I just got a new beagle puppy 8 days ago.
I have started some basic training and crate training the day i got
him.
I have read several posts and skimmed few books about puppy training
and one thing still eludes me:

At what age should i start training him commands?
What should i expect at what age? (i know there are no specific
timeframes, i'm looking at few general guidelines...)

My puppy(aka biting-yapping-crap-eating-machine) is 11 weeks old.

He does not crap in the cage (it's pretty big) but pisses on the
carper even 5-10 minutes after he did just that on a walk.

What should i do to discourage him? Right now i give him treats when
he does it outside but he goes almost spastic with joy when he sees me
with a treat.

PS. What's the best way to mask the smell of urine so he does not
associate the carpet(house) as his bathroom?

Other than that he's great!!
Thanks!

"okaroleo" wrote in message
om...
I just got a new beagle puppy 8 days ago.
I have started some basic training and crate training the day i got
him.
I have read several posts and skimmed few books about puppy training
and one thing still eludes me:

At what age should i start training him commands?
What should i expect at what age? (i know there are no specific
timeframes, i'm looking at few general guidelines...)

My puppy(aka biting-yapping-crap-eating-machine) is 11 weeks old.

He does not crap in the cage (it's pretty big) but pisses on the
carper even 5-10 minutes after he did just that on a walk.

Yes, he is a beagle. They are a challenge to housetrain, apparently. One
of the reasons I talked my better half out of one.

What should i do to discourage him? Right now i give him treats when
he does it outside but he goes almost spastic with joy when he sees me
with a treat.

My suggestion is to keep the eagle eye on him EVERY moment. If this means
that he is sometimes tied to your waist with a leash while you do the
dishes, so be it. The fewer mistakes you have, the faster the process will
be. The more mistakes, the longer it will be. If you see him about to
squat, you can say "OH NO" (loudly, but not yelling at him) grab him and run
outside. Always have those treats in your pocket. Spastic with joy is a
good thing!

PS. What's the best way to mask the smell of urine so he does not
associate the carpet(house) as his bathroom?


Oh, you MUST get an enzymatic cleaner - natures miracle or simple solution
(at the pet store, usually).

"okaroleo" wrote in message
om...
I just got a new beagle puppy 8 days ago.
I have started some basic training and crate training the day i got
him.
I have read several posts and skimmed few books about puppy training
and one thing still eludes me:

At what age should i start training him commands?
What should i expect at what age? (i know there are no specific
timeframes, i'm looking at few general guidelines...)

My puppy(aka biting-yapping-crap-eating-machine) is 11 weeks old.

He does not crap in the cage (it's pretty big) but pisses on the
carper even 5-10 minutes after he did just that on a walk.

Yes, he is a beagle. They are a challenge to housetrain, apparently. One
of the reasons I talked my better half out of one.

What should i do to discourage him? Right now i give him treats when
he does it outside but he goes almost spastic with joy when he sees me
with a treat.

My suggestion is to keep the eagle eye on him EVERY moment. If this means
that he is sometimes tied to your waist with a leash while you do the
dishes, so be it. The fewer mistakes you have, the faster the process will
be. The more mistakes, the longer it will be. If you see him about to
squat, you can say "OH NO" (loudly, but not yelling at him) grab him and run
outside. Always have those treats in your pocket. Spastic with joy is a
good thing!

PS. What's the best way to mask the smell of urine so he does not
associate the carpet(house) as his bathroom?


Oh, you MUST get an enzymatic cleaner - natures miracle or simple solution
(at the pet store, usually).

"okaroleo" wrote in message
om...
I just got a new beagle puppy 8 days ago.
I have started some basic training and crate training the day i got
him.
I have read several posts and skimmed few books about puppy training
and one thing still eludes me:

At what age should i start training him commands?
What should i expect at what age? (i know there are no specific
timeframes, i'm looking at few general guidelines...)

My puppy(aka biting-yapping-crap-eating-machine) is 11 weeks old.

He does not crap in the cage (it's pretty big) but pisses on the
carper even 5-10 minutes after he did just that on a walk.

Yes, he is a beagle. They are a challenge to housetrain, apparently. One
of the reasons I talked my better half out of one.

What should i do to discourage him? Right now i give him treats when
he does it outside but he goes almost spastic with joy when he sees me
with a treat.

