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Originally Posted by Maximo  Ann, thank you for the great news that Einstein is finally going to have a permanent home and family.
Sharon, I interpret Ladyjane/Linda's comments as not meaning that pee and poop and smells are of no concern. I believe her point is that 1) breeders should never promise that a dog is potty trained, 2) buyers must be prepared for the likelihood that there will be potty issues when bringing a new dog into the house.
New dogs almost always need to have their roaming freedom limited, they need supervision and extra help in the potty department -- especially if there is another dog already in the house. Another factor is whether or not the first dog is 100% accident free.
If you bring another dog home, the odds are very high that you are going to have potty training challenges.
We brought home Teddy, my second, when he was 8 months old. He was 100% reliably outdoor trained -- not that the breeder told us that, but it was evident the way he pawed at the sliding glass door when he needed to go.
STILL, we had challenges because we needed him to be pad trained, and we had the dynamic of our first dog who was guarding the pads. Took a lot of work, but there are solutions.
First and foremost, roaming freedom in the house must be limited. Supervision, direction, rewards, and so on. In our case, a designated Teddy pad stopped the guarding issue.
The point is, if you want a second dog, be prepared for big challenges that will not be solved overnight or even in 5 days. That goes for not only potty training but many other things too. My boys adore each other, but managing 2 is not effortless. |
I understand your point of view. However, I did my due diligence and told the breeder that I would not keep a dog that lifted his leg to pee, I told her I would buy him on ONE condition, that he did not lift his leg, and that I would return him if he did. She INSISTED he never did. It is not like I bought a dog and brought it home and he peed and pooed all over everything and I decided to take him back! Good lord, I would never do that. Lacy peed everywhere when I first got her, I would not dream of returning her. But when I am promised that a one year old dog does not lift his leg to pee, and is totally pee pad trained, and he comes into my home and lifts his leg and pees on all the furniture and on Lacy's beds, that is not acceptable. I understand it takes time time potty train a dog. But this was not a three month old puppy that can be trained, it is a ONE YEAR OLD dog that lifts his leg to pee on everything. I feel it will be impossible to train him not to do that at one year of age. I talked to my vet and he said once a dog lifts his leg, he will always lift his leg. If I was able to let my dogs outdoors to potty, I would have kept him, however, my dogs are indoor dogs, so I can't do that. I simply do not want a house smelling of pee because there is pee all over my furniture.