[Cirlonde]

So glad to know that I'm not the only one with a girl who is slow to find her 'spot'!! I've heard that if you're doing crate training, you should take her out, give her a few minutes and if she doesn't go, take her back and put her up again. Then try again in thirty minutes or an hour. We weren't very religious with this during training as we fell for the "oh, look, she's doing the shuffle!! Surely she's about to go!" thought process. So what was supposed to be a three minute wait would turn into ten really quickly.

However, my brother and his wife have a female schnauzer and he's (my brother) very impatient. So he followed the above rule to a 'T' and Maggie, the schnauzer, goes quickly for him every time. However, for my brother's wife...Maggie takes her sweet time because she knows she can get away with it!

The only time Chloe goes quickly is when we go home to visit my parents. She knows that she can't go in the house and see everyone when we first get there unless she has done number one and number two. She goes in RECORD time! Which just makes the issue all that more frustrating because obviously, she CAN go quickly when she chooses to!!!!
-C