Potty training, hmmm...

She's perfectly safe in the pen also, so if we have to leave her there and go back in the house we can. The accidents usually happen when we are pressed for time and impatient. Frustrating, but we have to change the way we are doing it so she doesn't think she can just poop in the house
It's all about the timing (at least that's what I found) ..I fed Finnie a raw diet and it didn't go through him like kibble did (usually 30 minutes after). He usually only went twice a day so he caught on to this fairly quick (especially once I realized that in the mornings he needed to have 2 poops before we could come back in the house, otherwise he'd have a poop accident lol).
Worked so well at 5 months he had diarrhea and at 3 am I wanted him to go in the house and he wouldn't:ROFLMAO:...bad mommy I know but I wanted to crawl back in bed...had to take him outside lol.
Of course it does get much easier as they get older, just don't let down your guard lol...that's when accidents happen!
 
It's all about the timing (at least that's what I found) ..I fed Finnie a raw diet and it didn't go through him like kibble did (usually 30 minutes after). He usually only went twice a day so he caught on to this fairly quick (especially once I realized that in the mornings he needed to have 2 poops before we could come back in the house, otherwise he'd have a poop accident lol).
Worked so well at 5 months he had diarrhea and at 3 am I wanted him to go in the house and he wouldn't:ROFLMAO:...bad mommy I know but I wanted to crawl back in bed...had to take him outside lol.
Of course it does get much easier as they get older, just don't let down your guard lol...that's when accidents happen!
Yep, when we're tired!!!
 
Karen, best thing I ever did was teach the "go piddle" and "go poop" commands. It really helps if you ever travel with them and they need to go when you want them to! Just repeat the commands as she's going, and treat.
 
Karen, best thing I ever did was teach the "go piddle" and "go poop" commands. It really helps if you ever travel with them and they need to go when you want them to! Just repeat the commands as she's going, and treat.
Minnie has the pee command down, and treat, she sits for them too! The pooping thing no, we've confused her, but well get there
 
For some reason,one of my neighbors dog's would go pee for me on command, but not her!
She would bring her over and with me on my balcony Lily would go potty right underneath on a patch of grass.
Gavin was really good as well, but now that he can't hear.... guess I should have had a hand signal for go pee?
 
For some reason,one of my neighbors dog's would go pee for me on command, but not her!
She would bring her over and with me on my balcony Lily would go potty right underneath on a patch of grass.
Gavin was really good as well, but now that he can't hear.... guess I should have had a hand signal for go pee?
:yuckyuck A hand signal for pee would be interesting :yuckyuck
 
We have the commands as well, go potty is pee and go poopy is poop.

Brodie is funny; he goes 'potty' in one area of the yard which is where we always bring Kooper - it is our official dog area - unmarked - but both know to head there to do their business. But for poo, he can't seem to poo where he pees - he is very particular. He prefers to poo in our front yard or right behind the house. But the particular thing is, he only poos on the perimeter. We have low rock walls along my garden beds - he poos right along those beds. Even though he hasn't stuck to our official potty area, he's easy to pick up after.

With Brodie, we got pee daytime (piece of cake) and pee overnight (he only went out during the night like the first 2 nights when I woke him). Pee evening was a LONG time coming because evening is the witching hour when we become crazed, playful, psycho puppy for a few hours. He ended up wearing a wrap for that for some time; easy solution due to the male anatomy! Poo was easiest to judge because it coincided with food - what goes in must come out! But then just when we were patting ourselves on the backs for such a quick potty training with Brodie, he started pooping inside! Teenage angst, whatever, I think WE were trained but he hadn't gotten it yet.

He now, at 7 months on Saturday, can hold his bladder for ages, will try and tell us when he has to go which sometimes includes going to our powder room and barking if we don't get what he is saying immediately. Our first doxie was reliable unless it was cold or wet out, our current doxie was not reliable until 5 years of age. Brodie was a breeze even though I remember being so frustrated, and tired which doesn't help with frustration, for a few weeks that he wasn't getting it. Minnie will get it, just be prepared for a backslide which can happen later on - like she may suddenly get it with one and forget it with the other for a bit.

Our trainer says it takes 7 weeks for something to move from the short memory part of the brain to the long term memory part of the brain but there is a break in between the two when the memory seems totally lost. Not sure if it is scientific or not, but seemed to go along with our experience with Brodie.
 
We have the commands as well, go potty is pee and go poopy is poop.

Brodie is funny; he goes 'potty' in one area of the yard which is where we always bring Kooper - it is our official dog area - unmarked - but both know to head there to do their business. But for poo, he can't seem to poo where he pees - he is very particular. He prefers to poo in our front yard or right behind the house. But the particular thing is, he only poos on the perimeter. We have low rock walls along my garden beds - he poos right along those beds. Even though he hasn't stuck to our official potty area, he's easy to pick up after.

With Brodie, we got pee daytime (piece of cake) and pee overnight (he only went out during the night like the first 2 nights when I woke him). Pee evening was a LONG time coming because evening is the witching hour when we become crazed, playful, psycho puppy for a few hours. He ended up wearing a wrap for that for some time; easy solution due to the male anatomy! Poo was easiest to judge because it coincided with food - what goes in must come out! But then just when we were patting ourselves on the backs for such a quick potty training with Brodie, he started pooping inside! Teenage angst, whatever, I think WE were trained but he hadn't gotten it yet.

He now, at 7 months on Saturday, can hold his bladder for ages, will try and tell us when he has to go which sometimes includes going to our powder room and barking if we don't get what he is saying immediately. Our first doxie was reliable unless it was cold or wet out, our current doxie was not reliable until 5 years of age. Brodie was a breeze even though I remember being so frustrated, and tired which doesn't help with frustration, for a few weeks that he wasn't getting it. Minnie will get it, just be prepared for a backslide which can happen later on - like she may suddenly get it with one and forget it with the other for a bit.

Our trainer says it takes 7 weeks for something to move from the short memory part of the brain to the long term memory part of the brain but there is a break in between the two when the memory seems totally lost. Not sure if it is scientific or not, but seemed to go along with our experience with Brodie.
It is fatigue, 8 more days of work!!!!!
 
GO MINNIE!! Now we know what the problem is!! Minnie does not want to poop in her peeing pen- My husband took her in the woods in back of our house- she pooped, and pooped, and pooped!! Poor Minnie!! That means she was holding it, and CAN hold it. :hide Now we can get her on a pooping schedule. She's also a snacker, :popfor now anyways. That makes it a bit more difficult, but we'll get there. She's also starting to tell us when she needs to pee, she will start down the hall to the back door.
 
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