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01-28-2010, 12:08 PM | #1 |
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| Why won't he tell me??? I'm getting frustrated with Reesie. He was doing so good with the potty training thing, and then it seems like this last week or so he is just not doing very well. I've cleaned up three spots already. He is 6 months old. Is this still normal for his age? I've tried the bell on the door for a few months now, but he is just not getting it. He will not tell me that he has to go, he just goes in the house somewhere. I've tried to be consistent and take him out every hour or so, but sometimes when I think he's gone he will come in and pee on the floor. Why won't he tell me???
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01-28-2010, 12:20 PM | #2 |
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| Try rewarding him with a little piece of cheese after he's gone and make a really big deal out of it - I mean - when he's gone outside. You said "when I think he's gone?" Are you watching him and making certain that he has gone before you bring him in? Keep up with the bell, rewarding him, and make it a really big deal and get super excited when he has done well and make over him like he's the best lil guy in the world. He will get it. Are you helping him ring the bells on the door each and every time you take him out? They usually get that really fast. He's young yet, so don't give up. Just be consistent.
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01-28-2010, 12:44 PM | #3 | |
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I try to take him out every time, but sometimes I have to send him out by himself and then I watch him from the window if I'm busy. As for the bell, I rang it myself for the first week and said "Go potty!" Then the next week I tried to lift his paw to ring the bell himself and he thought I was playing every time. Then I tried to tap his nose on the bell, but that didn't work either. I just went back to ringing it myself, but that is not getting through to him. We've been doing this for about three months now. Maybe I should get a different kind of bell and start over with him? Or, do you think that he is just not going to get it? I mean it has been 3 months! LOL!
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01-28-2010, 01:09 PM | #4 |
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| I have about four bells on my ribbons hanging from the doorknobs. Big bells. You aren't being consistent. Sorry! Not being mean. Ring the bell with his nose. That is how he'll learn. He won't learn if you do it. You are the one learning then. If you don't go out with him, then you can't know if he really went. Also, if he did go, you would not be there to make the big deal about it that he needs you to make. He wants you to brag on him and be proud of him, so once he catches on that it is wonderful that he's going outside and you make a big deal and he gets a reward to boot then he'll try to please you.
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01-28-2010, 01:42 PM | #5 |
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| yes, consistency is key. As frustrating as it may be, you need to keep on top of potty training. Maggie and Hot Rod have trained me very well with the bells, I ring and they come running to go out, lol. They are afraid to touch the bells. You need to watch them like a hawk...he probably is telling you but you do not see the signs. Just last night Maggie was wanting to go out and she was acting very different than I've seen her act-not anything like her normal wanting attention because she is princess behaviour but something a little differentl and she even jumped up on daddy's lap. She then gave up and went over to the pad. I then asked if she wanted to go to daddy's garage (we have pads in there because it's been cold) and sure enough, she went poop. She is so proud when she does, she comes over to me and lets me know whenever I'm not paying attention, she is relentless, she will paw at my legs until I look at the pad...she knows she gets a treat for pottying. lol You will need to learn their behaviour and what it is that is just so slightly different when they need/want something. Good luck and just be consistent, it will click one day!
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