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buffy16938 · 02-20-2009, 09:49 AM

My sophie will be 8 months old on monday. She has me trained pretty well, and doesn't potty in the house. I try to take her out every 2-3 hours, crazy I know. If I'm not here, my mom lets her out every 3 hours. In the past few weeks, she has been peeing on her blanket in her kennel. On the days that I leave early or she is home with just my mom, it seems she is worse and her blanket smells. I always leave her out to play and be with me if she goes potty outside and when she doesn't she goes back into her kennel.

I thought this might be kind of a revenge thing, since I'm not here to be with her. I have resorted back to putting her in a little kennel in hopes of getting her to stop doing this. I'm also hoping to be able to teach her to hold longer than 2 hours. Now I find when I take her out, she won't go to the bathroom. I may be going about this wrong, which is why I am asking. When she goes outside she gets so preoccupied with the wind, or leaves and I keep telling her to go potty, but sometimes it takes a very long time for her to go, around 20 minutes or more. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do, or if I am going about this wrong? When she goes potty outside I always let her visit the other dogs downstairs, kind of like a reward. I'm just not sure what to do, and I feel guilty for putting her in a smaller kennel.

02-20-2009, 09:49 AM	#1
buffy16938 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tx, USA Posts: 68	revenge peeing? My sophie will be 8 months old on monday. She has me trained pretty well, and doesn't potty in the house. I try to take her out every 2-3 hours, crazy I know. If I'm not here, my mom lets her out every 3 hours. In the past few weeks, she has been peeing on her blanket in her kennel. On the days that I leave early or she is home with just my mom, it seems she is worse and her blanket smells. I always leave her out to play and be with me if she goes potty outside and when she doesn't she goes back into her kennel. I thought this might be kind of a revenge thing, since I'm not here to be with her. I have resorted back to putting her in a little kennel in hopes of getting her to stop doing this. I'm also hoping to be able to teach her to hold longer than 2 hours. Now I find when I take her out, she won't go to the bathroom. I may be going about this wrong, which is why I am asking. When she goes outside she gets so preoccupied with the wind, or leaves and I keep telling her to go potty, but sometimes it takes a very long time for her to go, around 20 minutes or more. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do, or if I am going about this wrong? When she goes potty outside I always let her visit the other dogs downstairs, kind of like a reward. I'm just not sure what to do, and I feel guilty for putting her in a smaller kennel.