Maybe I'm overcompensating for lack of posting, but I thought I would tell you about the woes of housetraining Lola. It could be that she's stubborn. It could be that we're inattentive parents. Maybe it's a combination of both. Whatever the case, this 3-month old puppy just does not want to wait till she gets outside to go potty. When we physically take her outside, she goes just fine, and we always make sure to praise her, but when she's inside, she doesn't get that she should go to the door because it's not okay to just go wherever she happens to be standing at the time. We do keep her in a crate while we're out and while she's sleeping, and I don't think she's had an accident in there for a while, so I'm pretty sure she can hold it...it's just a matter of whether or not she wants to.
Here is an abbreviated list of the places in our house where Lola has peed and/or pooped:
-Under our bed
-On our bed
-In Lily's crate
-On every inch of carpeted surface we have
-On the hardwood floor in the living room
-On the couch
and everywhere in between.
When we got Lily, as you know, she was four months old, and she took a few months to get used to going outside, so I'm hoping Lola will just grow out of it, but does anyone have any tips on how to get her to actually go to the door when she has to go?
Thanks, as always!
3 comments:
Maybe it's because this website contains NO pictures of Lola in the slideshow.
If it was me and my older sister was hogging all of the limelight (Rush), I'd be pretty piss-y (pun) too (or 2 - like #2).
That last paragraph was full of shit!
It would have been funny if your list included things like the following:
* Guy's sack lunch he takes to work
* Guy's pile of speeding tickets
* Lily's machette from Vietnam (what?!)
* The mailbox
* Caity's tickets to Wrestlemania
* Lily's mullet
* On Hannity and Colmes (I can't stand those 2)
* In the toilet
On a serious note, maybe try the bell-on-the-door trick? We tried it with Sally and she picked it up the first time. (Sally has her GED and has gone on to further education)
Ringing the bell = potty time outside. If they ring the bell, outside they go. Even if they bump in to it, you gotta take them out.
Also - do you always take both out at the same time? Or 1 here and 1 there?
PS - I can't pass this one up but the word verication below is "homical." Is that a combination of homicidal and comical? If so, that's totally awesome and cool, Zeus.
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