I might have been spoiled by our last dog. He picked up on ringing a bell when he needed to go out. It didn't take but a week or so for him. Of course, he was a shelter pup and we never knew exactly how old he was at the time.
On 8/14/07, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the firm NO and the walk outside did it for me. > > do you think three weeks is enough time? maybe he's a slow learner? > > On 8/14/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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:240239 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
