House-Training a Malamute
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House-breaking, as distinguished from paper-training, is almost Impossible in puppies less than four months of age. They simply luck sufficient control of their bowel and bladder movements. If, however, you have the time and quick access to the outside (not a neighbor’s lawn), you may try to impress upon your puppy the desired association of the out-of-doors with the daily eliminations.
This means taking the puppy outside when you awaken in the morning, after each feeding, after heavy play or exercise, and before retiring at night. Each of these excursions should last at least fifteen minutes to give the puppy ample time. This practice, therefore, can be rather time consuming.
For your convenience, for the health of the puppy in very cold and damp weather, and for the protection of the household rugs, paper-training as the initial step in house-breaking is highly recommended. A grown dog that is both paper-broken and house-broken is a great advantage to apartment-house dwellers, live-alone workers, and travelers. Paper-training, however, has two aspects that may be considered objectionable: (1) the almost unending presence of urine. soaked paper in the house, (2) “defiling” the “sacredness” of the home, which tends to make later attempts at house-breaking more difficult.
Living with a dog, however, like living with other people, requires the acceptance of certain household inconveniences. If a chewed slipper or a spot on the rug works you into a fury, or if you do not care enough to devote sufficient time to a dog, you should not own one.
