I saw an awful lot of positive reinforcement, and thats good. But i'm telling ya...from experience...sometimes you've just got to be mean. It's harder than hell cuz they're so damn cute and ya love em to death, but be stern, punish, reprimand, yell, smack lightly with a paper if necessary.
You have to make it very well known in terms that the animal will understand, that yelping and such is not acceptable. On 11/8/06, Greg Morphis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Those who use puppy training pads which brand do you use? We use the > PetSmart economy puppy pads and were just curious if there are any > better out there. How long does it usually take a puppy to learn > that's where he does his business at? During the day when his crate is > in the living room, he seems to be able to poo on the pad but peeing > is hit and miss, 2 days ago, all but one hit the pad, I rewarded him > the other 4 times and was so proud. I changed the pad and yesterday he > went about half the time, one time really disappointed me. I new it > was about time so I got on the ground by the puppy pad, with treat in > hand ready. > I called him name and showed him the pad, he seemed more interested in > playing, so I thought he didnt need to go. I looked away for a moment > to set the treat down and I looked back at him and he was peeing on > the carpet, no where near the pad. Just 2-3 seconds from when I showed > him the pad. > I reward him with a treat every time he goes on the pad during the day > that I'm around. At night, he sleeps in the 2nd bedroom. We have a > confinement area set up. It's a ~36sq ft plastic fence. I've lined the > bottom with newspaper and we have a puppy pad in there also. He peed > on the pad 3 times and only missed once. However he didn't poo on the > pad, he pooed on the newspaper. > Another question is.. he whimpers and whines during the night and when > he hears us opening the bedroom door he goes full force yelping and > whining. It's very loud and irritating. I do my best to ignore it but > it gets difficult. We don't want him sleeping in our room until he can > go all night without using the restroom and yelping and whining, > waking us up throughout the night. > Also, we have him plenty of toys, 2 squeak toys, 2 tug and pull toys, > 2 stuffed toys, and a rattle toy. He seems to want to play with me and > my wife than his toys and he plays rough at times.. biting and > nipping. We tell him "no bite" and give him a toy, but he doesn't seem > to be interested. I just wish he'd spend more time with his toys and > become less dependant on us. I'm on vacation this week but next week, > we're going to have to leave him during the day, in his confinement > area. > Any tips, tricks, etc would be GREATLY appreciated. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:220068 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
