luckystar112
Ideal_Rock
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It's only been 5 days.....I know. But is there any way to make this potty training thing go faster? I have another dog that I potty trained myself, and I thought the process was pretty easy...but not with this dog, ohhhhhh no.
I take him out once every half hour or so, spend about 5 minutes out there each time, yet somehow this puppy has a gallon of water in him at all times.
I don't think he's so little that he can't control it. Sure, he's little, but I'd say (without knowing too much about terriers) that he is closed to full grown. He's almost the size of my year-old cat. So, I pretty much think that whoever had him before me just never trained him.
And here's the thing....if he CAN'T control it, then am I supposed to put him in a crate when I leave? We haven't been putting him in a kennel/crate (Great surprises when I get home. Usually it's about 3 per hour I'm gone.) because I know they don't like to pee where they sleep, so I'm afraid he'll try to hold it and damage his little bladder. Do you think it can, or do you think it would be a good training tool?
FI is also buying a gate so we can enclose him in the kitchen while we are gone. We had a gate, but we couldn't find it.
So, apart from playing with him and giving him treats when he goes to the bathroom outside, how am I supposed to let him know that it's BAD to go inside? Usually I run and pick him up in the middle of doing it, and tell him "NO!" in a stern voice, then put him outside on the grass. I just hope I'm doing it right, because my mother has a maltese that even though he is potty-trained, STILL pees on her stairs.
Oh yeah....we're keeping the puppy!
I take him out once every half hour or so, spend about 5 minutes out there each time, yet somehow this puppy has a gallon of water in him at all times.
I don't think he's so little that he can't control it. Sure, he's little, but I'd say (without knowing too much about terriers) that he is closed to full grown. He's almost the size of my year-old cat. So, I pretty much think that whoever had him before me just never trained him.
And here's the thing....if he CAN'T control it, then am I supposed to put him in a crate when I leave? We haven't been putting him in a kennel/crate (Great surprises when I get home. Usually it's about 3 per hour I'm gone.) because I know they don't like to pee where they sleep, so I'm afraid he'll try to hold it and damage his little bladder. Do you think it can, or do you think it would be a good training tool?
FI is also buying a gate so we can enclose him in the kitchen while we are gone. We had a gate, but we couldn't find it.
So, apart from playing with him and giving him treats when he goes to the bathroom outside, how am I supposed to let him know that it's BAD to go inside? Usually I run and pick him up in the middle of doing it, and tell him "NO!" in a stern voice, then put him outside on the grass. I just hope I'm doing it right, because my mother has a maltese that even though he is potty-trained, STILL pees on her stairs.
Oh yeah....we're keeping the puppy!