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Originally Posted by girlybella  I am just needing some advice and possible reasons why my Bella would have done what she had done....Alright Bella who is 8 months old is trained on a training bell on our front door and she caught onto it in the first week and has done wonderful with it, yesterday Jan 22nd...she rang her bell at 4:54pm and went #1, 5:44pm and went #2, 6:20pm went #1, 6:39pm went #1...somewhere in there, Bella got ahold of Uggs and ripped out the inside and I was furious so I really screamed at her....I have never really yelled at her except for strong no. Mind you I heard her again ring the bell at 6:45pm (one time) I did not even have the opportunity to get to the door and she ran by the sliding glass door squatted and poo'd right there in front of me, I could not believe it. I then put her in her crate so I could go get the spotbot steam cleaner so I could clean up the mess, after doing so I let her out of the crate and she ran really fast over by our couch and poo'd another little turd....did not even try to go to the door....I was like OMG what is going on with you (outloud)...I got the little turd an threw it in the garbage and during that time of walking to the garbage can..she ran over to the backside of the other couch and pee'd...again not even trying to go to the door to ring her bell that she knows fully how to use....
I needed to vent...and I hope one of you can explain to me what is going on in her head....do you think I scared the crap (literally) out of her and she got nervous and peed because I screamed at her....that is my only thought.
I checked her potty notebook and the last time she had an accident was Dec 7th..early in the morning she poo'd...but that was my fault I had heard her ringing the bell and I was trying to finish my packing because I was leaving for a few days and she decided that she was just gonna go on the carpet...besides that....it has been months since she has had any issues...
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Christina |
Perhaps she thinks you yelled at her for ringing the bell, or sometimes pups have set backs. If it were me in your shoes, I would start over, without her prompting you, take her outside but ring the bell or put her paws up to the bell, GIVE her a treat and praise. Have her go pipi, Treat and praise, after a few days of this she will hopefully get over the mischief, fear or whatever she is going through. Wishing you GOOD luck with this.
