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Originally Posted by sportschick  Actually, I have kind of lost it because I am so stressed out and tired. She does sleep in a crate in my bedroom at night and she is good about that. She sleeps better than me right now. She is in a small ex-pen in the kitchen. The problem is that it is cold here now and she has never been out at all even when she was with the breeder because it was in upper state New York and very cold. She WAS trained to go on paper and she KNOWS how to do that, but because I let her have full run of the house, I effed it all up.
So now I am trying to do exactly with the breeder is telling me to do which is confine her to the small pen in the day when I am at work. Let her out for awhile at night when I get home when I can supervise her and play with her which I do, but she is peeing on the floor and I can't catch her in time to put her in the pen to pee. And when I put her back in the pen, she getting destructive.
I am just afraid that this dog is going to be too much for me to handle, just one of those super hyper dogs. I know the key is to exercise her and get her on a schedule, but it is SO hard because I work 10 - 6. That is MY schedule and I have to somehow incorporate her into it without getting up at 5:30 a.m. and her going nuts. I live one minute from my work so I don't leave my house till 9:55. So I have this dog that is going nuts from 5:30 to 9:55 and I don't know what to do. Once I start walking her, I can come home for lunch and walk with her, but again, it is cold out. I bought her a little fleece jacket thing so maybe that will help with the cold.
Anyway, thanks for your input. I just need to be able to hear from other people that they went through this awful time and GOT through it. I don't want to give her back to the breeder. Not to mention losing all the money I spent. |
if you are going to paper train her i suggest you set up a designated area for her to do it at. of course she won't be able to get back into the pen herself to potty. and what i do is if i had to crate mines for whatever reason...rather it be that i am cleaning, have to left to run errands or because its nap time...first thing i do when i let them out is go straight outside to our backyard and give them the command to go potty...once i can account for all 5 doing their business then we come back in and they are free to do what they want...and they are used to having to go outside after being let out of their crate to do their business so once i unzip their soft sided kennel they run for the stairs because they know that's where we are going. no matter how long ago it was from the last time i take them out...i make sure they are taken out right after being let out of the crate. a few times my nieces asked if they could play with them after i had crated them...they didn't take them out as i have told to each time they let them out of the crate...we end up with an accident...so rules here is everytime they are let out of crate they must go outside to do their business first then are they allowed to come back in...and no matter what the weather is like we go outside with them and stay out there to make sure they all did their business before any of us can come in...in extreme weather i have washable peepads out in the garage....which is the way we always go out...so for the ones that don't like to get wet or cold they pee on the pads...
another suggestion...what i found out is that if you want to get your sleep...you can let her sleep with you or at least in the same room with you because they normally don't get up until you do unless they had to potty then they would cry or bark to wake you up...but when they are alone they tend to get up earlier or maybe they really don't even sleep since they are stressed out from being alone...
the key is to set a routine schedule and stick with it...owning a pet means you have to discipline yourself also...meaning you have to do what you need to do rather it be getting out early, going outside and staying out there no matter how warm or cold it is with them so they can relieve themselves....the more you witness them doing their business where you want them to...the more praises and reward you can give them to let them know they got it right...so that they understand what is acceptable and what is not....like i have always told me people....if a dog is misbehaved or untrained it's, there is no one to blame but the owner because it's their responsible to guide their dog in the right direction. they don't come to you programmed to know and understand what is right and wrong. but if the owner take the time to provide the necessary training they will grow into wonderful well behaved pets. just like raising a child...we weren't born with instructions on how to be well mannered humans....parents and everything in life teaches us what is acceptable and what is not...
i hope you don't give up on her and stick it out...because at the end you will be well reward with such an unconditional love....that would make it all worth it.