My suggestion is to keep the eagle eye on him EVERY moment. If this means
that he is sometimes tied to your waist with a leash while you do the
dishes, so be it. The fewer mistakes you have, the faster the process will
be. The more mistakes, the longer it will be. If you see him about to
squat, you can say "OH NO" (loudly, but not yelling at him) grab him and run
outside. Always have those treats in your pocket. Spastic with joy is a
good thing!

PS. What's the best way to mask the smell of urine so he does not
associate the carpet(house) as his bathroom?


Oh, you MUST get an enzymatic cleaner - natures miracle or simple solution
(at the pet store, usually).

"okaroleo" wrote in message
om...
I just got a new beagle puppy 8 days ago.
I have started some basic training and crate training the day i got
him.
I have read several posts and skimmed few books about puppy training
and one thing still eludes me:

At what age should i start training him commands?
What should i expect at what age? (i know there are no specific
timeframes, i'm looking at few general guidelines...)

My puppy(aka biting-yapping-crap-eating-machine) is 11 weeks old.

He does not crap in the cage (it's pretty big) but pisses on the
carper even 5-10 minutes after he did just that on a walk.

Yes, he is a beagle. They are a challenge to housetrain, apparently. One
of the reasons I talked my better half out of one.

What should i do to discourage him? Right now i give him treats when
he does it outside but he goes almost spastic with joy when he sees me
with a treat.

My suggestion is to keep the eagle eye on him EVERY moment. If this means
that he is sometimes tied to your waist with a leash while you do the
dishes, so be it. The fewer mistakes you have, the faster the process will
be. The more mistakes, the longer it will be. If you see him about to
squat, you can say "OH NO" (loudly, but not yelling at him) grab him and run
outside. Always have those treats in your pocket. Spastic with joy is a
good thing!

PS. What's the best way to mask the smell of urine so he does not
associate the carpet(house) as his bathroom?


Oh, you MUST get an enzymatic cleaner - natures miracle or simple solution
(at the pet store, usually).

"okaroleo" wrote in message
om...
I just got a new beagle puppy 8 days ago.
I have started some basic training and crate training the day i got
him.
I have read several posts and skimmed few books about puppy training
and one thing still eludes me:

At what age should i start training him commands?
What should i expect at what age? (i know there are no specific
timeframes, i'm looking at few general guidelines...)

My puppy(aka biting-yapping-crap-eating-machine) is 11 weeks old.

He does not crap in the cage (it's pretty big) but pisses on the
carper even 5-10 minutes after he did just that on a walk.

Yes, he is a beagle. They are a challenge to housetrain, apparently. One
of the reasons I talked my better half out of one.

What should i do to discourage him? Right now i give him treats when
he does it outside but he goes almost spastic with joy when he sees me
with a treat.

My suggestion is to keep the eagle eye on him EVERY moment. If this means
that he is sometimes tied to your waist with a leash while you do the
dishes, so be it. The fewer mistakes you have, the faster the process will
be. The more mistakes, the longer it will be. If you see him about to
squat, you can say "OH NO" (loudly, but not yelling at him) grab him and run
outside. Always have those treats in your pocket. Spastic with joy is a
good thing!

PS. What's the best way to mask the smell of urine so he does not
associate the carpet(house) as his bathroom?


Oh, you MUST get an enzymatic cleaner - natures miracle or simple solution
(at the pet store, usually).

"okaroleo" wrote in message
I just got a new beagle puppy 8 days ago.
I have started some basic training and crate training the day i got
him.
I have read several posts and skimmed few books about puppy training
and one thing still eludes me:

At what age should i start training him commands?
What should i expect at what age? (i know there are no specific
timeframes, i'm looking at few general guidelines...)



I'm not "a trainer" but I am training my puppy.

Saskia got here at 8 weeks old, and by the third day I felt comfortable
doing some very laid back work with her, just a couple of minutes a few
times a day. We did "sit" first, and she was doing it with some
concentration and thought by the third day. We did "lie down next", and that
also took three very laid-back days. By the time she was 9 1/2 weeks old she
was house-trained (but Danes can be easy that way), and by 11 weeks knew
"sit", "lie down", "stay" (for 30 seconds), and was starting to get the hang
of walking on a loose lead. She also knew "leave it". Nowadays she's four
months old, and she knows those, and "touch [me]", which she learned in five
minutes because she likes it, "come", "stop" (for some reason only when
coming toward me), "get your ball/squeaker toy", "don't bite", "don't jump",
"in your bed", "settle down", "be careful", "no kitty", "wait", "heel", and
is getting the hang of "dead dog".

