Worked from home today - beginning of a long weekend - in the hope that four straight days home will bring some order to the chaos.
I have a 'daily routine for puppy' that someone gave me. It involves bringing puppy outside for a pee 13 times a day.
This puppy's puppy likes to take about 20 minutes to decide if/when/where the deed will be done.
So 13 x 20 = 260 minutes = 4 hours 20 minutes = I don't friggin' think so.
Plus two x one hour walks = 6 hours 20 minutes.
Which is the total time I have in the day when I'm not sleeping or working or commuting.
This is my problem. Trying to follow the correct raising of a puppy rules.
The correct raising of a puppy rules are for people who have time to follow them.
Like many people who have dogs I have to go to work (or work from home) plus run the house plus do the shopping plus spend time on FaceBook plus sleep plus eat plus converse with lovedd ones plus plus plus.
Himself has had to work 13 hour shifts all week including an all-nighter tonight and on Sunday night, so he hasn't been able to help.
How do other people do the 'daily puppy routine'?
Me, I've decided puppy's daily routine is whatever the hell Queenie decides it is.
And she better learn to pee around it.
So there.
Ass-hauling has begun.
Now.... ignoring dirty house.... can someone give me a manual for that that I can tear up and scatter around the slightly chewed acacia wood coffee table?
6 comments:
We have a suggestion for you - crate training!
It works and the puppy likes his den. http://www.inch.com/~dogs/cratetraining.html
Oh, and treat the puppy after he does his business,then he might be quicker about it. Don't bring him in just as soon as he's done his business because then he thinks - oh if I do my business I have to go in. And he's not stupid - he'll take his time! It doesn't have to be food -Play with him a bit after and he will be happy to be a bit faster with the necessaries.
In your own words:
A Note About Crating Puppies
Puppies under 4 months of age have little bladder or sphincter control. Puppies under 3 months have even less. Very young puppies under 9 weeks should not be crated, as they need to eliminate very frequently (usually 8-12 times or more daily).
Not my words- The American Dog Trainers Network.
Your puppy is over 9 weeks old is old enough to benefit from some crate training.
Your words - "This puppy's puppy likes to take about 20 minutes to decide if/when/where the deed will be done." Our suggestion regarding this problem works with even very young puppies. You did ask for suggestions. Good luck.
Sigh... asking for suggestions does not mean I have to accept them.
Good luck with the housetraining. I almost went crazy trying to figure it out in the dead of winter with a dog that could hold it in for as long as I could stand to be out in the freezing cold. Crate training didn't work for our little Tofu dog. We just had to figure out what his "tells" were (mostly sniffing around in circles). A lot of things in this article are things that we did: http://www.clickertraining.com/housetraining
Hope some of it helps!
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