Product Description

You finally gave into that adorable puppy or friendly adult dog and now Fido’s a member of the family. You just can’t get enough of those big soulful eyes or his cute little antics…until you step in his not so adorable doggy mess on your new beige carpet. That’s when you know – it’s really time to start housetraining.

So you’ve made the decision to start housetraining Fido but you have no idea how to go about it. Do you yell, do you praise, do you give him the evil eye? Housetraining for Dummies takes all the guesswork out of housetraining your dog and demystifies the entire process. Award-winning author, Susan McCullough, who specializes in dog training and care gives you all the answers to potty training your dog – whether it’s a puppy or an adult – in plain English so you can train Fido faster and save your carpet from those tell-tale stains. You’ll get practical advice about:

• Your dog’s instincts and learning style
• The right approach for housetraining your dog
• Housetraining gear, including crate, collar and leash, and cleanup equipment
• Indoor training
• Outdoor training
• What and how to feed your dog

McCullough shares all of her insider advice as well as her own horror and success stories to make housetraining as easy as possible for you and your pooch. Housetraining for Dummies includes helpful tips, reminders, warnings, and information on:

• Puppy versus adult housetraining
• Recognizing your dog’s potty style
• Training your dog to pee on command
• Avoidable housetraining mistakes
• Problem potty-ers and how to help them

You don’t have to keep sending Fido to the doghouse because of those puddles or piles. Housetraining for Dummies makes it easy for you to housetrain him so you can both enjoy the great indoors again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #186088 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

From the Author
I've written Housetraining For Dummies to provide a light-hearted but informative guide to helping any dog learn proper bathroom behavior. Whether your pooch is a young puppy who's just learning where to potty or an adult dog with serious bathroom issues, this book will help you housetrain your dog quickly and easily -- and even have fun doing it.

From the Back Cover
An effective guide to housetraining your dog quickly and easily

Discover how to put your puppy on the cleanliness track

Answers housetraining questions that dog owners are too embarrassed to ask

This easy-to-follow guide takes the mystery out of housetraining. Find out how to use encouragement and positive reinforcement to successfully housetrain your new pup or your older dog. Author Susan McCullough provides inventive solutions to common - and uncommon - housetraining problems.

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

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About the Author
Susan McCullough contributed to the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Cat and Dog Lover’s Soul. She has written for The Washington Post, Family Circle, Dog World, and Animal Fair.

Customer Reviews

Lots of information, easy to understand, and fun to read
As a dog trainer, I often suggest people read Housetraining for Dummies before hiring me to do a housetraining consultation. The book covers far more information than I could go over in an hour. If after reading the book, they're still having problems (usually they aren't), I'm happy to set up an appointment.

Gotta say I don't like calling people "dummies" though. It's hard for me to tell a client that they need to read a book for dummies. Seems insulting.

But the book itself is quite good so I apologize for the title and recommend it anyway.

fine for puppy owner, not for adult dog owner
This book has some great ideas and I believe that they do work, that is why I gave the book 4 stars. For me, however, it didn't work. I have an adult dog and I felt a lot of the tips were geared more toward puppies and the normal puppy potty training. My dog goes to the bathroom in secret and usually in the early morning hours when I can't see her. Putting her in a crate overnight would probably emotionally damage her not to mention keep our entire family up all night with her crying (she's way too used to sleeping with us at night). Maybe I'm just not consistent enough or something, I don't know, I guess I'm just looking for that " magic pill" that will instantly train my dog! If anyone finds one, please give me a call!

House Training
Ummm-I think the dog just has to want to do the correct thing. Good ideas in the book but it didn't work for us, but we have 7 dogs.