5. Proper clean-up is critical to proper housetraining. A puppy will return to where he has eliminated before if it is not properly cleaned. Your workplace also needs to be properly maintained. Sort through your materials and remove what isn?t needed. Materials that are necessary should be properly stored, so everyone knows where everything goes. Clean equipment, tools and the workplace. This is a foundation for both safety and equipment maintenance.

6. Prevention and positive encouragement are the best ways to teach your puppy. Once an employee identifies a solution to a problem, put a procedure or fixture in place to prevent the problem from reoccurring. Respond to your people?s ideas. Use praise, show respect, thank them and treat them the way you would like to be treated. See how they ideas can or cannot be implemented and provide positive feedback.

7. Punishment won?t help. Screaming or hitting will only create fear, confusing and training your puppy to soil when you are not around. Enough said.

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About The Author

Chuck Yorke is an organizational development and performance improvement specialist, trainer, consultant and speaker. He is co-author of ?All You Gotta Do Is Ask,? a book which explains how to promote large numbers of ideas from employees. Chuck may be reached at ChuckYorke@yahoo.com.