Thanks for the advice. Now I have a dilemma as I certainly don't want to put him at risk. I think he was mostly afraid of the dark rather than the cold. He has made a lot of progress since my last update and now seems to get the cue words and has linked his business to the treat that comes after it. So we can get the visit over and done with in just a couple of minutes - if it takes any long or looks unhappy I ask him to come back inside with me. I even think he's fetching me to open the door - not sure. Seems a bit unlikely for his age but he does seem to. We've have a few poops around the house when I've not been good enough to read his signals but retrospectively I realise he was signalling I just didn't get it quick enough. I am definitely going to have to make sure he doesn't get too cold.
He's too young to go walking yet - we are restricted to playing in the garden and the house in the day. He likes to chase me and I like that game too. He's learnt that there's a shortcut path and he cuts through to head me off.
I wondered about getting one of those doggy toilet pads that look like grass and teaching him to use that in the house. Has anyone tried those?
Thanks for your advice. |