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Originally Posted by Maiseswims  So as much as I probly didnt want to hear the alarm part, I know this is what I will have to do. I get so busy sometimes , I may forget to take her out every hour and half. But she is 5 1/2 months old & We realy need to get this down!!! Thanks for the thread & book info!!! |
We have just adopted a 6 month old male...potty training is going better than I thought..according to the stories I've been reading.
I have a co-worker who is a foster mom for a rescue group and she potty trains all the dogs while she has them. She says she has only had 2 dogs that didn't get completely trained while in her care.
Her method is pretty simple. She follows the confinement route, but also says that she takes the dogs out on the leash and doesn't talk to them while outside and they go only as far as the leash allows...once they take care of business, she rewards them by excitement in her voice, and removing them from the leash and then allowing them to play. She swears this works.
Well, Baxter is afraid of the leash...hasn't worked for us yet. We use the "let's go outside" method where we take him out about every 2.5 hours. He makes it through the night 9:30 p.m. until about 5:30 a.m. and takes care of things within 5 minutes outside.
Then there's tonight - outside and poops. Comes in and pees behind me while I'm cooking. We think know cold air makes humans want to pee - we think the Yorkies have work the opposite...the cold air makes it freeze up...once in the warm...it lets loose!