But I really am surprised at how much she picks up and retains--don't expect
your puppy to pick all this up this fast, especially since Saskia's a very,
very smart little Dane. Some people say they're hard to train, but I've
found--and my husband has too, when he grew up with them--that you just have
to work with how they think. They're very individual, and will protest but
still do certain things--like Saskia moans and complains when asked to lie
down, and does it very slowly, or when going into her bed she will act like
she's being yelled at, with a ducked head and depressed demeanor, and slouch
to her bed in a very big circle... then sit there wagging brightly waiting
for praise when she gets in. Danes also have (or most of them do) an
overnight learning system--they'll act like they have absolutely no idea
what you want, everyone gets stressed out when it's something important like
house-training or not chewing being worked on, and then the next day it's
like they've always known what you want and how to do it. I don't know about
how beagles think, but by working with your pup and paying attention you
should be able to learn his ways pretty quickly.

The real key is, keep it very short and make it very fun. Now, when Saskia's
especially wound up and I'd like to get her focused, I can grab the treat
can and say, "Wanna go through some paces?" She'll bounce up to me and do a
"touch" by hitting me with the side of her head (that's how she decided it
should be done) and sit down. Then she'll do everything as enthusiastically
as a border collie: "sit"--slam! ""Lie down"--whump! "Come"--gallop,
gallop.... During these sessions is the only time she gets training treats,
the rest of the time she is expected to do what we ask for praise alone, and
she does (not 100%, but she's a baby). For the treats, once she's really got
something down, a little more is expected of her every time before she gets
one--like, it started with "sit" and "stay", but now it's "sit", "stay",
"come", "stop", "touch", "come", "sit" (for example) for a treat. And try at
that point to vary the order--smart dogs will just run through them in order
otherwise and you can't be sure they'll do the one you want later, "in the
field".

Saskia loves the "touch" command, for some reason, and will try it sometimes
in case doing that instead of whatever I said is as nifty for me as it is
for her, but nope--she's got to do the one specified. Oh yeah, and try not
to repeat a command until you're sure the pup is actually forgetting what
you said to do. Saskia responds well to a command followed if necessary by
any (or occasionally all) of the following: "Do it!", "Now!", "Ahem!", "What
did I say to do?", "What did I tell you?"

--Katrina




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"okaroleo" wrote in message
I just got a new beagle puppy 8 days ago.
I have started some basic training and crate training the day i got
him.
I have read several posts and skimmed few books about puppy training
and one thing still eludes me:

At what age should i start training him commands?
What should i expect at what age? (i know there are no specific
timeframes, i'm looking at few general guidelines...)



I'm not "a trainer" but I am training my puppy.

Saskia got here at 8 weeks old, and by the third day I felt comfortable
doing some very laid back work with her, just a couple of minutes a few
times a day. We did "sit" first, and she was doing it with some
concentration and thought by the third day. We did "lie down next", and that
also took three very laid-back days. By the time she was 9 1/2 weeks old she
was house-trained (but Danes can be easy that way), and by 11 weeks knew
"sit", "lie down", "stay" (for 30 seconds), and was starting to get the hang
of walking on a loose lead. She also knew "leave it". Nowadays she's four
months old, and she knows those, and "touch [me]", which she learned in five
minutes because she likes it, "come", "stop" (for some reason only when
coming toward me), "get your ball/squeaker toy", "don't bite", "don't jump",
"in your bed", "settle down", "be careful", "no kitty", "wait", "heel", and
is getting the hang of "dead dog".

But I really am surprised at how much she picks up and retains--don't expect
your puppy to pick all this up this fast, especially since Saskia's a very,
very smart little Dane. Some people say they're hard to train, but I've
found--and my husband has too, when he grew up with them--that you just have
to work with how they think. They're very individual, and will protest but
still do certain things--like Saskia moans and complains when asked to lie
down, and does it very slowly, or when going into her bed she will act like
she's being yelled at, with a ducked head and depressed demeanor, and slouch
to her bed in a very big circle... then sit there wagging brightly waiting
for praise when she gets in. Danes also have (or most of them do) an
overnight learning system--they'll act like they have absolutely no idea
what you want, everyone gets stressed out when it's something important like
house-training or not chewing being worked on, and then the next day it's
like they've always known what you want and how to do it. I don't know about
how beagles think, but by working with your pup and paying attention you
should be able to learn his ways pretty quickly.

