Puppy Diaper pads! We got them at petco – they are made just like a flat diaper with sticky stuff to stick them to the floor. We put them down right in front of the doggy door where Zoe goes outside, once she got doing that (there is also some smell only for dogs that attacts them to the pad I think) and then moved the pad just outside the door. Then took the pad away and she did her business outside.
But I am a huge fan of doggy doors anyway instead of going outside and letting them go with an audience. We got one that just slides in as a panel next to the door in our sliding glass door out to the patio. Its the small/medium but the German Shepherd gets through it just fine though technically he would be a large/xlarge. Sometimes Zoe and Rex even attempt to go through it a the same time. Yet an adult can not crawl through unlike the one we had when I was growing up and it was the way we got in when we forgot keys (kinda scary I know -but then again since dogs are great crime deterrents, what kind of idiot would stick body parts through the doggy door if you weren’t family to the adorable protective beast inside.
Have you bought the little guy a hard rubber chew toy yet? Those Kong things are great, but expensive. The kids got our dogs a cheapo Hartz brand rubber tire on a rope for Christmas. The boys shredded the rope within minutes, but the rubber tire is still their favorite toy, now four months later–although they occasionally pull part of the tread away and we have to snip off the broken part and remove it. There is something very satisfying for them, it seems, to chew something that seems to fight back a bit–the natural bounce to the rubber.
If he doesn’t take to it right away, smear some peanut butter inside it. That might distract him from your hydrangeas.
Ali, we are FOR the crate it’s the whole transition between it and the outside. We’re learning. After meals we take him out give him 5 min. and if he doesn’t eliminate we put him in his crate for 15 minutes and then try again. Sometimes he’ll do #1 but not #2 or vice versa. When he isn’t in his crate he’s gated in the kitchen or outside. We are getting a routine, Sort of…it wouldn’t be such a big deal if I wasn’t sleep deprived, homeschooling and chasing Eden who is trying to train him single handed.
Tanner, he is very sweet and easy going. I don’t know how intelligent he is…as long as he is able to housetrain I don’t need a Rhodes scholar.
Sherry, he owns a Kong and a rubber ball, a set of plastic keys and several loveys. I did the peanut butter in the Kong Night 1 but it was easier to chase Eden around and lick it off her pants. Night 2 I shoved cream cheese in it. He licked it a little, but it was a little too difficult. It might be the size it’s a smaller one for his size now. Again, it could be his intellect. Juries out. He’s sweet and handsome – that’s what I tell myself.
Amanda, we’re trying to train him to go in a particular area in our yard. Today his favorite spot is the deck. I have thought about the doggy door, but I don’t know if it would work in our home.
As I write he is leaning against my leg, hiccupping.
That’s what we had to keep telling ourselves about Fudge, too. I don’t think Lab puppies are terribly bright. At fourteen months now, we are just beginning to see some intelligence emerging from the little guy. Of course, it could just be Fudge. Yours might just prove to be a precocious pup yet, once he figures out his new surroundings.
Puppy Diaper pads! We got them at petco – they are made just like a flat diaper with sticky stuff to stick them to the floor. We put them down right in front of the doggy door where Zoe goes outside, once she got doing that (there is also some smell only for dogs that attacts them to the pad I think) and then moved the pad just outside the door. Then took the pad away and she did her business outside.
But I am a huge fan of doggy doors anyway instead of going outside and letting them go with an audience. We got one that just slides in as a panel next to the door in our sliding glass door out to the patio. Its the small/medium but the German Shepherd gets through it just fine though technically he would be a large/xlarge. Sometimes Zoe and Rex even attempt to go through it a the same time. Yet an adult can not crawl through unlike the one we had when I was growing up and it was the way we got in when we forgot keys (kinda scary I know -but then again since dogs are great crime deterrents, what kind of idiot would stick body parts through the doggy door if you weren’t family to the adorable protective beast inside.
Have you bought the little guy a hard rubber chew toy yet? Those Kong things are great, but expensive. The kids got our dogs a cheapo Hartz brand rubber tire on a rope for Christmas. The boys shredded the rope within minutes, but the rubber tire is still their favorite toy, now four months later–although they occasionally pull part of the tread away and we have to snip off the broken part and remove it. There is something very satisfying for them, it seems, to chew something that seems to fight back a bit–the natural bounce to the rubber.
If he doesn’t take to it right away, smear some peanut butter inside it. That might distract him from your hydrangeas.
3. posing for pictures. he’s very photogenic and patient for the photographer
are you against cage training?
Ali, we are FOR the crate it’s the whole transition between it and the outside. We’re learning. After meals we take him out give him 5 min. and if he doesn’t eliminate we put him in his crate for 15 minutes and then try again. Sometimes he’ll do #1 but not #2 or vice versa. When he isn’t in his crate he’s gated in the kitchen or outside. We are getting a routine, Sort of…it wouldn’t be such a big deal if I wasn’t sleep deprived, homeschooling and chasing Eden who is trying to train him single handed.
Tanner, he is very sweet and easy going. I don’t know how intelligent he is…as long as he is able to housetrain I don’t need a Rhodes scholar.
Sherry, he owns a Kong and a rubber ball, a set of plastic keys and several loveys. I did the peanut butter in the Kong Night 1 but it was easier to chase Eden around and lick it off her pants. Night 2 I shoved cream cheese in it. He licked it a little, but it was a little too difficult. It might be the size it’s a smaller one for his size now. Again, it could be his intellect. Juries out. He’s sweet and handsome – that’s what I tell myself.
Amanda, we’re trying to train him to go in a particular area in our yard. Today his favorite spot is the deck. I have thought about the doggy door, but I don’t know if it would work in our home.
As I write he is leaning against my leg, hiccupping.
Sweet and handsome.
That’s what we had to keep telling ourselves about Fudge, too. I don’t think Lab puppies are terribly bright. At fourteen months now, we are just beginning to see some intelligence emerging from the little guy. Of course, it could just be Fudge. Yours might just prove to be a precocious pup yet, once he figures out his new surroundings.