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Originally Posted by zaknnana  I put Lily in x-pen outside to go potty!! It is the plastic one like the one from Walmart here. She tries to jump out NOW!! She is AWFUL with confinement still and she is 19 wks. old tomorrow! I have to put her in something outside to go potty because she runs from me too fast....I have a gate on the porch so she can't get off the porch if the door opens and I can't get her first!! It is too hard to get harness on etc. everytime she has to go outside to potty!! My question is....I am taking her to Az. with me in Sept. for couple months (we have a home there too) the yard is enclosed but I am thinking that maybe I should get her an ex-pen to go potty there too and keep her same routine like she does it here?? She runs from me awful especially outside and even in her ex-pen she won't come to me and I have tried everything to get her to listen and come but she will NOT she just RUNS!! I put her in her crate the other night because she was not being good in bed with us and I left her there for 2 hours and she did not shut up for 2 hours solid!! She has been like this since I brought her home!! I am scared to death about taking her on an airplane but she is going!! She is riding in the car a little better finally but she still gets sick if I put her in her carrier in the car but if I put her in an open clothes basket with her harness on and a pillow in the basket and take her for short rides she is ok? I feel so stupid with this dog!! She weighs 2.5 lbs. and she RULES!!LOL She has trained me very well so far!! I know people say "let her scream" but how long and she actually throws herself against the sides of the crate (any type crate even plastic ones) and it is like she is having a fit she gets so worked up and won't stop!! THANKS for any advice....I am afraid she is going to hurt herself even in the ex-pen now!! She is WILD when she wants to be and she can jump high too!! She isn't very big either!! I have tried to yell at her.....I have tried to be CALM with her.....I have tried treats....NOTHING works!! She is going potty pretty good I can say that much and she seems smart. Obviously smarter than me!!lol |
1st off....take a deep breath and let it out...hehe..
you need to start training her the basic commands like sit, stay, lay down, shake..etc..that will her know you are the pack leader...if you go running to her everything she cries, bark, screams or whatever that means she has you where she wants you.
is the crate in your bedroom? if so maybe you can perch it up on something so she can see you. if not have you tried throwing a blanket over the crate...sometimes that tends to calm them...
just let her bark and cry...she will eventually stop...it is because she know you gets your attention when she kicks and screams so she continues to do it.
then after she calms down and is quiet for a long time...give her treat let her out...but don't do it while she is kicking and screaming.
she will learn to associate things with things...like once she calms down and be quiet to get rewarded..
also if all that doesn't work...put pennies in a can or use a spray bottle...when she starts screaming shake the can to startled her or spray her with the water...eventually she will learn...hang in there...
i know what you mean...MeiLing is going on 7 months weight 3.5 lbs and sometimes i feel like strangling her...she can be the devil sometimes...hehe
she is too smart for her own good...so now she is crated...and sometimes we take her to bed with us and it seems like that mistake makes her relapsed in her crate training so we decided that she will not sleep with until she is completely trained...cuz when she relapsed it takes another week to get her back on track with the crate training!
Good luck!