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lemonlauren · 03-10-2009, 06:36 PM

Quicksilver, maybe instead of officially restarting the count, you can kinda change the way you report progress... Like, you can now say "Thor has only had x accidents over the last y days, and he's had zero accidents at all over the last z consecutive days!" And if you want, you could throw how 'close' he was when he had those accidents. That's what I'd do anyhow, lol. A little potty algebra, whoohoo.

Nikko has only had two accidents in about a month and a half, and he's ONE DAY AWAY from having made it a full 30 consecutive days with no accidents! Tomorrow will also mark 7 days since his neuter, and he can finally stop wearing the onesies and feel free to lick his junk again. He's a happy doggie, and we're feeling like pretty happy parents right now too. :-)

I really have no right to be complaining, but one thing that's driving me nuts is his obsessive need to be outside all the time. Here lately, we've been just leaving the door to his fenced potty zone open during the day while it's warm, or else we'd be going to open the door for him every two minutes. I wish we had a sliding glass door, so we could get a cool doggie door for him... hm. I've even had thoughts about forefiting my rental deposit so we can cut a hole in the regular door and put an old-fashioned doggie door in it, lol. He's just not satisfied unless he is constantly able to go outside, then back in, then back out, then back in, all the time. Even at night when it's cold, he wants to go out, then he immediately realizes it's freakin' cold and he doesn't actually have to pee, so he scratches at the door to come back in.

Lauren & Nikko

QuickSilver · 03-10-2009, 07:03 PM

Yaaaay, Lauren and Nikko! You did it!

I've decided not to re-start the count. We all know how Thor can demonstrate his disagreement if he wishes. I think his intentions were good. He was next to the pad, and looking straight at me. "Look, Mommy! I'm peeing on the wall, just like you taught me! Time for peanut butter!"

Also, I moved the pad and Thor moved his business with it, so he knows it's the pad, not the place. That was important to me.

We're close to two weeks!

ralphmaddy · 03-11-2009, 08:52 AM

Wow after reading every post on here I now see that I am not the only one suffering with potty training but I still don't know what to do.. Roxy is in the kennel now but now I'm thinking its to big for her because she poops and then plays with it like its a toy in her kennel WTH lol!!!! I work a 9 1/2 hour day so I am only able to go home for 30 mins so I figured I'd cut the 9 1/2 hours and go at lunch to check on her...What suggestions does anyone have to block off the kennel. I don't think a cardboard is good because she is in her I want to bite everything in site mode... I don't know if I'm doing this crate training right

She is only 3.5 months old.. I wanted to get a head start for my father since I'm going on vacation and he is going to watch her for me...

ParrotLady · 03-11-2009, 02:19 PM

Our dear

Penny is so unpredictable! She goes most of the time on her pad, but the out of the blue goes somewhere else.

This morning she did BOTH potty and poo on the pad, then an hour later she left another set elsewhere.

Oh well, I forgot to mention that this morning was the FIRST time she left poo on the pad.

So no complaints really, just expressing my lack of understanding her dog brain.

shannonroselive · 03-11-2009, 02:26 PM

Am I allowed to brag here? I don't usually but this amazed me! I'm not sure what day we're on but still no accidents from Curly Mac and we've opened her up to 2 rooms now instead of just the one. Anyway, I wasn't well yesterday and was laying down, nursing a migrane. Curly was up there on the bed with me, playing and cuddling a bit. Then she was walking around and I didn't look because it hurt to open my eyes but then I heard a bump! Curly Mac jumped down off the bed, which is a bit high, and ran to the bathroom to pee on her wee wee pad!!! A couple weeks ago, she pissed right on my bed a couple times, crapped on my sons bed and didn't think a thing about it! How proud am I of this little bugger?!?!

shannonroselive · 03-11-2009, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ParrotLady

Our dear

Penny is so unpredictable! She goes most of the time on her pad, but the out of the blue goes somewhere else.

This morning she did BOTH potty and poo on the pad, then an hour later she left another set elsewhere.

