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Originally Posted by Ladylavender  There are some things you are going to have to sacrifice if you want a housebroken puppy.
1. You may have to move his x-pen out into the living room where all the activity is and he can see you. Make sure he has things to keep him occupied in the x-pen.
2. Since he is in it all day while you are at work, you need to limit the time he is in there while you are home. You need to give up some "me" time and spend it instead watching his every move.
3. Read a book? Until he is fully trained you are going to have to put off book reading until your puppy has been put to bed for the night and you are going to bed.
4. You are just going to have to restructure your life to accomodate your puppy, friends included.
Puppies are a lot of work. You have to pay attention to them every waking moment. You need to be focused on his training and make that the priority in your and his life.
Please understand, that this is only temporary. But training includes many other things beside just housebreaking. Your puppy has to be trained to behave, to wait for things to accept his x-pen, to have proper manners. If you ignor these things right off you are going to have problems for the rest of your life. BUT if you make the sacrifice now, you will have a lovely companion that you can truely enjoy by the time he is 1 or 2 years old. |
I'm sorry if I am taking your advice the wrong way, but it kind of put me on the defensive.
1. I have given up ALL of my me time. I dont go anywhere after work that I cannot take him. I dont watch TV and I dont do leisure anything. My time is spent with him. However not everyone is retired, has a maid, or a cook and there are just some things that HAVE to be done.
I cannot not move his pen because as I explained I live in an apartment where every room is the same room except my bedroom. I cant put him in there because he crys all night while I'm sleeping.
He has MANY MANY toys, chews, food, water, blankets, bed and anything else he could want (me excluded in his x-pen)
The problem I am having is he is holding it until the right moment that I have to answer the phone or go to the rest room, make a sandwich anything. He doesnt even go the rest of the time I am with him or watching him.
Again i am sorry if I took your post the wrong way, but it seems sometimes on this site it is hard to ask for help or advice because you feel attacked. Like im so neglectful and a bad pet owner! If I was I wouldnt waste my time trying to figure out how to fix these issues the right way. I don't think it is fair to jump to assumptions.