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Originally Posted by Khoojy  Hi there,
It has been a while since my last posting/comments here. Was pretty tied up with my work and having headaches with Bailey (5 mths old female).
She has been with me for 5 weeks and I'm running out of ideas on how to train her, even the with the basic stuff like response to her own name. She is still behaving like a wild puppy even tho I have tried to potty train, teach her some tricks and etc.
Here's the problem:
- she does not response to me, even when I call her or try to interact with her
- she refuse to poo at the wee pad (yes, refuse coz she will pee at that spot but she will purposely poo outside of the wee pad. Once she poo, she will look very guilty). She used to poo at the right place when she was 2-3 weeks with me. She started to act up in this 2 weeks.
- she ate her own poo (never fail)
- she will bark and make noise in the middle of the night (2 am, 3 towards 4 am). When she was 4 mths old, She used to bark at that time and I would bring her to her wee pad where she will poo and pee. But now, all she does is to sit and look at u. I have waited with her more than 10 mins but she won't do her business. The moment I put her back to her cage, she will pee / poo and ate it
Due to all this, in the past 5 weeks I have been having sleepless night, feeling tired at the office and feeling cranky all the time. The moment I come home, the whole place will smell of poo coz she will step over her poo while I'm not around.
I tried to stick to some routine, wake up at 5 am, feed her ad waited for 30 mins for her to poo but she won't. It's as tho she will only do it when I'm not around.
I have to admit I have been yelling at her all the time, scolding her and being so angry at her more than pampering her in this 2 weeks. I think she is traumatized with how I response to her but she will never fail to tick me off the edge. I tried to be nice to her but she will always do things in a total opposite.
I had a boy Tezel who is going to be 3 years next month and I have never encounter such problem before. He got his down side too but never has he pushed to this stage. I'm this close thinking of finding her a new home but I would really like to keep her with me.
If any of you experience similar challenges, please help me out. I'm really desperate for some advise here. |
Have you tried crate training her? I am no expert by any means I am just a new mommy just had our baby for 2 weeks today. It seems as if since I have started crate training things seem better. I have found a wealth of knowledge here and by googling how to do some things.
Yelling at her isn't gong to do much good although I am sure you are tired and frustrated wit it all. It does take a lot of patience with this potty training thing.
Have you tried the pineapple in her food. It has seemed to work pretty well for us. Mysty isn't eating her Poo anymore since I read that on here.
Give her some exercise time to wear her out to sleep and I only let Mysty stay out for about 15 minutes if she doesn't do anything in that time I brig her back n and hang onto her I never let her run until I know she has done her business.
Try and calm down and let her know she is loved and praise, praise, praise and I give little treats when she does go potty. Using words and being consistent like when she is whining use Quiet in stern voice and then praising her when she does by saying Good Girl.
Good Luck with your sweet little bundle this too shall pass.
