Originally Posted by Deadbug  Ok. So here's a bit of a story (and a source of contention between me and dh)
I primarily work from home, so the dogs have inherently become my responsibility. Issy is a mere 5 months old and, I'm convinced, about as smart as robbing a police station. Potty training has become a nightmare. In fact, it's the book that nightmares are usually derived from.
So "No No" likes to eat stuff. Anything. Doesn't have to be food. Heck, it doesn't even have to taste good. As long as it's off limits, she'll "hoove" it off the floor, ground, sidewalk...what have you. I should have have named her Hoover. Now imagine if you will, me constantly chasing after her to retrieve whatever it is she's found and you got yourself a new Olympic sport that rivals the physical demands of any triathlon I've ever witnessed. The whole event is much like a track and field event and by the end, I'm usually ready for a nap. I swear, I'm getting old.
Compound that with the idea that she's taken with the notion of shredding the pee pad in micron size pieces. This, of course, only happens when I'm not looking and always after Gabby has used it. It almost feels like she's trying to get rid of evidence of the event ever happening, even though, I've explained that it's perfectly ok to pee "there".
So 2 days ago, I get up in the morning and once again, proceed with what has becomes my daily task of cleaning out, vacuuming up and wiping down the ex pen. I have plastic on the bottom to protect the floor. Initially, the idea was to take it up and toss it when it's reached it's life expectancy. This, of course has grown from once every 2 weeks to several times a day. Somehow, Issy manages to pull up the "floor" and chew on it, which, eliminates the idea of it's protective qualities. Remember when I said it didn't have to be food? Yeah. That.
Now the ex pen is a place I put the girls when I simply cannot be directly on top of them. It's adequately furnished with a bed, bowls, a pee pad and no less than 5 toys that are rotated daily to combat a possibility of boredom. The amount of time they spend in there is never extended beyond a few hours and the occasions are as few as possible.
back to the point...
Later that afternoon, I came through the diningroom to once again discover Hurricane Issy. Again, the pee pad is shredded, the stuffing ripped out of a baby and she's sitting there with a seemingly innocent look on her face as though she had no idea what she did. I might add, she likes to pee next to the pee pad, not on it. So here we go again.... clean out, wipe down, vacuum up. *sigh*
I bring her outside to play. In the space of 30 minutes, "Hoover" has sucked up 7 different things, that I had to retrieve. Leaves, sticks, globs of dirt and god knows what else. I swear I saw her consume at least 3 ants. Honest to god, I do feed this dog an adequate, balanced diet. The ant, I could probably toss into the 'protein' category.
I gotta step out. So I place the dogs in their freshly cleaned (for the second time that day) ex pen, and leave for a few hours. Upon my return, I was met with perhaps the foulest, most heinous mess I've ever witnessed. The pee pad was shredded, the 'floor' chewed, there was poo from one end to the other, upon both dogs bed, the plastic panels of the pen, all 5 toys and poor Gabby was sporting a skunk style streak of poo straight down her spine. In fact, it appeared as though Issy had picked little Gabs up and wiped her butt with her. Issy, once again, sat there with a seemingly innocent look.
So to answer your question...
Yes. Yes she has poo'd in inappropriate places. Oh yes she has!
Someone explain to me what the heck I was thinking when I decided to get another puppy!? |