The real key is, keep it very short and make it very fun. Now, when Saskia's
especially wound up and I'd like to get her focused, I can grab the treat
can and say, "Wanna go through some paces?" She'll bounce up to me and do a
"touch" by hitting me with the side of her head (that's how she decided it
should be done) and sit down. Then she'll do everything as enthusiastically
as a border collie: "sit"--slam! ""Lie down"--whump! "Come"--gallop,
gallop.... During these sessions is the only time she gets training treats,
the rest of the time she is expected to do what we ask for praise alone, and
she does (not 100%, but she's a baby). For the treats, once she's really got
something down, a little more is expected of her every time before she gets
one--like, it started with "sit" and "stay", but now it's "sit", "stay",
"come", "stop", "touch", "come", "sit" (for example) for a treat. And try at
that point to vary the order--smart dogs will just run through them in order
otherwise and you can't be sure they'll do the one you want later, "in the
field".

Saskia loves the "touch" command, for some reason, and will try it sometimes
in case doing that instead of whatever I said is as nifty for me as it is
for her, but nope--she's got to do the one specified. Oh yeah, and try not
to repeat a command until you're sure the pup is actually forgetting what
you said to do. Saskia responds well to a command followed if necessary by
any (or occasionally all) of the following: "Do it!", "Now!", "Ahem!", "What
did I say to do?", "What did I tell you?"

--Katrina




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"okaroleo" wrote in message
I just got a new beagle puppy 8 days ago.
I have started some basic training and crate training the day i got
him.
I have read several posts and skimmed few books about puppy training
and one thing still eludes me:

At what age should i start training him commands?
What should i expect at what age? (i know there are no specific
timeframes, i'm looking at few general guidelines...)



I'm not "a trainer" but I am training my puppy.

Saskia got here at 8 weeks old, and by the third day I felt comfortable
doing some very laid back work with her, just a couple of minutes a few
times a day. We did "sit" first, and she was doing it with some
concentration and thought by the third day. We did "lie down next", and that
also took three very laid-back days. By the time she was 9 1/2 weeks old she
was house-trained (but Danes can be easy that way), and by 11 weeks knew
"sit", "lie down", "stay" (for 30 seconds), and was starting to get the hang
of walking on a loose lead. She also knew "leave it". Nowadays she's four
months old, and she knows those, and "touch [me]", which she learned in five
minutes because she likes it, "come", "stop" (for some reason only when
coming toward me), "get your ball/squeaker toy", "don't bite", "don't jump",
"in your bed", "settle down", "be careful", "no kitty", "wait", "heel", and
is getting the hang of "dead dog".

But I really am surprised at how much she picks up and retains--don't expect
your puppy to pick all this up this fast, especially since Saskia's a very,
very smart little Dane. Some people say they're hard to train, but I've
found--and my husband has too, when he grew up with them--that you just have
to work with how they think. They're very individual, and will protest but
still do certain things--like Saskia moans and complains when asked to lie
down, and does it very slowly, or when going into her bed she will act like
she's being yelled at, with a ducked head and depressed demeanor, and slouch
to her bed in a very big circle... then sit there wagging brightly waiting
for praise when she gets in. Danes also have (or most of them do) an
overnight learning system--they'll act like they have absolutely no idea
what you want, everyone gets stressed out when it's something important like
house-training or not chewing being worked on, and then the next day it's
like they've always known what you want and how to do it. I don't know about
how beagles think, but by working with your pup and paying attention you
should be able to learn his ways pretty quickly.

The real key is, keep it very short and make it very fun. Now, when Saskia's
especially wound up and I'd like to get her focused, I can grab the treat
can and say, "Wanna go through some paces?" She'll bounce up to me and do a
"touch" by hitting me with the side of her head (that's how she decided it
should be done) and sit down. Then she'll do everything as enthusiastically
as a border collie: "sit"--slam! ""Lie down"--whump! "Come"--gallop,
gallop.... During these sessions is the only time she gets training treats,
the rest of the time she is expected to do what we ask for praise alone, and
she does (not 100%, but she's a baby). For the treats, once she's really got
something down, a little more is expected of her every time before she gets
one--like, it started with "sit" and "stay", but now it's "sit", "stay",
"come", "stop", "touch", "come", "sit" (for example) for a treat. And try at
that point to vary the order--smart dogs will just run through them in order
otherwise and you can't be sure they'll do the one you want later, "in the
field".