Oh well, I forgot to mention that this morning was the FIRST time she left poo on the pad.

So no complaints really, just expressing my lack of understanding her dog brain.

Yay Penny! For the one set ON the pad. That's the part I look forward to seeing every day. Keepin it on the pad baby!

ParrotLady · 03-11-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by shannonroselive

Am I allowed to brag here? I don't usually but this amazed me! I'm not sure what day we're on but still no accidents from Curly Mac and we've opened her up to 2 rooms now instead of just the one. Anyway, I wasn't well yesterday and was laying down, nursing a migrane. Curly was up there on the bed with me, playing and cuddling a bit. Then she was walking around and I didn't look because it hurt to open my eyes but then I heard a bump! Curly Mac jumped down off the bed, which is a bit high, and ran to the bathroom to pee on her wee wee pad!!! A couple weeks ago, she pissed right on my bed a couple times, crapped on my sons bed and didn't think a thing about it! How proud am I of this little bugger?!?!

Yea Curly Mac!!

golfbooboo · 03-11-2009, 05:25 PM

I have noticed Katy does pretty well unless we change routine. Simple things like me taking her to the kitchen to eat, etc. This morning my husband went to the kitchen to get our coffee (we read the paper in bed) and it upset Katy and she peed on the hardwood floors. On another subject, I bought her a doggie stroller and she LOVES it! I was worried she wouldn't like it. The first one to make it 30 days with no accidents should get a prize. Good luck. One day at a time..

Sweetlips6 · 03-11-2009, 07:33 PM

I am SOOOOOO depressed!!

ParrotLady · 03-11-2009, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweetlips6

I am SOOOOOO depressed!!

Why are you soooo depressed?

We are here for you to unload. Most of us here are all fighting the same battle on this thread. These little hard headed buggers (

's) are worth it, that is what we have to keep in mind.

lemonlauren · 03-11-2009, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweetlips6

I am SOOOOOO depressed!!

Yeah, go on and complain to us! For real, we understand. Potty training is $%&@^%#$* difficult....!!!

chloesMama · 03-11-2009, 10:42 PM

OK now I have a weird potty situation

Chloe goes on potty pads and Sydney goes outside...well tonight Sydney seemed to realize that Chloe doesn't have to leave the house to pee...so Sydney walks over and pees on Chloe's potty pad

Well when Chloe pees it's a small amount being she's so tiny...but Sydney is 10 lbs. so she left a hugh pee spot and then Chloe wouldn't get on the pad with Sydney's pee on it...( can't blame her there)

SO ....how do I train a dog not to use a potty pad when her sister is

Oh Lordy , just when its going good...hopefully it was just a one time " I have to pee so bad I can't wait " deal on Syd's part. She has never tried to use a potty pad and never showed any intrest in Chloe's pad till tonight. She's been trained to potty outside for years and it's like she just went..."hey , why does SHE get to pee in the house?"

Good luck everyone...Thor and Nikko sound like they are doing really well

lemonlauren · 03-11-2009, 11:12 PM

Quicksilver, the moving the pad thing sounds like really good news! I think other people have already suggested this, but have to tried putting something in the middle of the pad? Or are you just counting on him learning that squatting is the thing to do on pads. He's doing so well at least getting to the pad, I'm honestly really impressed he squats there the majority of the time instead of just lifting his leg every time (or at least more often). Bloody good news, mate. :-)

Chloesmama, lol I don't know what to tell you, but personally I think it's awesome! Just shows how smart Sydney is, if you ask me!

Hopefully it won't become a regular thing, and she'll just use it when she's extra lazy, lol. Sometimes I wish I had some way to be lazy when I have to pee in the middle of the night....

Lauren & Nikko

QuickSilver · 03-11-2009, 11:22 PM

Actually, no, I hadn't thought about putting something in the middle of the pad. What do you suggest?

Thor's hilarious on the pad. He does just as much circling and sniffing on his little 2 x 2 square as he would on a full city block. Sometimes he's really close to the edge, but 99% have been totally on the pad.

