I must have been truly blessed with my wild child. I started out taking Sparky outside every little bit. But then he developed tapeworms and the vet said he could have picked it up outside from the other dogs feces. We live in an apartment complex (on the third floor, I might add). The vet recommended that I paper train him until he got older and had more shots. This was when he was six weeks old. He is now 12 weeks old and is almost 100 percent paper trained. I put paper in the kitchen and one bathroom. He will usually pee on the one in the kitchen, and goes to the one in the bathroom to poop. (don't know why, but if it works don't fix it). I plan to begin training him to go outside (like his older step-sister Cindy) after his next shot series, if the vet okays it. He took some watching and spot cleaning, but he is such a joy. He has me well trained. He has finally weasled himself into sleeping in bed with my husband and me. We all slept through the night last night for the first time since December 23, 2006. HALLELULAH!!!!! What did I ever do without my little wild child? |