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Dog Owners 101: House Train My Bulldog

Dogs—in this case, bulldogs—can be the most loyal companion you’ll ever have, but in the same time can become the most tiring companion to look after. Basically, bulldogs are patient, friendly, playful, and fun, but it’s up to you, their owners, to keep them like that, even more. A training is an important thing to give your bulldog, so they’re not just all piles and puddles at home.

Understanding Them

Living things are made with their own personal traits and uniqueness, and so are bulldogs. Before you train them, even adopt them, you need to know some general things about them. Bulldogs crave for human attention and companionship. Just like a baby, you’ll need to keep close to them and interact with them as often as possible. If you realize that you live alone and travel a lot, don’t adopt a bulldog to make it suffer.

Another things about bulldogs are their socialization needs, their stubbornness, and food aggression issue. Like humans, bulldogs need to socialize with the other dogs, so let them walk for a while or sign them up for puppy kindergarten is a great idea to do. As for their stubbornness and food aggression, you need specific trainings to let them know you’re the boss and loosen their guard on food or objects down.

How to House Train My Bulldog?

You don’t need Cesar Millan to whisper to your dogs, you just need patience, strong determination and commitment to train your loved one. So bulldog have small bladder, and you need to teach them right away as soon as they arrive to “release” in the designated area. Don’t ever punish your bulldog whenever he “release” in the wrong area, instead, reward them whenever your dog does its thing in the right area. This will make your dog understand your approval and that it is a positive thing to do to get a reward.

Train them for certain things—like sit, stay, heel or come—is not a hard work, since bulldog are good in learning commands. You just have to say the keywords with loud and firm voice. You can also add some certain gestures to emphasize urgency. This can also help for potty training, so you can “ask” or lead your dog whenever your dog needs to do its thing.

The key to a successful training is team work—if you live with family—so your dog will constantly have the same treatments. You also need to be patience, since training—especially potty training—will not be instantly succeed in days. Mostly it will take weeks to months until your dog is well trained. Also, act with swag and show them that you’re the boss!