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Old 04-09-2009, 11:03 AM   #276
QuickSilver
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Well, Thor is on Day 30, or Day 2, depending on how you look at it.

He has not pottied in my apartment in thirty days, which is great, and obviously the most important thing. Unfortunately, he peed in my office the other day. The silver lining is that I did catch him in the act and correct him. The dark, stormy cloud is that he made a tiny puddle before I caught him.

He's definitely made a lot of progress; he knows what the pads are for, and he uses them, even at my office. However, he clearly doesn't have the idea that he should ONLY use a pad indoors, no matter where the indoors happens to be.

I also still have boxes up in parts of my apartment. He's been banned from my bedroom for two months now. I've given him partial access, but I don't think he's taken advantage of it yet. I don't feel like I can push the boxes back until I've seen him check the new area out. Otherwise, I think he'll suddenly realize, hey, there's this whole new room we haven't spent time in, perfect for peeing in!

Again, I can tell he's getting better. I really, really to be able to trust Thor indoor implicitly. I hope we get there. Part of me thinks we'll get there even if it takes a year, and part of me thinks maybe never. I mean, I can't watch Thor every second for a YEAR. It can be hard to see the difference between really slow, erratic progress and no progress at all.
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