One thing you can do is buy one of the enzymatic cleaners, and clean it up immediately, the enzymatic cleaners get the pheromones out of the effected area, essentially it makes the spot no longer smell like the cool place to poop.
Also remember he's still a puppy, they're like very young children... he's gotta go, but he's having too much fun playing to stop to go outside... -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks -----Original Message----- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:26 AM To: CF-Community Subject: I'm starting to lose my patience with my pup So we've had my pup for a little over three weeks now. He goes through spurts of not having any accidents, then all of the sudden, he'll pull something wacky like yesterday. We have an air conditioned doggy room with a doggy door to a fenced in area. After I got home from work, I brought him in. He'd been in the fenced in area so I had to call him inside. We started playing inside the house. After about 30 minutes right in the middle of running around he stops and takes a dump. He's got an odd habit of making three piles. So, according to the training sites I've seen, I don't make a big deal out of it, but move him outside quickly. He pees outside and I wait about 5 to 10 minutes for him to make two more piles. He doesn't. So I bring him back inside and he starts playing with his toys. About 15 minutes later, I see him walk towards the front hallway (one of his favorite places to poop) and before I catch up with him, I find 2 piles he just plopped down. Arrrrggggg!!!!! All my other dogs got trained the old way. Bring them over to the pile, tell them no firmly and put them out. I never rubbed their noses in it. I also used the coins in a can method where when they'd do something bad, you shake the can and they hate the noise. Everything I've read about potty training lately says that you don't discipline them for having an "accident", but these don't seem to be accidents. I'm thinking a rolled up newspaper might be effective..... :) What methods have worked best for you? zB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240232 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
