It's soo nice to know we're not the only ones, lol. This seems like a problem alot of owners have. Hopefully as time goes, they'll stop. It's not like it's a big deal b/c their mess is so small, but if it was a st. bernard it would be a big deal.. That's the way I try to look at it. If I don't have her going where she's supposed to, this is going to be a long battle.
What do you guys use to sanitize after you clean up the mess? Right now I have arm&hammer pet de-odorizer. It works, but everytime Mercedes goes near it, she sneezes... So I'm looking for something a little less harsh I guess... --- In [email protected], "susantn1962" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought I had hit the jackpot when I got my 7 wk old Chi, Nina. I > had her going to potty in a litter box with wee wee pads...both tee > teeing and poo pooing... by the time she was 9 wks old all by > herself. Then a couple of days ago she started poo pooing on the > carpet next to the wall behind an end table. She still goes to tee > tee in the litter pan, and I give her a treat anytime she does so. > I did this when she was poo pooing in the pan, too. I decided to > set a litter pan with wee wee pad where she had been going on the > carpet to see if she'd go in it, and the little snot poo pooed > beside it! I'm starting to think like some of the rest of > you....it's an attention getter. Like Nina needs any more > attention. She already spends 90% of her day time hours in > someone's lap...lol I had read somewhere that scolding Chis doesn't > really help, and to make sure when they do the right thing to highly > praise them. Do any of you have any input on that? Since Nina is > just going on ten weeks old, I want to train her the best way > possible, and I don't want to do anything that would be detrimental > to her mentally. OMG.....you'd think I was dealing with a child the > way I'm talking....lol Oh well, my husband referred to her as a > rotten puppy earlier today, and I told him real quick she was a > baby.....lol > > --- In [email protected], Christina <rainasmiles@> wrote: > > > > Well, Ava isn't doing so well with the housetraining after all. > (Ava is my > > longhair, 2 yr old Chi, adopted 1 month ago). > > I was wondering if anyone had any advice for us. > > Here's the situation: > > I feed her in the morning before work - 8:15am- then take her > potty. She > > goes. > > I come home on my lunchbreak (no accidents) at 11:45 am- take her > potty. She > > goes. > > I get home from work about 5:30 (no accidents) - take her potty. > She goes. > > THEN the trouble begins. When I'm home, when my back is turned, > when I'm in > > the other room - she will go on the floor. She's so quick I've > only caught > > her in the act maybe two times total. > > So, I tried getting puppy pads and putting those in her favorite > spot on the > > carpet. She will go RIGHT BESIDE the puppy pad. Then I catch her > chewing and > > playing with the puppy pad (so much for those working! ha!) > > > > I haven't crated her because this is such a weird thing... she > doesn't have > > a problem when I'm gone... it's when I'm home. She's such a > wonderful dog! > > This is the only thing I'm having problems with. > > > > The only thing I can think of is that she needs to have a set > routine... > > maybe the reason she goes outside during the day is because it's > such a set > > schedule... she knows when the potty break will be. But at night > when I'm > > home there's not a specific set time that I take her out. > > Do you think it might be helpful to set a timer while I'm at home > and take > > her outside like clockwork? That's the only thing I can think of. > > > > Thank You for any/all suggestions that you have!!! > > ~Christina > > & Ava > > > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
