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Originally Posted by Trixter  Here's our day: He lays in bed with me til I get up @7:30ish. We go downstairs, I Let him out in the yard. He pees 20 feet from the deck. Then he continues to run the perimeter of the fenced in area, and I stand on the deck and watch him.If he needs to poop, He finds his spot, does the circle dance, and as I holler to him what a good boy he is, he finishes up and flies back to the deck where we have a party and he gets a treat, which is for coming, not for potty. Then we have breakfast. I let him out again if he hasn't gone, and he does.
9:30 or 10 we go for a walk on leash, sometimes further to a park where we walk around a track (now snowy and ice covered) where I let him off leash as long as no one else is there, we practice come, sit, wait and its a great time. Twice around and we come home, on leash. That's our exercise walk. |
Ok, it really sounds like you are doing everything right. Some dogs do get confused if you talk to them when pooping, your saying "oh good boy" could be heard to him as "don't go there." So it may be best if your sure he's done before you comment. The accident he had may have just been his need to go in a hurry, and he was heading toward a door. My point is I don't believe the dog will "test" you on matters such as this. I really think you are doing great, but this does take time before they are 100 percent.