House training problems are one of the most common reasons that people give up their pets. This is a sad statement because the solution to almost every house training problem is a common sense fix. I cannot tell you how many emails I get every week from pet owners that are pulling their hair out trying to solve their dogs? house training problems.

There are a million "old wives tales" out there that are nothing more than misinformation on house train dogs. Everyone has an opinion on how this should be done. You only need to ask a relative or a neighbor or friend. The problem is most of these people lack experience to offer sound advice.

I have over 50 years experience in dog training. I have bred over 350 litters of German Shepherds, been a police K9 handler for 10 years, produced over 125 dog training DVDs since 1982 and have the largest dog training web site on the internet (over 10,000 pages) ? leerburg.com. I cannot remember how many dogs I have trained.