Oh, and he's finally resorted to completely fake pees. I guess the two dozen times he's already going per day do not provide him with enough access to the refrigerator. It's like he's an addict! He was soooooo sad when I didn't give him a treat just for squatting. At some point, I'm going to have to stop giving him treats for every little drop. Should I start weaning him off now, or wait until the end of thirty days? I'm worried at that point he'll be shocked if his treats dry up.

For Chloesmama, I have to agree with lemonlauren, it sounds like Sydney is thinking outside of the box, as it were. Does he get a treat for going outside? I assume Chloe is still going indoors because she's too young for outdoors training? I'm not sure what the best solution is, but I'm thinking if Sydney only gets treats outside, he'll give up on the indoor peeing. He's trying to diversify his treat stream.

lemonlauren · 03-11-2009, 11:50 PM

Well, I've seen cute little fake fire hydrants on sale for this purpose, but lmao that seems a little over the top to me. I think a few people on here have suggested filling a plastic soda bottle of some sort (I don't know what size) with rocks, and sitting that up in the middle of the pad. I think even human males will agree that peeing is more fun when there's something to aim at, and it certainly motivates them to be more accurate! The only issue some have had is that their boys decide that the rock-filled soda can is a toy that needs to be drug around around the room, not a stationary object that's convenient to pee at... dunno how Thor would feel about it, but I suppose you could try it. Then I guess you'd just rinse it off every so often? Ha - I don't know. :-)

Fake pees are funny, and I think it's awesome that Thor is catching on so well that he has developed the idea to try faking. After we caught on that Nikko was starting to fake, we never rewarded them and his fakes diminished quickly (though he still tries one every once in awhile, just to keep us on our toes). I don't have any idea what to do about the excess of tiny pees though... Nikko does the same thing. If he's bored and I'm not paying as much attention to him as he wants, he'll go ring the bell every few minutes to be let out (if the door isn't open), and he'll pee for me almost every time too, but only teeny bits. I'm at a loss too.

It's only been today, our day 30, that I've finally gotten brave enough to ignore some of his bell rings when I am 110% positive he's already pooped and he must have already gotten all his pee out thanks to five outside trips in the 10 minutes before, lol. If you really want to do something, maybe give him a bit of food as his treat occasionally instead of his tasty treats, but at this stage I would be scared to stop treating at all for any of his "good" pees. We just started giving YYs occasionally for potty treats instead of the peanut butter chips all the time, and I hope to gradually switch over to his food maybe? I don't know, we'll see.

Lauren & Nikko

03-10-2009, 06:36 PM	#76
lemonlauren YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nevada Posts: 454	Quicksilver, maybe instead of officially restarting the count, you can kinda change the way you report progress... Like, you can now say "Thor has only had x accidents over the last y days, and he's had zero accidents at all over the last z consecutive days!" And if you want, you could throw how 'close' he was when he had those accidents. That's what I'd do anyhow, lol. A little potty algebra, whoohoo. Nikko has only had two accidents in about a month and a half, and he's ONE DAY AWAY from having made it a full 30 consecutive days with no accidents! Tomorrow will also mark 7 days since his neuter, and he can finally stop wearing the onesies and feel free to lick his junk again. He's a happy doggie, and we're feeling like pretty happy parents right now too. :-) I really have no right to be complaining, but one thing that's driving me nuts is his obsessive need to be outside all the time. Here lately, we've been just leaving the door to his fenced potty zone open during the day while it's warm, or else we'd be going to open the door for him every two minutes. I wish we had a sliding glass door, so we could get a cool doggie door for him... hm. I've even had thoughts about forefiting my rental deposit so we can cut a hole in the regular door and put an old-fashioned doggie door in it, lol. He's just not satisfied unless he is constantly able to go outside, then back in, then back out, then back in, all the time. Even at night when it's cold, he wants to go out, then he immediately realizes it's freakin' cold and he doesn't actually have to pee, so he scratches at the door to come back in. Lauren & Nikko Last edited by lemonlauren; 03-10-2009 at 06:38 PM.

