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Originally Posted by megansmomma  Let me start "fresh" on your question about potty training. After reading all your responses I can see where you have......in your own words failed him.
You are a busy mom of teenagers and on the run all the time. At 5 months you brought him home and he did pretty good for a short time and now he has regressed because you have given him too much freedom and allowed him to roam freely in your home. At first there was the occasional accident and you attributed it to him being a new puppy but as time has gone by there are more and more accidents all over the house. You take him outside every 2 hours by the bell in your kitchen to remind you to keep him on a schedule. Since you do not have a fenced yard he is put onto a stake with a long lead to go potty. He's outside for a while and you go into the house to finish what you were doing (dinner, laundry, cleaning up his pee  ). He is your first small dog and you have always has large dogs in the past that you were able to open the door and let roam freely on your land. The others were potty trained without hardly any attention to what they were doing. You worked with them for about a week and poof they were at the back door scratching or barking to got out. Now this little guy is peeing and pooping all over your house. You have tried to contain him in an Xpen but he escapes so you have now resorted to a crate where he whines and cries to be let out until you put him back out in the yard on the long lead. When he comes back in after a short stay he poops at your feet. Your husband is mad that your "had to have puppy" is crapping all over the house, your kids are being bitchy from being forced to picking up poop and pee from "your dog" and you are disappointed in not getting your baby replacement. They are teenagers and you are starting to see that they will soon be gone and this little guy was going to be your little cuddle bug. Instead he had turned your life upside down with his training problems, socialization issues, the kids are not helpful and are demanding all of your attention in their high school years. Now he has turned into one more annoyance in your crazy hectic life. You are totally frustrated and think that getting a small cute puppy was a huge mistake. 
So have I hit the nail on the head? Don't get angry with me just be truthful. Promise I think I can help you.  |
This is me in a nutshell. My baby boy moved off to college and Beau was practically dropped in my lap. I'm just not in a good mental place right now. I'm away from home 10 to 12 hours a day working/gym. Beau goes to work with me every day so he's not home alone....but just getting him back and forth EVERY day is sometimes frustrating. When my boss retires (probably Dec 2011) I won't be able to bring him to work anymore. I am wondering now why I thought a new dog would be a good idea. We are back and forth with potty training. Most of the time he is awesome....then there are days when I'll bring him in from pottying outside and he'll go straight into the bedroom and pee in the carpet.