Ahhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh if only I had of read this 48 hours ago
3 days ago we decided that we did want DOLCE ( now 5 months old ... we've had him for 2) pooing on newspaper....soooOOoooo we got him a litter tray with some gravel in it.
We placed him in it thinking that at any second we were gonna get a result....5 minutes turned into 20 which turned into 40 which turned into an hour. We constantly said positive things to him. And we even showed him what sorta treat he was gonna get when he produced THE GOODS.......bUt nothing....he started looking sleepy and wobbly to the point he just had to lay down. After removing him he did what we thought he would do and presented us with a gift....only thing was it was smack in the middle of the living room.
About 40 minutes after his next meal we tried agian and nothing.....he started his little cry sounds and would stand on 3 legs....sit or look as if he would fall asleep. We removed his again and of course the same result...poo on the floor again.
We were ready to pull our hair out ..... and we were slowly getting closer to LOSİNG THE PLOT.......I felt my blood pressure drop or rise..I'm not sure which...but it wasn't a good feeling.
Today after our potty drama he has refused to eat or drink ..... he sees potty training as a punishment.......we are always ready with the special treat once he poo poos.
Right now He is just stands there...it's now 7pm and he has not eaten or drunk anything except licked some water from my finger. So he is standing in the tray and doing his whinning thing (which by the way sounds so cute) .... now do we have him there again for 30...40 minutes and then have him ignore us...not eat or drink?
WE are close to LOSİNG THE PLOT......and I only have so much hair left after these past days.
What do we do ?
DOLCE'S DADS