03-10-2009, 07:03 PM	#77
QuickSilver Thor's Human Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,929 Blog Entries: 31	Yaaaay, Lauren and Nikko! You did it! I've decided not to re-start the count. We all know how Thor can demonstrate his disagreement if he wishes. I think his intentions were good. He was next to the pad, and looking straight at me. "Look, Mommy! I'm peeing on the wall, just like you taught me! Time for peanut butter!" Also, I moved the pad and Thor moved his business with it, so he knows it's the pad, not the place. That was important to me. We're close to two weeks! __________________ If you love something, set it free. Unless it's an angry tiger.

03-11-2009, 08:52 AM	#78
ralphmaddy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Jersey Posts: 193	Wow after reading every post on here I now see that I am not the only one suffering with potty training but I still don't know what to do.. Roxy is in the kennel now but now I'm thinking its to big for her because she poops and then plays with it like its a toy in her kennel WTH lol!!!! I work a 9 1/2 hour day so I am only able to go home for 30 mins so I figured I'd cut the 9 1/2 hours and go at lunch to check on her...What suggestions does anyone have to block off the kennel. I don't think a cardboard is good because she is in her I want to bite everything in site mode... I don't know if I'm doing this crate training right She is only 3.5 months old.. I wanted to get a head start for my father since I'm going on vacation and he is going to watch her for me... __________________ Roxy's Mommy

03-11-2009, 05:25 PM	#83
golfbooboo Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 49	I have noticed Katy does pretty well unless we change routine. Simple things like me taking her to the kitchen to eat, etc. This morning my husband went to the kitchen to get our coffee (we read the paper in bed) and it upset Katy and she peed on the hardwood floors. On another subject, I bought her a doggie stroller and she LOVES it! I was worried she wouldn't like it. The first one to make it 30 days with no accidents should get a prize. Good luck. One day at a time.. __________________ Golfbooboo

03-11-2009, 10:42 PM	#87
chloesMama YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: here :) Posts: 1,182	OK now I have a weird potty situation Chloe goes on potty pads and Sydney goes outside...well tonight Sydney seemed to realize that Chloe doesn't have to leave the house to pee...so Sydney walks over and pees on Chloe's potty pad Well when Chloe pees it's a small amount being she's so tiny...but Sydney is 10 lbs. so she left a hugh pee spot and then Chloe wouldn't get on the pad with Sydney's pee on it...( can't blame her there) SO ....how do I train a dog not to use a potty pad when her sister is Oh Lordy , just when its going good...hopefully it was just a one time " I have to pee so bad I can't wait " deal on Syd's part. She has never tried to use a potty pad and never showed any intrest in Chloe's pad till tonight. She's been trained to potty outside for years and it's like she just went..."hey , why does SHE get to pee in the house?" Good luck everyone...Thor and Nikko sound like they are doing really well __________________ *Chloe & Sydney*

03-11-2009, 02:19 PM	#79
ParrotLady Donating YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ross, TX Posts: 259	Our dear Penny is so unpredictable! She goes most of the time on her pad, but the out of the blue goes somewhere else. This morning she did BOTH potty and poo on the pad, then an hour later she left another set elsewhere. Oh well, I forgot to mention that this morning was the FIRST time she left poo on the pad. So no complaints really, just expressing my lack of understanding her dog brain.

03-11-2009, 02:26 PM	#80
shannonroselive Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Where ever the wind blows! Posts: 612	Am I allowed to brag here? I don't usually but this amazed me! I'm not sure what day we're on but still no accidents from Curly Mac and we've opened her up to 2 rooms now instead of just the one. Anyway, I wasn't well yesterday and was laying down, nursing a migrane. Curly was up there on the bed with me, playing and cuddling a bit. Then she was walking around and I didn't look because it hurt to open my eyes but then I heard a bump! Curly Mac jumped down off the bed, which is a bit high, and ran to the bathroom to pee on her wee wee pad!!! A couple weeks ago, she pissed right on my bed a couple times, crapped on my sons bed and didn't think a thing about it! How proud am I of this little bugger?!?!

