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Brilliant_Rock
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My fiance and I just adopted a rescue pup from a shelter. We don''t know her whole history, but she was an owner relinquish, and had a "twin sister." Apparently her mom (yellow lab) became pregnant and had the pups, the family tried to keep the puppies, and for whatever reason, 5 or so months into their lives, decided it wasn''t do-able. She was at a shelter in New Mexico, then transfered to Denver- that''s where FI & I found her.
She spent only six days in the shelter/transit total. The rest of her life was spent with her previous New Mexico family. She is now between 6-7 months old.
We''re having some MAJOR house breaking problems. I know pups are notorious for these, but I''m a bit concerned because of her house breaking history (or lack there of). She seems to have NO CLUE that she''s supposed to poop & pee on grass, and gives no indication that she''s ready "to go."
She has ONLY peed in the house. Not once outside. Ever. She had peed twice in her crate, once in our bedroom, and twice in the living room. She was "caught in the act" two of those times and taken outside-- but she wouldn''t start to pee again.
She hasn''t pooped in the house yet- there have been a few close calls, but we caught her mid-squat. She will poop outside but ONLY ON GRAVEL. Which is a mess... and quite annoying. We''re not sure how to teach her that Grass = potty = good.
Yesterday afternoon/evening I spent nearly five hours outside with her. Around our home. At a dog park. Running, walking, playing... A ton of time. She didn''t go potty once. The moment we got home she darted to the corner and piddled.
:sigh:
I keep telling myself, "Puppies are a TON of work. This WILL get better." But I''m not convincing myself. Any help/insight/words of wisdom? How to we get this dog to potty on the grass? And more importantly, how do we teach her to pee outside, PERIOD.
TIA
She spent only six days in the shelter/transit total. The rest of her life was spent with her previous New Mexico family. She is now between 6-7 months old.
We''re having some MAJOR house breaking problems. I know pups are notorious for these, but I''m a bit concerned because of her house breaking history (or lack there of). She seems to have NO CLUE that she''s supposed to poop & pee on grass, and gives no indication that she''s ready "to go."
She has ONLY peed in the house. Not once outside. Ever. She had peed twice in her crate, once in our bedroom, and twice in the living room. She was "caught in the act" two of those times and taken outside-- but she wouldn''t start to pee again.
She hasn''t pooped in the house yet- there have been a few close calls, but we caught her mid-squat. She will poop outside but ONLY ON GRAVEL. Which is a mess... and quite annoying. We''re not sure how to teach her that Grass = potty = good.
Yesterday afternoon/evening I spent nearly five hours outside with her. Around our home. At a dog park. Running, walking, playing... A ton of time. She didn''t go potty once. The moment we got home she darted to the corner and piddled.
:sigh:
I keep telling myself, "Puppies are a TON of work. This WILL get better." But I''m not convincing myself. Any help/insight/words of wisdom? How to we get this dog to potty on the grass? And more importantly, how do we teach her to pee outside, PERIOD.
TIA
