Meet Rusty

Robfu

Robfu

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12 hours on the road today to pick up the newest member of the family. So here is our new boy Rusty, he is our second Boxer.

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and his parents
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Been 11 years since I house trained a puppy so any tips are appreciated.
 
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awesome
I would write more but I have a dog in my lap right now myself
but you gotta be very patient and have lots of time

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I bought my daughter a French Bulldog puppy as a birthday gift . My wife trained him by hanging a brass bell on the closet door knob next to the outside door .We would ring it when we took him out, and pretty quickly he figured out to go ring it himself when he had to go. Quick easy potty training.Good Luck,Good looking puppy.
 
Congrats on the new pup! Tip: until he is able to signal his need to go to the bathroom I suggest you take him out every 20 minutes. We did that when our pooch was a pup and she only had one accident in the house. Most of all, have fun!
 
Congratulations on a fine looking pup! Consistent positive and negative reinforcement as needed are key to training a dog (or any animal for that matter). Also ensure that everyone in the house is on the same sheet of music. It does no good for one "pack member" to give the proper feedback if another is giving the opposite, or even just a different response. That is a sure way to extend the training process. Don't over praise or over correct; use the proper level of reinforcement. Patience and love are also essential. Enjoy!
 
What a cutie. Congratulations. Such great personalities and so much fun. Having two myself, I'm rather fond of them. Still, I'm no expert but lots of good advice so far. Be patient and very consistent. Out first thing every morning. Might even begin by placing him where you want him to go the first few times. Praises when he goes. Some suggest associating a word or two like "go potty", "get busy", etc. so he learns what you're expecting. Mealtimes at the same time every day and out to the yard after each meal. Some suggest "crate training" where they start by sleeping in a crate and as soon as they get up they go out. The idea being that they won't soil the area they sleep in. I didn't have much success with it (probably because I wasn't consistent enough). I'm sure I was not a very good trainer, it took us about a week to two weeks before there were no more "accidents". You should be able to find a boxer specific magazine at the feed store which will have a lot of pointers. Have fun and enjoy your new housemate.
 
I had success with the crate training method. The idea is to make sure the puppy has just enough room to lie down so you might have to place some boxes or some other objects in the crate to full the void. The first few nights are rough. Lots of whining and whimpering and false alarms and little sleep, kind of like having a newborn baby. Congratulations.
 
My wife and I have a pure bred Alaskan Malamute that is getting ready to turn 5 months old on the 30th of this month. As far as training goes we use a lot of positive reinforcement. He just graduated puppy obedience school. When we started house breaking him we were taking him out about 20 to 30 minutes and every time he pottied outside we gave him lots of praise and puppy treats. Within about a week or two Ryker just started going to the door when he needed to be let out but we had to act fast or he would pee on the floor. For breaking him on chewing up things what we have done and are continuing to do is when we catch him chewing on something he is not suppose to chew on we take it from and tell him no and replace it with a chew toy and if we can we spray that bitter apple spray on the item. I also make treats for him and our older dog Sadie out of turkey hot dogs. I cut them half length ways then I slice them thin and then put the cut up hot dogs on a paper plate and microwave them on high for 10 to 12 minutes. You can tell when they are done as they will look real puffy. Let them cool down and they become real crisp and make great training treats and they don’t cost as much as other dog treats. Sometimes I will smoke the hot dogs first and keep a couple for myself and dry out the rest for Ryker and Sadie. I hope some of this helps. So good luck on training your newest family member and may you have many fun filled years with him.

Tony
 
Nice looking dog congratulations
 
good looking boxer..i have 1 as well

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one thing the wife & i did to help..we put a bell beside the back door.
everytime we would take maximus out we would reach down hit the bell & say "potty"

now if we are in another room & unable to see him we can still hear the bell ring

(looks like after 2yrs we need to fix the wall though)l0l


maximus..just turned 2 on the 12th..
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