I would have to say that training a pup definitely requires patience and diligence. Yelling and hitting the dog does not do a thing for training. The dog does not understand what you are saying, it will ony associate it with punishment. While you say you got the result you wanted, I think you just got lucky.
The diligence part comes with you making sure that your part in potty training is consistent. You need to reinforce, positively the behaviour you are wanting from the pup. Taking him out at certain times to potty and looking for the signs of him/her needing to potty. I remember as soon as I saw either of mine cirlce or sniffing, onto the pad or out the door they went and once they did, they got praise and a treat. This method may have taken longer but for me it was much gentler and kinder. |