One of the biggest challenges for families when it comes to pet dogs is the housetraining process. This is probably one of the most challenging of them all and if a pet owner succeeds in this part, then they are bound to take on those future challenges as easily. So here are a few simple but highly effective tips in how to housetrain your pets on your own:

Train them young

Although it is also possible to train older dogs, training is so much easier done when the dogs are still at a very young age. Dogs are trained best at ages between 8 to 12 weeks. If you train them younger than that, they may not be able to control their movement just yet and may make everything so much more difficult. So wait until they are in the right age till you start housebreaking.

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You may not realize how important exercise is for your dog, but it is every bit as important as exercise for yourself. As a dog ages, without regular exercise, he or she can become overweight, which can lead to a myriad of health problems such as diabetes, worsening joint pain, and added pressure on their spines. Typically, exercise does not mean you have to enter your dog into a competition. It simply means you must begin some type of exercise program to help keep your dog as healthy as possible.

Exercising your dog will improve its overall health, the same as it does for humans, but your dog is unique and therefore he or she will require his/her own unique form of exercise. Typically, small or toy dogs do not require as much exercise when compared to larger dogs simply because it takes more exercise for a small dog to walk around the block than a big dog. Moreover, some breeds, such as working breeds, need more exercise naturally, because they were bred to work, and therefore, without exercise they easily bore and can become destructive.

If you have an unruly dog, chances are, you are not providing it with an adequate amount of exercise and boredom has set in. Think about a time in your life when you were bored. You probably began engaging in activities just to not go crazy from boredom. This is the same concept with dogs; they are bored with a lot of pent-up energy and therefore, they begin digging in that sofa cushion until they have it destroyed. You come home and are angry that the dog would do such a thing, but you fail to realize that he or she did it because of lack of exercise.

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