of a table or a particular wall. Intact male and female dogs mark their territories by urinating. Use deodorizers to spray on the places where your Bloodhound has marked.

If you are patient and are ready to accept that house training a dog takes time, even months sometimes, you will end up having a good housetrained Bloodhound.

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Now we will move on to how to potty train puppies and adult dogs.

Potty Training A Puppy:

Irrespective of breeds, housetraining a puppy is considered to be one of the biggest challenges by dog owners. If you think housetraining your puppy simply involves a steady supply of old newspapers, then think again.

A puppy does not develop full control over his bladder until it is over 4 or 5 months old. Since they are growing and developing rapidly at this time, puppies eat more, burn more calories and need to eliminate more frequently than an adult Bloodhound.

After each nap, meal, drink or play, take your puppy to his designated area (indoors or outdoors, wherever you have decided) and stay there until it eliminates. Then bring him to his crate.

Repeat this situation everyday until he has developed a habit out of it.

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Potty Training An Adult Bloodhound:

The best way to housetrain an adult Bloodhound is to begin all over again.

Observe him very closely. Maybe even maintain a diary of where he goes and when. Whether he is pooping when you are home or only when you are outside; whether you can time yourself to be home when he feels the need to go outside.

You can try dog crates, but be careful to introduce him gradually to them.

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Remember, commitment, consistency and intelligent use of positive reinforcement will make you the owner of a perfectly housetrained Bloodhound. Don't expect miracles. You will only be disappointed.

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