Hey Everyone - well, as a first-time dog owner, and a now proclaimed yorkie LOVER, I have to say that this site has been AMAZING in helping me through my first few "challenging" weeks.
So, that being said, I have a NEW challenge.... my beautiful little Gia is still working hard to understand the "potty pads." She is PERFECT when she is in her "room" - never misses the pad. Then at my office, she has a slightly larger space, and she's accurate about 95% percent of the time. At home, it's a different story - but as long as I see her sniffing around and run over to the pad area, she'll follow me and then go! So, the burden is on me to watch her, and it's going well so far.
My first question is, about how long does it take before they "click" in larger spaces and understand that they should always go on the pads?
My second, and MUCH BIGGER issue is that she is eating her poo! (gross!) I reward her for going on her pad with a treat, and while she's eating the treat, I quickly try to pick up her homemade desired treat. Yuck! But sometimes there's more than one, and I can't get to both before she does.
I read that pineapple is good to feed them to cure this, so I bought fresh pineapple chunks, but she won't eat it.... Am I supposed to try the canned chunks? Are there any other suggesstions outside of pineapple? (Ironic that she'll refuse pineapple, but eat her own mess)
I also changed her diet, as I thought maybe it was the sweet smell. My mom got her hooked on Chef Michael's wet food mixed in with the dry while I was away, so I changed her diet to just dry food: the Pro Plan Special for puppies. She likes the food, but she's still eating the poop too.
Sorry this is gross - it's just so hard to ask her to "Give momma kisses" when i know what's been in her mouth. ha ha ha!!!!!
Happy Monday!
~Jenn "Gia's loving, albeit grossed-out, mommy"