So it can be done! Good news. Now - how to convince Max of this fact?
I have him leashed right now because he's still peeing in illegal spots, so he needs to know that Mommy has her eyes on him all of the time. He peed under a chair in the kitchen today - there was a pee pad 3 inches away. He spent 2 hours in the crate after I yelled like mad woman. I know you're not supposed to yell, but he can know that THE BOSS (me) does not approve.
Anyway, since he's leashed anyway, I have left him leashed surrounded by about 5 or 6 papers and he will hold it for hours. He's always been able to hold it for up to 8 hours. The vet said it's okay. Maybe I should just leave him there until he just goes in the morning. This morning I gave in and took him out because I had to be somewhere at 10 AM and I had to crate him before I left.
I know that going outside and inside only on the paper is probably very confusing for him. What really annoys me are two things - he was completely paper trained before he went into puberty and I know that some of this is just his trying to be dominant.
Thanks for your support. Any advice would be really appreciated.
Thanks,
Judy |