Hints and Tidbits

  Crawford County Humane Society Wish List

      Towels & blankets        Treats

        Brushes                           Laundry detergent

         Dish detergent                Brown paper bags

         Animal toys

        (If you would like to donate any of these

        items, please bring them to the Humane Society.)

Volunteer Bingo Workers-

      If any of you Humane Society members and supporters have

        an open Wednesday night a month that you would like to

        volunteer at our bingo game, please call Laurie or Harry

        at the Humane Society at (419) 562-9149.

Housetraining for Young Puppies

         - 7:00 AM -Walk pup, feed and water, walk pup again.

        Let pup play in kitchen while you hve your breakfast.

        Crate puppy to rest.

            -10:00 AM - Walk pup, play in kitchen. Start with

        15 min and increase time pup is out.

        puppy into crate.

            -1:00 PM. - Feed, then walk pup. Play indoors or

        outdoors with pup 15 to 30 min.  Crate pup.

           - 3:00 PM- Walk pup, then play in kitchen.

           - 6:00 PM- Feed and water last time of day so he

        can get thru the night and keep crate clean.

        Walk pup. Play in kitchen while you are preparing and

        eating dinner.

            -10:00 PM- Walk pup and crate.

        Just before bed, one last walk for pup then crate overnight.

        I suggest that crate be moved to bed room for night.

        Preferably beside the bed  so that if he whimpers you can comfort him.

        It is important that you accompany the puppy outdoors even if your yard

        is fenced. You will then know where he relieves himself and can praise him

        for his efforts. Praise speeds house training. When he does have an accident

        in the house, don't get angry with him-  remember he is a baby and doing the

        best he can do. Never physically abuse him by hitting or shaking- use your

        voice only while showing him his error to let him know you are displeased,

        when you take him out if you can return him to the scene of his successes

        it will help jog his memory of what he is to do. As the puppy grows you

        can stretch the time between walks and less crate time. NEVER let an

        untrained puppy have the run of the house. By six to eight months of age

        the pup should have four walks a day. From then on threes times a day

        should be sufficient. don't forget that any training of your pup is

        speeded up by praise- lots of goooood boy or girl, or dog's name.

        Use of name also helps him learn who he is.

        If you are working and cannot follow schedule, confine him in an area

        where he cannot get into trouble, leave crate door open and cover the

        floor with papers - keep decreasing area covered with papers until only

        one spread out newspaper is required. Take him out for walks as schedule

        permits, the papers should be eliminated by the time puppy is six months old.

        Please - never leave him in his crate for endless hours - he will be forced to

        relieve himself in his crate and what you are conditioning him to be is a

        dirty dog. When given a choice even a young puppy likes to keep his area clean.

        Putting a puppy in a basement is a really bad choice. It isolates him from human

        companionship and keeps him from learning how to behave in the house and to

        interact with his humans.

         ~Ruth A. Baker