Saskia loves the "touch" command, for some reason, and will try it sometimes
in case doing that instead of whatever I said is as nifty for me as it is
for her, but nope--she's got to do the one specified. Oh yeah, and try not
to repeat a command until you're sure the pup is actually forgetting what
you said to do. Saskia responds well to a command followed if necessary by
any (or occasionally all) of the following: "Do it!", "Now!", "Ahem!", "What
did I say to do?", "What did I tell you?"

--Katrina




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"okaroleo" wrote in message
I just got a new beagle puppy 8 days ago.
I have started some basic training and crate training the day i got
him.
I have read several posts and skimmed few books about puppy training
and one thing still eludes me:

At what age should i start training him commands?
What should i expect at what age? (i know there are no specific
timeframes, i'm looking at few general guidelines...)



I'm not "a trainer" but I am training my puppy.

Saskia got here at 8 weeks old, and by the third day I felt comfortable
doing some very laid back work with her, just a couple of minutes a few
times a day. We did "sit" first, and she was doing it with some
concentration and thought by the third day. We did "lie down next", and that
also took three very laid-back days. By the time she was 9 1/2 weeks old she
was house-trained (but Danes can be easy that way), and by 11 weeks knew
"sit", "lie down", "stay" (for 30 seconds), and was starting to get the hang
of walking on a loose lead. She also knew "leave it". Nowadays she's four
months old, and she knows those, and "touch [me]", which she learned in five
minutes because she likes it, "come", "stop" (for some reason only when
coming toward me), "get your ball/squeaker toy", "don't bite", "don't jump",
"in your bed", "settle down", "be careful", "no kitty", "wait", "heel", and
is getting the hang of "dead dog".

But I really am surprised at how much she picks up and retains--don't expect
your puppy to pick all this up this fast, especially since Saskia's a very,
very smart little Dane. Some people say they're hard to train, but I've
found--and my husband has too, when he grew up with them--that you just have
to work with how they think. They're very individual, and will protest but
still do certain things--like Saskia moans and complains when asked to lie
down, and does it very slowly, or when going into her bed she will act like
she's being yelled at, with a ducked head and depressed demeanor, and slouch
to her bed in a very big circle... then sit there wagging brightly waiting
for praise when she gets in. Danes also have (or most of them do) an
overnight learning system--they'll act like they have absolutely no idea
what you want, everyone gets stressed out when it's something important like
house-training or not chewing being worked on, and then the next day it's
like they've always known what you want and how to do it. I don't know about
how beagles think, but by working with your pup and paying attention you
should be able to learn his ways pretty quickly.

The real key is, keep it very short and make it very fun. Now, when Saskia's
especially wound up and I'd like to get her focused, I can grab the treat
can and say, "Wanna go through some paces?" She'll bounce up to me and do a
"touch" by hitting me with the side of her head (that's how she decided it
should be done) and sit down. Then she'll do everything as enthusiastically
as a border collie: "sit"--slam! ""Lie down"--whump! "Come"--gallop,
gallop.... During these sessions is the only time she gets training treats,
the rest of the time she is expected to do what we ask for praise alone, and
she does (not 100%, but she's a baby). For the treats, once she's really got
something down, a little more is expected of her every time before she gets
one--like, it started with "sit" and "stay", but now it's "sit", "stay",
"come", "stop", "touch", "come", "sit" (for example) for a treat. And try at
that point to vary the order--smart dogs will just run through them in order
otherwise and you can't be sure they'll do the one you want later, "in the
field".

Saskia loves the "touch" command, for some reason, and will try it sometimes
in case doing that instead of whatever I said is as nifty for me as it is
for her, but nope--she's got to do the one specified. Oh yeah, and try not
to repeat a command until you're sure the pup is actually forgetting what
you said to do. Saskia responds well to a command followed if necessary by
any (or occasionally all) of the following: "Do it!", "Now!", "Ahem!", "What
did I say to do?", "What did I tell you?"

--Katrina




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