03-11-2009, 07:33 PM	#84
Sweetlips6 YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Taft, TN, US Posts: 603	I am SOOOOOO depressed!!

03-11-2009, 11:12 PM	#88
lemonlauren YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nevada Posts: 454	Quicksilver, the moving the pad thing sounds like really good news! I think other people have already suggested this, but have to tried putting something in the middle of the pad? Or are you just counting on him learning that squatting is the thing to do on pads. He's doing so well at least getting to the pad, I'm honestly really impressed he squats there the majority of the time instead of just lifting his leg every time (or at least more often). Bloody good news, mate. :-) Chloesmama, lol I don't know what to tell you, but personally I think it's awesome! Just shows how smart Sydney is, if you ask me! Hopefully it won't become a regular thing, and she'll just use it when she's extra lazy, lol. Sometimes I wish I had some way to be lazy when I have to pee in the middle of the night.... Lauren & Nikko

03-11-2009, 11:22 PM	#89
QuickSilver Thor's Human Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,929 Blog Entries: 31	Actually, no, I hadn't thought about putting something in the middle of the pad. What do you suggest? Thor's hilarious on the pad. He does just as much circling and sniffing on his little 2 x 2 square as he would on a full city block. Sometimes he's really close to the edge, but 99% have been totally on the pad. Oh, and he's finally resorted to completely fake pees. I guess the two dozen times he's already going per day do not provide him with enough access to the refrigerator. It's like he's an addict! He was soooooo sad when I didn't give him a treat just for squatting. At some point, I'm going to have to stop giving him treats for every little drop. Should I start weaning him off now, or wait until the end of thirty days? I'm worried at that point he'll be shocked if his treats dry up. For Chloesmama, I have to agree with lemonlauren, it sounds like Sydney is thinking outside of the box, as it were. Does he get a treat for going outside? I assume Chloe is still going indoors because she's too young for outdoors training? I'm not sure what the best solution is, but I'm thinking if Sydney only gets treats outside, he'll give up on the indoor peeing. He's trying to diversify his treat stream. __________________ If you love something, set it free. Unless it's an angry tiger. Last edited by QuickSilver; 03-11-2009 at 11:26 PM.

03-11-2009, 11:50 PM	#90
lemonlauren YT Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Nevada Posts: 454	Well, I've seen cute little fake fire hydrants on sale for this purpose, but lmao that seems a little over the top to me. I think a few people on here have suggested filling a plastic soda bottle of some sort (I don't know what size) with rocks, and sitting that up in the middle of the pad. I think even human males will agree that peeing is more fun when there's something to aim at, and it certainly motivates them to be more accurate! The only issue some have had is that their boys decide that the rock-filled soda can is a toy that needs to be drug around around the room, not a stationary object that's convenient to pee at... dunno how Thor would feel about it, but I suppose you could try it. Then I guess you'd just rinse it off every so often? Ha - I don't know. :-) Fake pees are funny, and I think it's awesome that Thor is catching on so well that he has developed the idea to try faking. After we caught on that Nikko was starting to fake, we never rewarded them and his fakes diminished quickly (though he still tries one every once in awhile, just to keep us on our toes). I don't have any idea what to do about the excess of tiny pees though... Nikko does the same thing. If he's bored and I'm not paying as much attention to him as he wants, he'll go ring the bell every few minutes to be let out (if the door isn't open), and he'll pee for me almost every time too, but only teeny bits. I'm at a loss too. It's only been today, our day 30, that I've finally gotten brave enough to ignore some of his bell rings when I am 110% positive he's already pooped and he must have already gotten all his pee out thanks to five outside trips in the 10 minutes before, lol. If you really want to do something, maybe give him a bit of food as his treat occasionally instead of his tasty treats, but at this stage I would be scared to stop treating at all for any of his "good" pees. We just started giving YYs occasionally for potty treats instead of the peanut butter chips all the time, and I hope to gradually switch over to his food maybe? I don't know, we'll see. Lauren & Nikko