Raising a dog is a meticulous task, and training a dog is even more meticulous. Since we keep it, we must love it, understand its preferences based on its daily behavior, and interpret its actions in life. This can better promote the bond between us and the dog and make training smoother. So how should we train a poodle in daily life? To give it good living habits.

Generally, training a poodle mainly helps it integrate into the owner’s living environment, such as correcting some animalistic behaviors, making it develop more civilized living habits. For example: training it not to urinate or defecate anywhere; not to chew furniture indiscriminately; not to eat random things; not to bark excessively, and other bad habits.

First, when training a poodle, we must pay attention to methods and approaches, not just using violence to solve problems, which would be counterproductive. Below we will introduce several methods for training a poodle.

First, we use encouragement to train it. When it bites things or eats something it shouldn’t, we should first physically stop its behavior. Gently tap it to let it understand that this is not to be bitten. When it stops biting, we can prepare a bit of food it loves to give it, while gently petting it to inform it this is not to be eaten. Repeatedly training it this way will gradually correct its bad habits. Similarly, when we want to teach it some actions in daily life, this can also be applied.

For toilet training, we can prepare a piece of newspaper, so that the scent of its urine or feces is on the paper. After the newspaper dries, we place it at the fixed toilet spot. When it needs to urinate, it will smell its own scent and go to the designated place to toilet. Another method is to use an attractant spray—spray it where it usually relieves itself and also at the toilet spot. This is also very effective.

Actually, this is quite practical for many pet dogs, and poodles are no exception.